The History of Marland Oil, cont.
The Marland Oil Company represented the model industrial plant in the United States, and was active in every phase of the oil business:
It explored for oil and opened new fields.
It produced oil.
It transported oil.
It operated natural gas plants.
It operated refineries.
It manufactured gasoline and the whole array of retail petroleum products.
It marketed its gasoline and oils.
It produced and marketed natural gas.
It had pipelines that carried oil and pipelines that carried gas.
It shipped, in its own tank cars and by steamer, the products of the Marland Company all over the world.

Even in the early 1920’s, the Marland Oil Company encompassed a vast area, including the Marland refinery, the Marland office building, the 5,000,000 barrel storage tank farm, fields that produced the crude oil supply, and the Marland warehouses and loading racks capable of loading 100 rail cars of oil daily. Surrounding the entire complex were many beautiful landscape improvements, a striking contrast to the usual industrial enterprise.
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