Death of Bill O'Brien Bows Panhandle Oil Fraternity
The Panhandle oil industry mourns Bill O'Brien a pillar among independent producers. Carl McAdams becomes a lease broker after Army service. Wildcat activity from Petersburg west to the New Mexico border intensifies with a Seaboard- Stanolind well near Abernathy. The Oil & Gas Journal details a major West Pampa secondary recovery project. The Independent Natural Gas Association expands in Washington and Oklahoma. Texas Mid-Continent issues a 64 page overview of oil industry facts. Numerous drilling reports and safety talks follow, highlighting ongoing Panhandle activity and industry organization.
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Panhandle
Bill O’brien
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Lubbock County
Abernathy
Petersburg
New Mexico Line
The
Oil & Gas Journal
West Pampa
Gray County
Kenneth B. Barnes
O&g Journal
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Texas
U S Oil Reserves Grow Despite War Demand and New Field Finds
U S crude oil proven reserves as of January 1 1945 stood at 20 514 739 000 barrels up 467 834 000 from the year before. In 1944 new field discoveries added 204 650 000 barrels while extensions and revised estimates boosted reserves by 1 943 332 000 barrels with California Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and Mississippi showing major revisions. Plans call for 28 406 new wells in 1945 including 4 587 wildcats as industry leans toward secondary recovery methods notably water flooding.
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United States
Oil and Gas Journal
California
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Wyoming
West Edmond
API Committees Hold Until Fall
In accordance with the board of directors action committees in the American Petroleum Institute division of production will continue until the deferred 25th annual meeting to be held in the Stevens Hotel Chicago in November 1945 wartime transportation conditions permitting. Committees will have a two year term and conduct business by mail for the balance of 1945 with possible special meetings.
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Board of Directors
American Petroleum Institute
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Institute
Office of Defense Transportation
Bond Election Called in Perryton for Memorial Field House
Perryton voters will decide March 3 on an $80,000 bond issue after a petition signed by 170 taxpayers. The plan funds a memorial field house and remodeling of the high school auditorium as part of post war era facilities.
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Perryton
New API Chairman Succeeds W. L. Jarvis on Pacific Coast
George O. Suman of Tide Water Associated Oil Co San Joaquin Valley District Bakersfield California named national chairman of the Pacific Coast District for the American Petroleum Institute Division of Production He succeeds the late W L Jarvis of The Texas Co who died recently
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George O. Suman
Tide Water Associated Oil Co
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
Cal
Pacific Coast
American Petroleum Institute
Mr. Suman
W. L. Jarvis
The
Texas Co
Senator O Mahoney Heads Oil Investigation Group
Senator O Mahoney of Wyoming was elected chairman of a special Senate committee to investigate petroleum resources. He succeeds the late Senator Mahoney of Connecticut.
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Senator O'Mahoney
Washington
Wyoming
Senate
Senator Mahoney
Connecticut
Organization Pleads Support for Oil and Gas Members
The group seeks financial backing from current and prospective members to fund its year long program aiding independent producers royalty and land owners. Officers and directors emphasize no salaries are paid to any officer or director.
Field activity slows as Panhandle oil field reports two new wells
Last week two new wells started and six completed in the Panhandle field. Four oil wells had a combined potential of 328 barrels per day while two gas wells produced 12.05 million cubic feet. Notable completions include Carson Cree & Hoover No 1 Garner and Coronado Oil Co No 3 Hood with varied tests and depths.
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Panhandle
Carson
Gray
Hutchinson
Hansford
Potter Counties
Potter
Carson Cree & Hoover
Garner
I&gn
Hagg, Harrington & Marsh No
J. L. Click
H&gn
Cities Service
Archer
Coronado Oil Co
Hood
Ed Bateman
Crim Farm
Kilgore
Lathrop
Woodbine
Former Miami Man Released on Luzon
Hugh E Branch 26 a former Miami resident and son of C C Branch is listed among prisoners of war recently released on Luzon. He enlisted March 1941, trained at Fort Lewis and served in the 194th Tank Battalion arriving in the Philippines September 1941. He was missing in action after the fall of Bataan and Corregidor and later confirmed as a prisoner of war.
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Miami
Hugh £. Branch
C. C Branch
Hubert Keahey
White Deer
Luzon
Corporal Branch
Cut Bank
Mont
Fort Lewis
Wash
Philippines
Bataan
Corregidor
Red Cross
Mobeetie
Clarence Branch
Southwest Pacific
Tom Branch
Keahey
C. Carmichael
Sgt Frank Crist Home on Furlough
Sgt Frank G Crist of Pampa is home on a 30 day furlough after being wounded while serving in the Infantry in France. He earned the Purple Heart Presidential Unit Citation and four bronze battle stars and has served since December 1943 overseas about six months. He will report to Primham General Hospital in Utah after the furlough.
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France
Frank G. Crist
Pampa
Sergeant
Infantry
Allison
Tex
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Amarillo
W. W Shirley
Cleveland
Kay Stokes
Cora Gard
J. D. Moore
Crist
Prigham General Hospital
Utah
Panhandle Producers Plan for 1945 Briefing
The Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association outlines 1944 review and 1945 plans led by president R C Kay and an executive committee including Mel Devis and Ed Dunigan. It highlights tax savings for members, cooperation with Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas, opposition to federal overreach, and a push for higher crude prices and subsidized support to small refineries, plus continued focus on Panhandle gas economics and defense plant carbon black needs.
