An oil gusher in the Oklahoma city oil field

N OIL gusher in the oil field adjacent to Oklahoma City, Okla., before it was placed under control. This oil field will be visited by most of those attending the South West District meeting of the A.I.E.E., to be held in Oklahoma City, April 24–26, 1935. This oil fild, another view of which was shown in Electrical Engineering for February 1935, page 105, has 1,032 wells producing, with an average of one well for every 6 acres. The connected capacity for pumping and other purposes in this field is 25,000 horsepower; with the amount continually increasing. The Reda pump is used extensively in this field, the pump and motor being located in the bottom of a well, some installations being made as low as 6,000 feet below the surface. The motor varies in size from 75 to 110 horsepower and is placed inside the 6 inch casing.