| Show WESTERN WYOMING OIL FIELDS CELEBRATE PIPE LINE completion kemmerer county seat of lincoln county wyoming for years leading coal producing b camp of the intermountain west became the new oil center of western wyoming byomin 6 when representatives of the midwest refining co utah oil refining co and texas co met in a get together banquet at hotel kemmerer here last saturday night states the kemmerer gazette of the approximately leaders in the western oil world sitting about well filled tables appropriately decorated for the occasion gave kemmerer this recognition and established officially its importance geographically as the clearing point for oil fields producing and prospective that stretch from points miles to the north to a similar distance to the south delivery of oil through the new pipeline of the midwest refining 6 co started last wednesday night with initial runs to the storage tanks at delivery station opal a commercial nier cial shipping point on the oregon short line fourteen miles east of kemmerer product comes to utah oil refining with field storage already filled to the extent of barrels additional line storage tanks will care for another barrels initial runs will be held at about 2500 barrels for the present though utah oil refining co of salt lake city utah consignee 6 of the product is requesting daily delivery of to barrels as soon as conditions will permit A special tank line of cars has been furnished for the shipment of the product all of which at present comes from the labarge la barge field 45 miles north of here and is of high grade paraffin base originally the salt lake refinery depended upon pennsylvania for its supply of marafine pa base crude but the bringing in the salt creek fields in central wyoming relieved this situation now with high grade crude being produced commercially just across the state line from the refinery the salt lake plant falls heir to lo all intents and purposes of a field of its own the bulk of production being marketed today is in the hands of the texas production co operating subsidiary of the texas co other independents a are i re still shin shipping smaller amounts in addition to the pipeline runs by truck tr c Is these latter shipments going to an ogden refinery A field of shallow production I 1 the labarge field has long been the center of atten atte tion on the part of small independent companies comin into commercial production about four years ago when whence the scoville interests operating principally on section 34 held by two kemmerer syndicates and the newlon operation on section 3 adjoining began the production of oil sufficient to warrant marketing A string of automotive trucks have transported the oil to railhead at susie a mining minin camp suburb of this city continuously since that time A few of these remain in service such as reese oil co a albal docil concern wolf Peir petroleum oleum co salt lake interests and superior oil gas co another wyoming concern the purity of the oils produced and the shallow depth at which they are tapped by the drill has made the operation end of the oil business particularly attractive to wildcatter and refiner alike flowing wells have been encountered and are still producing from depths as shallow as feet though the principal average depths in sections 34 and 27 show sands at and around 1000 feet |
