Oil Attorneys Fight Kansas Shutdown Over Field Prices
In Houston AP, oil lawyers dispute a Kansas shutdown order at Sumner County fields after Derby Refining Co cut crude prices to 2.85 a barrel. Derby appeals a rehearing loss claiming price fixing and state conservation statutes block such actions. Regulators say below cost pricing harms exploration and reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Kansas
Sumner County
Derby Refining Co
Wichita
Commission
Derby
Pera
Oklahoma City
East Texas
Texas Gasoline Tax Birthday Observed Statewide
Texas marks the 37th anniversary of its gasoline tax issued June 14 1923 starting at 1 cent per gallon. The tax has risen to 5 cents plus a 4 cent federal levy totaling 329 million dollars annually and about 42 percent of the average retail price of gasoline. Eugene Hosford notes the combined taxes impact car owners nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Eugene Hosford
Oil Information Committee
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assn
Fiber Glass Used To Protect Tanks
Fiber glass polyester resin coats tank bottoms at Service Pipe Line Co Tulsa. Tanks of 37 000 and 107 000 barrel sizes repaired with the coating to resist corrosion. Carrier notes fiber glass offers lighter weight and corrosion protection though cost and feasibility vary by method and site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Service Pipe Line Co
R M. Carter
Salt Creek
Ipaline
Oil Men Uninformed Yet Critics Want Clearer Industry Talk
A Texas survey of 500 oil industry managers shows many cannot name state or federal lawmakers and few write Congress or state legislators on energy policy. It suggests the industry must improve public information efforts to defend its position and influence policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Kalb
Avalanche-Journal
Oil Editor
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Oil Information Committee
Abilene
Ft. Worth
Dallas
Houston
Tyler
U.S
Texas
House of Representatives
Congress
IM. J. Rathbone
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
American Petroleum Institute
Frank M. Porter
APT
Armed Forces
Oil and Gas
Waterflood Unit Formed in Jack County Texas
Ambassador Oil Corp announces formation of the Rusmag Caddo Conglome rate Waterflood Unit in the Rus mag Field Jack County Texas 13 miles east of Jacksboro. The unit includes 38 tracts 136 wells across 5500 acres with 39 working interests led by Ambassador 21 percent. Previous pilot flooded 10 wells in a double five spot showing potential to recover 4 5 million barrels more through waterflooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambassador Oil Corp
Fort l Worth
Rusmag Caddo
Waterflood
Jack County
Texas
Jacksboro
Ampemenie
Opera
Caddo Conglomerate
Ambassador
Texaco, Inc
Cities Service
Graridge Corp
Breckenridge
Marshall Young
Fort Worth
Russell
First Ghana casino to open this month amid pay threshold
The inaugural Accra casino by Ghana Seer Entertainment Corp led by Lewin opens soon with limited access. The government bars entrants earning under 4,200 dollars annually, restricting participation to higher earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accra
Ghana
Ghana Seer Entertainment Corp
Getty To Keynote Landman Meeting
Tidewater President George F Getty will deliver the industry keynote at AAPLs Sixth Annual Meeting. The Landmen Annual Meet runs June 22 25 in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Hotel with about 1000 Landmen expected. Getty speaks during Thursday mornings business session along with LA attorney Richard Bergen of O Melveny and Myers on Unitization Problems in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAPL
Tidewater
George F. Getty
Landmen
Los Angeles
California
Getty
Richard Bergen
O'Melveny and Myers
Bergen
Basin-Plains Rotary Rig Tally Slips in West Texas
Basin and Plains rig counts edged lower in the June 10 Reed Rolier survey for Basin Plains area. Basin totals fell to 258 from 277 and Plains to 157 from 168, with Lea County New Mexico leading at 36 rigs. Eddy and Andrews followed with 29 and 27 respectively as counts show a 35 percent Basin drop and 32 percent Plains drop year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin
