Knight Seeks All-Inclusive Oil and Chemical Union Merger
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union chief O A Knight proposes exploratory talks with Walter Mitchell of Akron to fuse the two unions into one encompassing body. Knight aims to win broad support while promising member ratification and maintaining autonomy in key practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson Sharpe
Washington
UPI
O. A. Knight
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
International Chemical Workers
Walter Mitchell
Akron
Sponse
Mitchel
Knight
Mitchell
CIO
Afl-Cio
AFL
Aflcio
United States
Canada
United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers
United Press International
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Forest Park
UGCCW
Flood Swisher
Uvgccw
OCAW
International
ICWU
Locations Spotted Over Plains Area and Property Listings
A dense catalogue lists numerous oil and land parcels across Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Dawson, Gaines, Scurry, Terry counties with operator names such as McFarland East Queen Pan American, Shafter Lake San Andres McElroy Ranch, Magnolia, and Conoco. Entries specify block and section lines, PSL surveys, acreages around 1,125 acres common, and distances from Andrews or Gall, detailing 5,300 feet and similar measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews County
McFarland East
Queen—Pan American Pet. Corp
Fort Worth
Andrews
PSL
Gulf Oil Corp
el Worth
State Consolidated
University Lands Survey
Shafter Lake
San Andres
North Cowden
L W. Lovelady & Robbert_B. Holt
Midland
Phillips- Holt
T&p
Borden County Wildcat
Flavanna
Flavanna-Strawn
John J. Eisner
RH. Jordan
Hatc Survey
Plavanna
Jo-Mill-Spraberry
Cosden Petroleum Corp
Big Spring
Gall
Anderson-Prichard
J. C. Maxwell
Clayton & Johnson
T&p Survey
Et Acres
Dawson County
Arthur Spraberry
George R. Gibson
Dyer
T&p Purvey
Ackerley
Gaines County
Brown — Magnolia Petroleum Co
Dallas
E. H. Jones
Denver City
Wasson-66
Conoco
A. L. Wasson
Portable peening mill revives oilfield drill pipe work
Lubbock firm Peen-O-Graph introduces a trailer mounted portable peening unit to rejuvenate rotary drill pipe by bombardment with steel pellets. The system, capable of processing 6000 feet of pipe daily at the site, includes initial inspection and interior coating to prevent corrosion, with franchise plans and an Andrews, Texas delivery already arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peen-O-Graph, Inc
Lubbock
Chas. Carruth of
Andrews
Don Crow
Mohammed
N. E. Bottinelli
Oklahoma City
Bottinelli
Peen-O-Graph
Van Beekum's Grand Safety Awards Highlight Texas Firm
C J Van Beekum Inc of Lubbock earns the Texas Motor Transportation Association grand award for the third straight year, marking a record of over two million accident free miles on Texas and New Mexico highways. The firm hauls approximately 10 million tons of explosives annually from Atlas Missouri to Texas New Mexico Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. van Beekum, Sr
Buddy
C. J. Beekum, Inc
Lubbock
7Th Street
van Beekum
Texas
New Mexico
van Beekum, Inc
Altas
Joplin
Arizona
Texas Motor Transporation ‘Association
Motor Transporation Association
American Trucking Association
Beekums
van Beekums
Lubbock Powder Distributing Company
New Mexico «Association
Galveston
Texas Motor Transportation Assn
Council of Safety Supervisors
C. J. van Beekum
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Campbell Notes Good Abe Reef Flow At Eddy County Workover
Lubbock based P Campbell reports Abe Reef flow at No. 1 Cockerham in northwestern Eddy County New Mexico after reentry of a 4 890 foot failure and deepening to TD. The well produced 41 barrels of oil per hour for 10 hours with 47.5 degree gravity and 225 pounds tubing pressure and 1000 pounds casing pressure. location is about 10 miles south southeast of Artesia in section 34 18s 26e. There were multiple other drill plans and potential prospects in the Eddy County area including FE 1 and Ellis No 1 near Malaga and a 2 650 foot prospect in Foldy County with various drillers and fields named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Campbell
Lubbock
Abe Reef
Eddy County
N. M
Cockerham
Campbell
Artesia
Carlsbad
Black River
FE. F. White, Jr
Dallas
Ellis
Malaga
Ralph Nix
Jerry Curtis
Roosevelt Oil Well Near Roosevelt County Test Yields Small Flow
N M Associates No 1 well completed in southern Roosevelt County New Mexico. Initial test produced 15 barrels of 28 degree API oil per day and 10 barrels water from a perforated interval between 4554 and 4620 feet. Hole bottomed at 4677 feet, derrick floor at 4256 feet, with five and a half inch casing. Top San Andres at 3824 feet and top Slaughter lime at 4550 feet. Well site 660 feet from section lines, about 28 miles north of town.
