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Updated: May 13, 2025
"It does, but all petroleum's refined and the by-products they take off, which include gasoline, fetch a remarkably good price. Shake a few drops on the end of a hot log and we'll see how it lights." A fire burned in a ring of stones in the middle of the tepee and Benson carefully did as he was told. Hardly had the oil fallen on the wood than it burst into flame. "As I thought!" said Harding.
We must save the oil after it leaves the well, save it from draining off and sinking into the soil, save it from leaking away at pipe joinings, save it from the wastes of imperfect storage. Then we come to the refining of the oil. How welcome now would be the knowledge that we could recover what was thrown away when kerosene was petroleum's one great fraction.
"I should imagine the flash-point is low. I can't say how Clarke got the stuff when the ground's hard frozen, but here it is." "Isn't a low flash-point a disadvantage?" Benson asked. "It must make the oil explosive." "It does, but all petroleum's refined, and the by-products they take off, which includes gasoline, fetch a remarkably good price.
"We found indications of gold, copper, and one or two other metals, besides petroleum, but we didn't see anything that looked worth taking up. Considering the cost of transport, you want to strike it pretty rich before what you find will pay as a business proposition." "So I should imagine. Petroleum's a cheap product to handle when you're a long way from a market, isn't it?"
Considering the cost of transport, you want to strike it pretty rich before what you find will pay as a business proposition." "So I should imagine. Petroleum's a cheap product to handle when you're a long way from a market, isn't it?" "Give us plenty of it and we'll make a market.
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