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The
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
R. C. Kay
Mel Devis
Ed Dunigan
Ollie Herrmann
White McTioy
Jack Nichols
Jack Oates
Jake Phillips
Bill O'Brien
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Association
Panhandle
Patmen Committee
Austin
Association Oil Committee
Patman Committee
OPA
OPS
Defense Plant Corporation
Little Change In Panhandle Field Production
Panhandle oil production remained steady with a daily average of 80 995 barrels last week, down 794 from the prior week. Total runs reached 566 965 barrels across 5 908 wells averaging 138 barrels per well per day. Carson Gray Hutchinson Moore and Wheeler counties contributed notable totals and per-well averages within the region.
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Carson County
Gray County
Hutchinson County
Moore County
Wheeler County
East Texas Field Makes Oil History
A historical look at the Oct 3 1930 Daisy Bradford No 3 well on the Daisy Bradford Farm that ignited East Texas oil development. Though small by daily yield, it marked the start of a vast field, shaping wealth, law, and public school funding while foreshadowing vast recovery and regional ambition.
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East Texas
Daisy Bradford
Texas Rangers
Dad Joiner
Dallas Bank Dinner To Host Oil Fraternity Leaders
Dallas bank will host a dinner for oil industry men next Thursday. Speakers include William R. Boyd Jr president of the petroleum war council Ralph Zook president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America Maston Nixon of Corpus Christi Texas president of the Texas Mid Continent Oil and Gas Association Russell B Brown IPAA general counsel Beauford H Jester and Col. Ernest O Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission.
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Dallas
Oil Fraternity
William R. Boyd, Jr
The
Petroleum War Council
Ralph Zook
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Maston Nixon
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas Mid- Continent Oil and Gas Association
Russell B. Brown
IPAA
Beauford H. Jester
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Award Purple Heart To Private Johnson
Hedley February 10 Pfc. Rhuben Johnson 22 son of Mr and Mrs W G Johnson Hedley and brother of Mrs Rube Blackwell Amarillo has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in action in Germany on December 26 He has been overseas two years with the corps of engineers and was in France on D Day He has a sister in Amarillo another sister Mrs A M Moss in Parnell Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Rhuben Johnson
W. G. Johnson
Rube Blackwell
Amarillo
Germany
Corps of Engineers
France
A. M. Moss
Parnell
Morris Higley Returns From Amarillo Business Trip
Morris Higley editor and publisher of the Childress Index returned home after a short business visit to Amarillo.
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Morris Higley
Amarillo
Immense Costs Hit Texas Oil Industry 1943 Gains Highlighted
The Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association reports taxes and well costs surged since 1919 while crude prices fell. Expenditures rose to 1.169 billion dollars in 1943, payrolls jumped to 331.8 million, and leased acreage grew from 7.5 million to 48.5 million acres.
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Dallas
Texas Petroleum
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Association
Texas
Domestic Crude Stocks Increase Natl Report
The Bureau of Mines reports total crude stocks at 221,674,000 barrels for Feb 3, up 364,000 from the prior week. Domestic rise 380,000 barrels while foreign crude falls 16,600. Daily production 4,723,000 barrels. runs to stills 4,662,000. Detailed by region and grade with weekly changes.
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Bureau of Mines
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Gulf Coast
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Mississippi
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Houston
U.P
U. S
Oil Weekly
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Michigan
Missouri
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Nebraska
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Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
Gulf Co Official Appointed to AP Committee
David Proctor secretary and assistant general counsel of Gulf Oil Corp Pittsburgh has been named a member of the American Petroleum Industries Committee announced by W R Boyd Jr president of the American Petroleum Institute. Proctor joined Gulf legal staff in 1919 in Fort Worth and moved to Pittsburgh in 1937. he remains Gulf secretary and on Jan 1 1943 was appointed assistant general counsel.
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David Proctor
Gulf Oil Corp
Pittsburgh
American Petroleum Industries Committee
W. R. Boyd, Jr
American Petroleum Institute
Proctor
Gulf In
Fort Worth
Lea County Field Assured of Subsidy
Senator Hatch of New Mexico said the OPA will pay a subsidy of 35 cents per barrel to oil producers in the East Lusk area of Lea County New Mexico. The decision aligns with actions taken in other stripper well areas in the state.
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Washington
Hatch
New Mexico
OPA
East Lusk
Lea County
N. M
Gasoline Supply Still Guarded
Oil spokesmen warn civilian driving unlikely to rise much this year due to tire shortages and parts scarcity. Refiners could shift to civilian fuels after the war, but rationing may persist as supply remains tight. crude output and refinery runs stay near peak while civilian gasoline stocks remain low despite a February rise.
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Tulsa
Okla
Europe
Germany
Office of Defense Transportation
Government Chemist To Phillips Co.
Phillips Petroleum Company announces the acquisition of O Hoyt Williams for the product development division Williams, a graduate chemist, previously led the chemical section of the Dallas Chemical Warfare Procurement District office in production engineering and the production division.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Chemical Products
Phillips Petroleum Company
O. Hoyt Williams
Williams
Dallas Chemical Warfare Procurement District
War Department to provide Canol project details
Senator Moore accuses the Canol oil and pipeline project in Alaska of starting as a failure and requests full cost and operation data. The War Department says the information is being prepared.
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Washington
Alaska
Moore
Oklahoma
War Department
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