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Venture
Malaga
N-M Associates No
Roosevelt County
N.M
San Andres
Gtum
Garza Dickens Drill Tests Advance in Duck Creek Field
Garza County moves to develop the No. 1 Susie Koonsman in the Duck Creek area with an Ellenburger well 8 550 feet deep. The site lies about two miles southeast of Happy Strawn. In Dickens County Hunt Oil seeks a Tannehill outpost well on the Mary Cope lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General American Oil Co
Texas
Garza County
Ior
Susie Koonsman
Ellenburger
T&no
Happy Strawn and
Ellenburger Pool
Dickens County
Hunt Oil Co
Tannehill
Smal Duck Creek
Mary Copeland
H&gn Survey
Spur
U S Ambassador Opens Pilgrim Fathers House Museum
Leyden Netherlands AP reports U S Ambassador Philip Young opened The Little House of the Pilgrim Fathers, a preserved early 17th century site used as a museum for visitors. The structure marks where the Pilgrims left England in 1620 for the New World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyden
Netherlands
U. S
Philip Young
England
Leasing Decline Reported Nationally in Oil Industry
AP report notes a drop in domestic drilling and leasing with total non productive U S acres under lease shrinking to about 347 million at start of 1958 from two years earlier. States show varied declines with North Dakota and Texas among leaders in reduced unproved acreage while Wyoming and others maintain substantial lease levels.
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U.S
Texas
Independent Petroleum Arsen. of America
Ihs
North Dakota
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Florida
Louisiana
Colorado
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Utah
Mississippi
Montana
Kansas
New Mexico
Nebraska
Alabama
Local Oil Women Plan To Attend Midland Seminar
Four members of the Lubbock Desk and Derrick Club will attend a three day seminar starting August 1 in Midland. The group includes Martha Baker June Bingham Judy Price and Clelia Coker all employed by Lubbock oil firms. More than 200 women from West Texas Panhandle New Mexico and Region V will participate. The agenda covers rotary drilling practices geological processing of wildcat acreage oil careers for women and industry relations with social events at Midland Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Desk
Derrick Club
Midland
Martha Baker
Livermore Drilling Co
Abilene
Albuquerque
Amarilla
Artesia
Big Spring
Borger
Breckenridge
Brownfield
Farmington
Graham
Hobbs
Odessa
Pampa
Roswell
San Angelo
Snyder
Wichita Falls
Levelland
Rotary
Midland Country Club
Crude Oil Buyers Nominate Higher Demands For August
Texas crude oil buyers filed nominations totaling 148 363 barrels a day more in August than July The major buyers nominated 2 763 591 barrels for August versus 2 615 229 for July The Bureau of Mines forecast a drop of 195 000 barrels daily In August from the July forecast The August allowable will be set by the Railroad Commission on July 17
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Railroad Commission
New Wells Increase Allowable Oil Output in Texas Week
The Railroad Commission announced an allowable oil increase of 13 231 barrels per day this week due to new wells. Total allowable reaches 2 649 873 barrels daily, up from 2 636 642 last week. Drillers added 239 oil wells 15 wild cats 52 gas wells and 159 plugged wells. Year to date oil completions 6 990 vs 8 448 a year ago. gas completions 11 272 vs 974 a year ago. District totals show six in Dist 9 four in Dist 8 three in Dist 7 B and one in Dist 1 and 10. a gas well in Dist 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Railroad Commission
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Federal Power Commission
Commission
Gaeseons
FPC
Grees
Ron
Gul
Corp
Port Arthur
Gulf
Universal Oil Products
Procon, Inc
Hollywood
Keanate Finance Committee
Eugene Locke
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Assn
Ats
Wir Rogers
Sinclair
Ree
Oil and Chemical Workers
Eopieinet Meas
Cochran County
Honolulu
Oj Corp
Dean
League
Lipscomb County School Land Survey
Sundown
Buckshot
Superba Oil Corp
Jack W. Frost
Block W
Wasson
Denver
Robertson
Seminole
Robertson Cowes
T. O. Stari
Breyer Jet al
Connell
F. AJ
Miles
Connell Estate
F. M. & A. J. Long Survey
Justiceburg
Wildcat
Clarence Angie i
Rex Welch
Isa
Scott Survey
W. B. Yarboro and Cake Drilling Co
J. Barron
Gwt&p Survey
Jaca
Close City
County Dor
Fleming OU Co
Kim Finnan Forteen
Southland
Tyder-Fleming Oil Co
Fleming A
Kimbell Nowesiaaa Txl
Tee Tan
Coaha
Ier
Fiemot Co
Fieming Xim 1
Fort W
Coahorna
Masterson
Scurry County
Earnest
Sunray—Mid Continent Co
Midlands
R. E. Lea
Hine
H&tc
Helmleigh
Terry County
Welch
Davison
Pembrook
Phillips
Welch—Davison & Pembroad
Boyer
Broseco Corp
Ft. Werth
New Oilfield
W. B. Deal
Boyd Burris
By Jim Mayes
Avalanche-Journal Oil
Richard the Lion Hearted
Holy Land
Trailmoble, Inc
Foldy County
Stephen P. Dillon
Leco Drilling Co
Gulf Federal
Delaware
Roosevelt
Garza, Dickens
Threewell Duck Creek
Dickens
Max B. Skelton
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