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New Horizons Oil Push Drives Bold Postwar Expansion
The article reviews Carter's aggressive postwar oil push with deeper drilling, new refinery plans, and heavy investment. It highlights financing from savings and borrowed funds, job security for workers, and the belief that profits fuel broader economic growth across communities. It also reports several drilling efforts across Montana, noting new strikes in Morrison and Gat Creek fields, plus other tests in Fallon and Carbon counties.
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Carter
Aidl
Carver
Petroleum County
Taylor
Rathesnake Butte
Gat Creek
Continental
Continental Oil Company
Brindley
Wast Gat Creek
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Morrison
Harlan