Mohole Project to Probe Earth's Core Starts April
The National Academy of Sciences backs a project using oil industry methods to drill into the earth from Guadaloupe Island in the Pacific. The 260 foot drilling barge will operate 12,000 feet above the sea floor, employing dynamic mooring to hold position while probing toward the mantle. The test aims to recover a continuous life history of Earth and reveal interior composition.
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Gctiakings
Mobole
Detlev Bronk
National Academy of Sciences
National Research Council
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Levelland Oil Men Honored For Safety
Cities Service Petroleum Co. Gasolene Division in Levelland Texas received a safety award at a dinner following 100000 hours worked without a lost time accident. Delegates from Bartlesville included Fred H. Ramseur Jr W G Osborne Guy Duren Lee Floyd Ken Brooks and E H Parker. Additional honorees listed include G D Underwood Carl Teal Louis Shields Phillip Sheard Ray Rose Cloyce Pond Ralph Peters B J Morton Jack Moler Doyle McBride Thurman Locker Jr Walter Kersey James Jones Lewis Hodge Ernest Hindes Keith Harrison Billy Hargis Luther Hawkins Richard Dicker sort Delvis Burris John Bridges Doyle Baker David Rozell Leon Fead Bill Alderman Joe T McCommie Jr and J R Jamison.
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Cities Service Petroleum Co
Gasolene
Levelland
Texas
Areca
Bartlesville
Cities Service
Fred H. Ramseur, Jr
W. G. Osborne
Guy Duren
Lee Floyd
Ken Brooks
E. H. Parker
Halbouty Urges Texas Oil Law Review and Unitization Debate
Michel Halbouty, Houston oil operator and geologist, urged Texas to strengthen conservation laws to counter federal control risks. He spoke to TIPRO's unitization committee in ICHITA FALLS, noting a likely extensive review of compulsory unitization and 70 percent spacing. TIPRO has opposed compulsory unitization, and recommendations may follow at the executive committee meeting.
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Ichita Falls
Texas
Michel Halbouty
Houster
Halbouty
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
TIPRO
Halboury
Mobil Lawyer Is Promoted
Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc announces the promotion of Sam H Field of Dallas to assistant lawyer.
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Mobil Lawyer
Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
Sam H. Field
Dallas
Slim Lagrone. Inc Oil Field Equipment
New Leader Promises OIC changes for South Plains
George Tarbox takes over as South Plains Oil Information Committee area chairman succeeding Harlan Hodges. The plan concentrates activity in high population counties and broadens volunteer participation, aiming to involve independents and marketers in the oil and gas information effort.
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Bill Kalb
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains Area Oil Information Committee
OIC
George “Ned” Tarbox
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Lubbock
Tarbox
Harlan A. Hodges
Lubbock Independent
Hodges
QIC
South Plains
OFC
Oi and Gas
Texas Midcontinent Oil Gas Assn
Midcontinent OS and Gas Assn
Texas Midcon
Plains
Texas
Terry
Floyd
Crosby
Lynn
Lamb
Hale
Hockley
Pan Am
Area rigs dip again in Basin Plains total down to 359 units
Reed Roller Bit Co. survey shows Jan 13 counts with Basin at 224 rigs and South Plains at 135, Texas leads declines while Lea County holds 22, Andrews 20, Roosevelt 17. New Mexico shows 69 active rigs, Basin down second week after steady drops since December.
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Permian Basin
South Plains
Reed Roller Bit Co
Plains
Texas
New Mexico
Lea County
Andrews
Roosevelt County
Eddy County
N. M
Winkler
Old Face
Borden
Bewdee
Dallas Fed reports district sales drop in early January
The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank said sales in the 11th district fell 11 percent for the week ended Jan 7 from a year earlier. El Paso showed the largest decline, with Houston down 1 percent, San Antonio 10 percent and Fort Worth also affected.
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UPI
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el Paso
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Production Increase Seen In 1961
The Bureau of Mines estimates U.S. crude oil production will rise 2.7 percent in 1961 with domestic oil demand up 1.8 percent. Domestic production would supply 81.9 percent of total demand, up from 81.4 percent in 1960. The forecast cites moderate growth and expects new gas pipelines and imports to affect residual fuel use. Output value and gas figures are provided alongside helium production gains from the Keyes plant.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
U.S
Bureau
Alvin Hope
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Bureau For Mines
Keyes
Oklo
Storce
Stranger Pays Kindness Forward At Pavelka's Cafe
A Jackson waitress Agnes Pavelka fed a hungry man who could not pay. She found a $10 bill in a nearby envelope with a note reading God bless you You are the second person who has been kind to me in my travels The act prompted an unexpected reward and goodwill in the town.
Simpson Oil and Gas Strike Seen At Andrews Wildcat No. 1-14
Flow tests on the south Andrews County wildcat in the Simpson section indicate a potential discovery with oil and gas production. Gas surfaced in 3 minutes at 580000 cu ft per day, oil in 26 minutes at 20 barrels per hour, gravity 42 degrees, with mud and drilling pressures noted during a 32 minute open test.
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University
South Andrews County
Wildcat
Simpson
Andrews
Martin Omullipay
University Land Survey
Terrell County
Texas
Crude Oil Co
Superior Oil Co
Allison
Wild
Brown Bassett Field
Calso
Black Feo
Ucsd&rgng
Hoosevelt
South Prairie Bougher
Lone Star Producing Co
Mi-Federal
No. L BN
M. Federal
Milneland
T. M. Evans
Upton County
Fusselman
Ehenburger
Rankin
University Lands Isurvey
Oil drilling update reports Devonian gas potential and oil flow
In Martin County and nearby areas the oil and gas ventures progress with several strikes. Extracts describe a Devonian gas prospect north of Brown Bassett and an Ellenburger flow, plus a Fusselman to Ellenburger recompletion near Rankin. Reports note test rates, depths, and current drilling status awaiting cement.
