Show OIL NOTES wyoming has a daily income from its oil royalties of 2800 the well at fairburn south dakota has reached a depth of feet and indications are that the sands will be encountered within the next feet during the first week in october the wells of the ranger desdemona and stephens county fields of texas produced a daily total of barrels articles of incorporation of the colo rado utah oil refining company with main offices in montrose colorado have been filed with the county cibric at provo utah although the production of gasoline in the united states has increased per cent since 1914 the automobile production in in the same length of time has increased per cent the service oil refining company is is a new colorado incorporation which plans the erection of a lubricating plant in denver within the next year J N bowen is the president while the gasoline content of wyoming oils is as high as that of pennsylvania crude averaging about 30 per cent the eastern crude is about four times higher in lubricating oil the twenty mile oil gas company operating near steamboat springs colorado has encountered a heavy flow of wet gas at a shallow depth the flow is now being used for fuel at the well A K harmon a well known geologist of san francisco and formerly of the staff of the nevada consolidated Consolidate ct mining company is making a report on the oil possibilities bili ties of the fields in white pine county nevada it is estimated that a sum greater than a half million dollars a day is being spent in stephens and eastland counties texas together with ith the desdemona field in n comanche 0 county by operators drilling we wells ls in those districts wyoming refineries show an excellent growth in gasoline production during the past three years the second quarter of 1919 averaged gallons a month compared with gallons a month in 1918 and in 1916 the city commission 0 of f salt lake has issued an order for the vacating of several streets and alloys alleys in the vicinity of I 1 the plant odthe of the utah oil refining company may expand its plant so that the company to take care of rapidly increasing business formed at medford is being an oil company oregon to exploit the th e jackson county field of that state samples of asphaltum heavily impregnated with crude cruce oil found have convinced the ancor in that vicinity pora tors that oil may be found in quantities the texas eagle OR oil company in which J W taylor and associates of salt lake city are interested has drilled further into the sand at their pool holdings in the burk burnett district or texas and the present flow is estimated at barrels daily the bigger california oil interests are becoming interested in the possibilities of the white river field in northern nye county nevada and berry brothers and the standard 01 company are sending experts to that section to report on its possibilities ties gasoline production in the united states in the last three years has increased from gallons to gallons exports of the commodity in the same length of time have increased more than per cent from gallons to practically all of the limestone capping has been drilled through at the well of the virgin dome oil company operating near st george utah it is expected wat about seventy five feet a day will be accomplished when the coconino sand is encountered immediately below active preparation for winter drilling is being made in the numerous fields in wyoming A greater number of rigs were drilling at the close of september than in august and the new production for both months was approximately the same amounting to about barrels geologists have passed favorably upon a structure in el paso county colorado southeast of colorado springs and the colorado thrift oil gas company has been organized with intention of immediately drilling its holdings W B fisher of colorado springs is the president by the first of the year the ohio oil company expects to have completed its new absorption plant in the lance creek wyoming field to take care of the immense gas flow in that section it is estimated that there is a present flow of feet available for gasoline production after drilling a total distance of feet in four days and the oil indications being so strong at the depth reached the well of the western allies close to the town of moab utah has been shut down to await additional casing the company is not taking any chances drilling in with an uncased bore the immense holdings holding s of the newly formed sinclair oil corporation are shown by a pamphlet recently issued by lyman D smith company members of the new york stock exchange the company has acres of oil land in kansas in oklahoma in texas and acres of proven land and acres of prospective oil land in mexico Al exico pipeline mileage owned and operated totals 2443 miles with 1600 more to oe de quilt the company has steel tanks with a total capacity of barrels it nas ten refineries with a capacity of barrels a day which will be increased to barrels casing head plants have a capacity of gallons daily and tank cars carry the products to bulk stations texas does not seem to be at a loss for refineries already there are four in the field in the vicinity of wichita falls burk burnett petrolia iowa park and electra and fourteen others are either in the process of construction or contemplated the total present capacity of the refineries is approximately barrels daily land has been acquired at laramie wyoming by the standard oil company of indiana for the erection of a plant to accommodate the presidium oils of the midwest refining company which will undergo the burton process of gasoline extraction after cracking the oil will be returned to the plant of the midwest company for marketing the wyoming labarge and dry piney oil company of which george danley of salt lake city is secretary treasurer is making active plans for the development of its holdings in lincoln county wyoming A standard rig has been purchased is now being transported to the ground north of kemmerer and drilling operations will be started this fall the davis oil shale refining company Compan Sr is among the newer nevada corporations interested te in the development of oil from shale the holdings are close to carlin and some interesting experiments are to be carried out there in a new process of ex traction the invention of J T davis a chemist of alameda california Cali tornia whose name the new company bears |