War time bans spark varied enforcement across states
The OPA reported 350 violations of the gasoline and driving ban in northern New Jersey while Miami motorists faced summons for event attendance. Washington warned of further action in January or February as fuel shortages persist. Jacksonville canceled debut parties due to a pleasure driving ban though a New York club offered free horse and buggy rides. Industry spokesmen warned the fuel crisis remains critical and not immediately eased by the ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
New Jersey
Miami
Washington
Petroleum Industry War Council
Jacksonville
Pla
New York
Oil prognostications and 1943 wildcat prospects in Texas Panhandle
Prediction by Lawrence Hagy that crude oil prices will rise by March 31 is weighed against oil prospects in the Panhandle. The Carter Oil and Standard Oil of New Jersey drilled 63 dry holes in 1942, while wildcat activity around Matador, Adrian, and Quay County progresses. An oil official foresees intensified searches to meet wartime demand in West Texas, the Panhandle, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hagy
Washington
Hagy
Hagg
Carter Oil Company
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Wildcatter
Adrian
Oldham County
Cimarron County
Oklahoma
Devore & Slade
Castro County
Swisher County
South Plains
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Colobo Ares
Routine Operations In Panhandle Field
The Panhandle field advances under war production board limits with seven wells completed or announced last week. New locations include Carson Hagg Harrington & Marsh No. 1, Gray Phillips Petroleum Co. No. 1 Francill, and Hutchinson Huber Petroleum No 5 River-bed State. Completed wells include Skelly Oil Co. No. 166 Schafer, Cities Service No. 51 A Burnett, Gray Fray No. 142, Hutchinson Skelly Oil Co. No. 1 Crosby-Hatch, Skelly Oil Co. No. 9 Herring A, Phillips Petroleum Co. No. 1 Harrison, and Phillips Petroleum Co. No. 1 Gober with oil and gas yields and acid treatments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Hagg, Harrington & Marsh No
Fred E. Witter
Gray Phillips Petroleum Co
H&gn
Hutchinson Huber Petroleum Corporation
H&tc
Carson Skelly Oil Co
Schafer
I&gn
Cities Service
Burnett
Fray
Hutchinson Skelly Oil Co
Crosby-Hatch
TCAR
Skelly Oil Co
Herring A
Almagner
Moore Phillips Petroleum Co
Harrison
Phillips Petroleum Co
J. Poitevent
Oil-Water Order Suit Opens Next Week in Texas
East Texas oil operators and the railroad commission go to 98th District Court in Austin on Monday to challenge an oil water ratio order. The case tests the marginal well law as operators claim the rule is confiscatory and due process violating while sponsors say it provides a clear compliance method to prevent waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
East Texas
Railroad Commission
98Th District Court
Commission
Beauford H. Jester
Ernest O. Thompson
Oil Shortage Sparks Week of Conservation Measures
Tulsa dispatch reports immediate halt to all pleasure driving in the 17 state East coast shortage area and calls for drastic reductions in heating fuel use. Industry sees relief possible by mid 1943 through added tank cars, shorter hauls, and new pipelines but warns relief depends on military demand and wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
U.P
Seaboard
Middle West
Southwest
Mid
Atlantic
Panhandle Oil Output Drops In Field
Daily production in the Panhandle fell by 13,959 barrels from the prior week to 80,373 barrels. The period’s total output reached 562,611 barrels across 5,586 wells, with per well daily averages varying by county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Carson County
Gray County
Hutchinson County
Moore County
Wheeler County
War Production Board approves 500 more semi-trailer tanks
The War Production Board authorized the manufacture of 500 additional semi-trailer petroleum tanks to ease the oil transportation shortage in Washington on January 9. This follows an earlier approval for 300 tanks to be completed by January 31, reflecting ongoing tests and potential new oil fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Texans optimistic as Daingerfield iron project gets WPB backing
Donald Nelson of the War Production Board assured Texans that the $18 million pig iron blast furnaces at Daingerfield will be completed and an open hearth steel mill plan costing $16 to $17 million will proceed. Dallas banker John W. Carpenter and Senator Patman said the project should cut costs for Southwestern consumers due to nearby coal and ore, with pig iron output estimated at 1,200 tons daily and regional demand of 13 million people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Daingerfield
John W. Carpenter
Dallas
Lone Star Steel Corporation
Nelson
Connally
O'Daniel
Patman
WPB
Carpenter
Oklahoma
Natural gas seen essential for midwest fuel supply
War era official told senators a major natural gas pipeline program is needed to maintain adequate fuel. E Holley Poe of the War Petroleum Administration said demand for fuel worldwide and full-time war plant operation made supplies extremely acute. He noted the Midwest holds about 70 percent of reserves and urged expansion of pipelines and exploration with state cooperation in Oklahoma Kansas Texas and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
War Petroleum Administration
Mid-West
E. Holley Poe
Natural Gas and Natural Gasoline Administration
Senator Reed
Kansas Republican
Poe
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Louisiana
Crude Output Declines Across States This Week
The Oil Weekly estimates U S crude production averaged 3 821 090 barrels daily this week, down 52 255 barrels daily from last week. Declines occurred mainly in Kansas and Texas with state by state totals listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
United States
Kansas
Texas
O'Daniel proposes anti gas sale law and anti violence bill
Senator O'Daniel of Texas introduces S188 to bar natural gas transport from Texas to the East and assign proceeds to owners if pipelines are completed. He also introduces S189 to outlaw violence in labor disputes with Texas style penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
O'Daniel
D.-Tex
O’daniel
88 Year Old Pioneer Buried in Midlothian
Services were held Friday in Midlothian for Edward Byrd 88 Texas pioneer and father of Dallas oilman and Civil Air Patrol commander D Har old Byrd. Burial was at Blossom and the elder Byrd died of a heart attack on a downtown street yesterday. Canada finances more than half its 1943 war budget with current revenues, the only major country to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Midlothian
Edward Byrd
Texas
D. Harold Byrd
Civil Air Patrol
Blossom
Byrd
Canada
OPA Enforces New Order Against Pleasure Driving in East
Gaso line ration books were seized and thousands of license numbers listed as the government enforces the ban on pleasure motoring in 17 Atlantic seaboard states. In New York City 9 ration books were taken, and 46 237 license numbers cataloged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
East
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Office of Price Administration
Russell H. Potter
Midtown Manhattan
I. James Brody
Maine
Florida
Binghampton
Johnson City
Endicott
N. Y
Rochester
Warns of Shortage in East Coast Petroleum Stocks
The petroleum economics committee warns East Coast stocks of gasoline fuel oil and other products are at critical levels and falling rapidly. It says up to 75,000 barrels daily could be cut from consumption without harming the war effort, but January and February deficits would average 345000 and 203000 barrels per day respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Petroleum Industry War Council
Council
Committee On Petroleum Economics
Office of Price Administration
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New Guinea
United Nations
Howard McCue
Columbian Fuel Corp
Scotty
Sanget
George Pratt
John Fowlston
Scientific American
Gray Hill
John
Texas Plains
N. D. Bartlett
Panhandle Field
Petroleum Administration For
Texas Steel
Arkansas
East Texas Field
Lower Gulf Coast
Southwest Texas
S. Central Texas
North Texas
Wyoming
Potter
Carnegie Hall
Virginia
Johnny
Southwestern Public Service Company
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