Throughout 1936 while other commodities were booming upward the average price of crude oil remained steady around $1.05 per bbl. Late in the year Dan Moran's Continental Oil and Edwin B. Reeser's Barnsdall Oil announced that they would open the play in 1937 with a 17¢ boost. This they did, but their fellow oilmen stayed out of the game, creating a dual price level in mid-continent territory. Then last week the rest of the industry decided to jack their prices not 17¢ but 12¢, and Messrs. Moran & Reeser had to come down. Uniform...
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