Middle East oil gains outpace U S progress since Suez
The AP reports that Middle East crude output grew 44 percent from late 1956 to October 1959, reaching 5.63 million bpd then and later rising to over a million barrels per day in four countries. U S production hovered near seven million, with gains slowed by canal closures and demand shifts.
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Middle East
United States
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Engineers To Hear Computer Talk Thursday
William S. Pickrell of Houston will speak on Computer Application In Exploration and Production Development at 6 30 p m Thursday for the South Plains Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME at Caprock Hotel. Pickrell, IBM Texas and Louisiana rep, is a UC Berkeley trained mechanical engineer with degrees in 1948 and 1949. He has held roles at Shell Oil Martinez United Gas Shreveport Union Oil and IBM before his current post since 1957.
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Shell Oil Co
Martinez Calif
United Gas Corp.’ Research Laboratory
Shreveport
Union OH Co
Union
Applied Science
IBM
Los Angeles
Oil Drill Offsets and Wells in Nolan and Foard Counties
Sherwood B. Owens and H A Birdwell & Son Drilling Co file to drill a west offset to the Mistake pool in Nolan County near Sweetwater. The No 1 C T Murphy Des Moines wildcat will be drilled in Foard County, northwest of Margaret by Fletcher Oil & Gas Drilling Corp. The Morris sand drillstem test at No 1 Walter Adams in Runnels County yielded 110 feet free oil and 120 feet oil and gas cut mud with a 1350 psi final shut in.
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Sherwood B. Owens
H. A
Walter Adams
Gardner
Runnels
Winters
Noah Scott Survey
Foard Wildcat
Fletcher Oil & Gas Drilling Corp
Dallas
C. T. Murphy
Des Moines
Wildcat
Margaret
Foard County
H&tc Survey
Gulf Oil Senior VP William Naylor to Retire
William L. Naylor senior vice president of Gulf Oil Corp retires February 1 after more than 40 years with the company. A University of Kentucky graduate Naylor hails from Pennsylvania.
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Gulf’s
Pittsburgh
Wiliam L. Naylor
Gulf Oil Corp
Naylor
University of Kentucky
Istate
Wisconsin challenges FPC area gas pricing policy
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission petitioned the U S Court of Appeals to review the Federal Power Commission policy 61 1 which divides gas producing states into areas for interstate pricing The suit argues the policy allows immediate price increases and deprives consumers of refunds and suspensions under the Natural Gas Act A first area hearing is set for Midland Texas March 6 to determine rates for the Permian Basin area with other hearings planned for Southern Louisiana and nearby districts
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Washington
UPC
Federal Power Commission
State of
Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
U. S. Court of Appeals
Iommission
Phillips Petroleum Co
Commission
Supreme Court
Catco
Midland
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Crude Stocks Log Decrease in Domestic and Foreign Oil
Oil stocks for domestic and foreign crude totaled 297.632 million barrels on January 7, a weekly drop of 1.1 million. Domestic crude fell 3.207 million barrels. foreign crude rose 2.107 million. Daily output averaged 7.165 million barrels, down 8,000. Still runs averaged 8.167 million, down 78,000.
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Burea of Mines
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
New Mexico
Oklahoma
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West Texas
Gulf Texas
Other Texas
Texas Gas Exploration Names Vice President Handley
Jay Handley was elected vice president in charge of drilling production and production engineering for Texas Gas Exploration Corp. He will oversee all drilling and production operations. Handley, a Newton Texas native, holds a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Oklahoma and has worked with Shell Oil Mobil Oil and the firm’s parent company. He joined in January 1956 after transferring from Texas Gas Transmission Corp. He is active in the American Petroleum Institute and the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association.
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Jay &. Handier
Texas Gas Exploration Corp
R. ©. Garrett
Handley
Texas Gas Transmission Corp
Shell Oil Co
Mobil Oi Co
Mobil
Eugene Island
Gulf of Mexico
Newton
Tex
Handbey
University of Oklahoma
American Petroleum Institute
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Assn
API Pollution Group Appoints Consultant Burroughs
Leland C. Burroughs of Shell Oil Co. has joined the American Petroleum Institute as Consultant on Air and Water Pollution. He will coordinate API pollution research and abatement and supervise technical committees while liaising with agencies on petroleum industry interests. Burroughs has 25 years in pollution abatement and joined Shell in 1925 after earning a chemical engineering degree from the University of Illinois.
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Leland C. Burroughs
Shell Oil Co
American Petroleum Institute
API
Burroughs
Shell
University of
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Texas Names January Alien Address Report Month
Gov. Price Daniel designates January as Alien Address Report Month urging Texans to heed a federal ad requiring aliens to report their address to the U S Immigration Service.
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Upi
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
U.S. Immigration Service
West Germany approves language fund for developing nations
Bonn AP Budget Committee of the Bundestag approves 60,000 marks to aid West German students study languages of underdeveloped countries. The move supports a broader effort with loans and grants and a 2 percent program, funding training for participants in international aid efforts.
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Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
West Germany
Texas Oil Industry Facts Mark 60th Anniversary Publication
Dallas special reports that Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association released 61 Facts about Texas Oil & Gas to mark Spindletop anniversary. The pamphlet provides figures on Texas crude value, oil reserves, production shares, industry payroll, pipelines, and state taxes, highlighting Texas as a leading oil region.
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Texas
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Texas Oil & Gas
Spindletop
Beaumont
Texas Oil and
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