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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1957
Page
7
A Lubbock Chamber of Commerce oil development push outlines Oil Progress Week set for September 22 28 with exhibits in Fair Park Coliseum downtown store windows and bank lobbies. Industry leaders including David Casey C E Smith and Harry Mathews organize multifaceted outreach films posters and speaker programs to boost local oil activity.
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co trials a complete automatic bulk mud system for oilfield operators in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The bulk units with 240 and 500 cubicfoot capacities auto discharge mud, reduce waste and eliminate uneven mud cores, improving efficiency with less manpower.
The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Oil Development Committee previews advance American Petroleum Institute material to be shown at the 40th Panhandle South Plains Fair September 22 to 28. Committee members include Chairman David Casey Roger A Bailey Albert Ohlenbusch Vernon Thompson Lyndsay Phillips Jack Markham and Hugh Dryer. Half the Fair Park Coliseum exhibit space is reserved for oil displays.
Dan A Nilewander is named to direct the visual aids section for the South Plains Oil Information Committee in Texas. He is superintendent of Shell Oil Company’s Denver City natural gasoline plant and has 12 years in the natural gas field with seven years at Shell. The OIC provides free teaching materials and films to civic groups and sponsors Oil Progress Week.
A long list of oil and gas land parcels across Andrews and surrounding counties is detailed, including owners such as Emma-Ellenburges-Gulf, Mabee-The TA Company, and Pure Oil Company. The roundup covers sections, blocks, survey names, acreages, elevations, and proximities to towns like Andrews, with references to University Lands and various oil companies in Fort Worth Wichita Falls and Dallas.
The Texaco Research Center in Beacon New York houses 1200 scientists on 187 acres and tests 66000 samples yearly. It pioneered continuous thermal cracking sulphuric acid alkylation and solvent dewaxing while developing new detergents fuels lubricants and fortified products.
Humble Oil and Refining Co. announces a new eight acre district office site in Andrews. The steel frame building of about 6750 square feet will be on Eunice highway edge, with insulated panels and refrigerated air. W. R. Grimshaw Construction Co. of Odessa to build. completion targeted for mid February 1958.
Lubbock independent operator Dave R Harris flees Midland offices awaiting a 5 300 foot Permianent in south central Cochran County. Location sits 1980 feet from north and east lines of Section 25 Harrison and Brown survey on a 320 acre lease nine miles south west of Lehman townsite. Details include three mile to London area and proximity to a 12 540 foot dry hole.
Rotary drilling activity climbed this week after a slow start to the month. Hughes Too Co reports 2,722 rigs working, up from 2,706 last week and near last month’s pace, with gains in Southern Louisiana North Texas Colorado Illinois and West Texas. Louisiana offshore New Mexico and Western Canada showed declines. Net national gains totaled 68 while losses reached 52.
The American Petroleum Institute marketing division announces a new handbook titled The People in Your Business to help jobbers marketers and service station dealers select supervise train and develop staff. Rex Chase wrote the text with guidance from W A Bellman and the Personnel Training Committee.
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