The correct answer is C) they ensured that oil could be transported easily for refining.
The construction of pipelines to Kansas and Texas in 1907 increased oil production in Oklahoma because they ensured that oil could be transported easily for refining.
It was in 1899, that Anthony F. Lucas and the Gladys City Oil Gas Company in the effort to extract oil in the state of Texas. Finally, in 1901, they could. They worked very hard and by 1902, the company produced 17 million barrels per year. By 1905, other companies established in Oklahoma or Arkansas tried to compete with the production levels of Texas oil. That is when the construction of pipelines to Kansas and Texas in 1907 increased oil production in Oklahoma because they ensured that oil could be transported easily for refining.
