Oil News Astronauts Get Geology Training at NASA
Houston AP reports NASA astronauts receive earth science training from three geologists including two petrologists. The US Geological Survey assists as 29 astronauts learn geology to screen rock samples from lunar missions. The aim is to extract maximum scientific knowledge from roughly 80 pounds of moon rocks. A civilian scientist previously suggested a geologist join early Apollo flights, a notion later denied, unsettling Manned Spacecraft Center officials.
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U.S. Geological Survey
Tial Lunar
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Civilian Space Agency
Manned Spacecraft Center
Production Decline Told For Week
New York AP reports weekly and four week averages of gross crude oil and lease condensate production. Daily output fell 12 600 barrels in the week ended Friday to 7 624 410 from 7 4382 110 a year earlier. Texas and Oklahoma show mixed changes with several districts up and others down. Total Texas output rose to 2 730 200 barrels daily, up 8 900.
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New York
American Petroleum Institute
Oklahoma
Texas
Inc
Med
East Texas
Ind
New Mexico Oil and Gas Production Rises in 1964
Oil and gas output in New Mexico climbed this year, the Oil Conservation Commission said. Oil production for January to April rose by 1,797,495 barrels to 37,515,454 barrels, while gas production gained 37,354,729 cubic feet to 315,420,374 cubic feet.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Oil Conservation Commission
Coronasp Colon Remedy Claims Quick Constipation Relief
Nervous tension supposedly blocks bowel impulses and causes constipation. Coronasp tablets use a colonic nerve stimulant with bulking action to restore regularity overnight. Marketed as clinically proven and doctor recommended, with an introductory 43 count offer.
Natco Gets High Court Decision
The State Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling freeing Natco Oil and Gas Inc. from liability for cattle deaths on Hall Jones’s Hansford County ranch. A veterinarian testified the deaths possibly resulted from condensate escape from gas wells on the grazed land.
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Austin
UPI
State Supreme Court
Panhandle
Hall Jones
Hansford County
Natco Oil and Gas Inc
7Th District
Deputies hunt man wanted on theft charge
Potter County deputies seek 38 year old Alexander Nicholson, a former company employee, charged with burglary and theft of more than 1600 dollars in insulated copper wire and cable from Southwestern Portland Cement Co. west of Bushland. He is believed to have fled Amarillo after selling over five tons of cable since March, and four window air conditioners were also stolen. One AC was found at his apartment, two at a cafe run by his girlfriend.
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Potter County
Southwestern Portland Cement Co
Bushland
Alexander Nicholson
Amarillo
Nicholson
Tyonek Indians Accept High Oil Lease Bids in Alaska
The Tyonek Indians, about 200 people, accepted oil and gas bids totaling 10.96 million dollars for 11 of 31 tracts covering 8,500 acres. The village council will decide on leases for the remaining 20 tracts on 26,000 acres, with the Bureau of Indian Affairs handling the sale and trusteeship.
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Chicago Tribune Press Service
Washington
Alaska
Department of the Interior
Tyonek
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau
Anchorage
Completions Dip In Past Week
U S oil and gas firms completed 809 wells in the week to June 6, down 50 from the prior week. Texas had 249, Oklahoma 78, Kansas 79, and New Mexico 15 completions, while Louisiana 122 and California 55 rose. The total yields 437 producers, 347 dry holes, 25 service wells, including 192 wildcats with 22 productive.
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Tulsa
Okla
U. S
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
Lousiana
California
Seismic Method Has Math Base for Oil Search
Texas Instruments and its Geophysical Service Inc report a new mathematical system to read the earth’s makeup for oil. The method removes noise and static distortions in seismic readings, aiding pinpointing sedimentary traps.
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Dallas
Texas Instruments, Inc
Texas Instruments’ Exploration
Geophysical Service Inc
Ence
Dunlap
Computer method removes foreign reflections in seismic data
Dunlap explains a system eight years in development that uses mathematical theories and high speed digital processing to detect original signals from earth layers and reinforce them while subtracting false echoes, making it practical to remove unwanted reflections.
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Dunlap
Power contract for GM turboprop engines win
Detroit based General Motors Corp Allison Division has secured a 17.3 million federal contract to produce turboprop engines under a government program.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
Allison Division
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