Buck Run Oil and Refining Company
Amidst World War I, the Buck Run Oil and Refining Company incorporated in Delaware on November 13, 1917.
After the war, on July 12, 1920, the company combined with the Republic Oil Company and the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Company to form the Fulton Group of Oil Companies.
At the time of consolidation into the Fulton Group, Buck Oil & Refining was contributing “the greater part of the oil,” but production soon fell off to less than 100 barrels of oil a day.
Producing wells in remote locations and transportation costs compounded Buck Run Oil’s problems. (more…)