South Plains
Reed Rolier Bit Co
West Texas
New Mexico
Andrews
Borden
Chaves
Cochran
Crane
Crockett
Culberson
Dawson
Dickens
de Baca
Ector
Eddy
Fisher
Gaines
Garza
Glasicock
Hockley
Howard
Irion
Lea
Loving
Lubbock
Lynn
Martin
Menard
Mitchell
Midland
Motley
Nolan
Otero
Pecos
Reagan
Reeves
Roosevelt
Runnels
Schleicher
Scurry
Atin
Terrell
Terry
Tom Green
Upton
Val Verde
Ward
Winkler
Yoakum
Basin
Plains
Texas Mid-Continent Names Advisory Unit
The Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association announces 17 Texas oil men named to its Advisory Committee to the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. Reappointed are Curtis G. Condra, J. H. Dunn, W. J. Goldston, Herman Pressler, J. L. Sewell, and Frank P. Zoch Jr. New members include Neville Penrose, Sherman Hunt, Gordon Simpson, P. W. Pitzer, Clyde Tomlinson, R. C. Tucker, Harold Skinner, Charles W. Alcorn, and Robert L. Boggs with firms across Dallas Fort Worth Amarillo Houston Sherman Sherman Hunt, and Corpus Christi players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Texas Oil
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Estill S. Heyser, Jr
Curtis G. Condra
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Perry R. Bass
Richardson &Bass
Fort Worth
J. H. Dunn
Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp
Amarillo
W. J. Goldston
Goldston Oil Corp
Herman Pressler
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Houston
J. L. Sewell
Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp
Frank P.zoch, Jr
Turnbull & Zach Drilling Co
Corpus Christi
Neville Penrose
Neville SG. Penrose, Inc
W. Dow Hamm
the Atlantic Refining Co
Sherman Hunt
Empire Drilling Co
Gordon Simpson
General American Oil Co. of Texas
P. W. Pitzer
Pitzer and West
Breckenridge
Clyde Tomlinson
Longview
R. C. ‘Tucker
Great Western Drilling Co
Midland
Harold Skinner
Continental Oil Co
Charles W. Alcorn
Falcon Seaboard Drilling Co
Robert L. Boggs
Gulf Oil Corp
Girls prefer dancing and boys to reading at High Storrs
E M Furtado head of High Storrs Grammar School told an Association of Headmistresses conference in London that few girls rank reading first among leisure activities. She noted girls usually choose dancing listening to records or going out with boys over books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
E. M. Furtado
High Storrs Grammar School
Sheffield
The
Assn. of
Oil Surplus Seen Likely to Persist a Decade
A Petroleum Week article reports that the world oil market will stay oversupplied for five to ten years. Forward planning studies by major companies warn against expecting automatic resolution within the next three to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petroleum Week
Free World
United States
U.S
Free
Mid-America Pipeline Secures 42 Million Dollar Loan
New York special reports Prudential Insurance Co of America closed down a 42 million dollar loan to Mid-America Pipeline Co for its 1800 mile LPG products line from Texas and New Mexico to Minnesota and Wisconsin. The first 8.4 million was delivered to Robert E. Thomas, president of Mid-America, with construction already 250 miles in progress and on schedule for completion by December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mid-America Pipeline Co
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Robert E. Thomas
Mid-America
Prudential
Thomas
Texas
New Mexico
St. Paul
Phillips Employees Earn 1959 Safety Awards
Thirteen top safety awards for 1959 in the National Safety Council petroleum chemical and rubber contests went to Phillips Petroleum Co and its wholly owned subsidiary Phillips Chemical Co. Four first place honors went to the 247 drilling division, the 1,592 producing division, the 325 Oklahoma district of the natural gasoline department, and the 722 Plains Copolymer Plant employees in Borger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Phillips Petroleum Co
Phillips Chemical Co
Phillips
Council
Empooyes
Phillips Production Department
Oklahoma
Natural Gasoline Department
