Oil drilling activity lags as 1965-66 slump deepens
Houston AP oil and gas reports show 1965 six months completions down 164 percent from 1966 first six months. Total footage drilled falls 20.9 percent, a seventh decline in ten years. Industry expects sharper declines if rigs do not rebound. Warren L. Baker of AAODC warns of a severe drop.
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Oil and Gag Journal
Re Houston
United
Warren L. Baker
American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
Hearing Set On Gas Bid Involving Sinclair Eldorado Plant
The Federal Power Commission set an Oct 10 hearing in Washington on Northern Natural Gas Company and related filings to take five million cubic feet daily from the Eldorado Gas Plant in Schleicher County Texas. Sinclair Oil and Gas seeks to sell residue gas to Northern and to connect facilities, with an 11 mile line likely needed. Public protest or intervention deadlines are July 11.
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Federal Power Commission
Northern Natural Gas Company of
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CPG
Northern Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company
Tulsa
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Eldorado
Schleicher County
Tex
Sinclair and Skelly Oil Company
Northern Pipeline
Sinclair
FPC Authority
FPC
Brooks Gas Corporation
Brooks
Union Head Back From Convention
William W Short of Amarillo Local 6128 CWA returns from the 28th annual CWA convention in St. Louis where national president Joseph A Beirne told 2000 delegates the union would not be bound by the 32 percent wage guidelines urged by the Johnson Administration. Contract negotiations will begin later this summer to set patterns for wages and benefits of nearly a million telephone workers in the US and Canada. Other Amarillo officers attending were Johnie Howe secretary Mary Walker treasurer and Bill C Smith vice president.
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Amarllo
CWA
Joseph A Beirne
United States
Canada
Amarillo
Johnie Howe
Mary Walker
Bill C. Smith
Pioneer Defies NLRB Post on Union Notice
The National Labor Relations Board urged Pioneer Natural Gas Co to post a notice at the Turkey Creek plant stating it will bar collective bargaining with International Union of Operating Engineers Local 340. Pioneer senior vice president Whitis said the company will not post, calling it not an appropriate unit. The union won a representation election in the distribution department and has petitioned for an election in transmission.
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National Labor Relations Board
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Turkey Creek
Friteh
International Union of Operating Engineers
TS. Whitis
Pioneer
Istanbul claims 4300 residents aged 100 or more
City officials report Istanbul's elderly population includes about 4,300 people who are at least a century old, highlighting the aging demographic within its urban center.
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Istanbul
Turkey
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