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period and the pumping for oil collection then became necessary. Total field production by 1907 exceeded 43,520,000 barrels (6,919,000 m), making
Oklahoma that year the leading producer of oil, not only in the US, but any country in the world. The area experienced a huge economic boom. Prices for basic goods and services, however, soared in the area.
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Wildcat drilling took place over a wide area, which had the effect of quickly defining the core lay-out of the reserve, an area roughly four miles by two miles with a slope of about 40 feet per mile, and an average field thickness of 100 feet. The Glenn Pool Oil
Reserve held an estimated 1 billion
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As of 2019, the field has produced more than 340,000,000 barrels (54,000,000 m) of oil. The Glenn Pool Oil
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The Glenns sold their farm and moved to
California. Galbreath bought out Colcord and Mitchell, before Galbreath and Chesley sold their interests to J. Edgar Crosbie. Galbreath then focussed on
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quickly built large-diameter pipelines into the area which by 1908 alleviated much of the infrastructure problems the rapid boom had caused.
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land allotments enacted due to
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per day well, northeast of Red Fork. On 3 July 1901, Galbreath camped on the Glenn farm, when Bob Glenn showed
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