Plains Copolymer
Borger
Oil field drilling plans span multiple Texas counties
Shell Oil aims to drill No. 2 BUA near Bluitt in Roosevelt County New Mexico with a 9,500 foot Pennsylvanian test while Forest Oil targets a 12,500 foot Devonian test in Martin County. George Abell set for a 2,700 foot Permian wildcat in Pecos, and Edison-Texas Gulf plans re entry in Ector with a Wolfcamp test near Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oil Co
Bluitt
Roosevelt County
Breedlove
Martin
Martin County
Lamesa
Forest Oil Corp
Midland
C. M
Labor
League
Borden
Pan American Petrolem Corp
Nolan
League 59
Borden County School Land Survey
Permain
Pecos
George T. Abell
State
Corrigan
Pecos County
Imperial
ECTOR
Texas Gulf Producing Co
Houston Endowment
McKnight
Headlee
Odessa
Ector County
T&p
Pipe
Dalton Cobb
Ellenburger
M. Clayton
Borden County
Wildcat
Gail
T&p Survey
Luck Po* Field
CRANE
Sunray Mid- Continent Oil Co
American Trading and Producing Co
University
East
Crane County
Grayburg
University Lands Survey
Oil Bills Move Through Congress As Wage Rise Tops
Washington oil executives monitor three bills in Congress led by Kennedy Roosevel t and Patman. The wage bill would lift the federal minimum to 1.25 with phased increases and a 40 hour week. Roosevelt aims to bar commissions on tires and other items at stations. Patman seeks stronger FTC powers against price discrimination. President Eisenhower signals support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson Sharpe Washington
UPI
Congress
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Roosevelt
Wright Patman
Texas
House
Small Business Committee
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Senate
House Labor Committees
Donald C. O'Hara
National Petroleum Association
Eisenhower
API Air Pollution Bibliography Issued
New York special report notes an annotated bibliography listing fifty technical papers from API sponsored air pollution research. It covers papers from the Institute’s Refining sessions, API sponsored studies, and Coordinating Research Council reports with the Automobile Manufacturers' Association. The API says the bibliography is not definitive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Petroleum Institute
Institute
API
Census figures show sharp gains in northern Mexico
Census release lists Nuevo Laredo population at 93 1000 with a 63 percent rise and Tor reer Coahuila at 201 491 up 37 percent, signaling rapid growth in border and northern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
UPI
Nuevo Laredo
Torreer Coahuila
Mobil to Drill 13 000-Foot Florida Wildcat Well
Mobil Oil Co. plans a 13 000 foot wildcat well in Florida Panhandle timberland after leasing about 100 000 acres. Drilling starts mid June near the Alabama border in Santa Rosa County. aims to test the Houston formation. Nearby oil fields are scarce with the only Florida discovery in Collier County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobil Oil Co
Florida Panhandle
Alabama
Santa Rosa County
Fla
Mobil
Florida
St. Regis Paper Company
St. Regis
Baldwin County
Escambia
Santa Rosa
Okaloosa
Houston
Mississippi
Wildcat
Citronelle
Collier County
Everglades
South Plains OIC names 18 county chairmen in Texas
Harland A. Hodges, leader of the South Plains OIC, announced the district chairmen for 18 counties. Lubbock’s Marks Smith will chair Lubbock County. others include Charles Reinke Cochran Neil Hefner M. W. Norris Ben Lowe Kent County’s Kent and Hale County’s Ray Emmons among named executives from Mobil Oil Co Western Co Bethlehem Supply Co and National Supply Co. A June 21 meeting is scheduled for the South Plains OIC group and state representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Oil Information Committee
OIC
South Plains Oic
Harlan
A. Hodges
Lubbock Independent Oilman
Marks Smith
Lubbock
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Lubbock County
Bailey County
Charles Reinke
Mobil Oil Co
Cochran
Neil Hefner
First National Bank
Cottle’s
M. W
Bubba) Norris
Crosby
Ben ‘R. Lowe
Citizens National Bank
A. J. Stinnett
Dickens County
C. E. Smith
the Western Co
Floyd County
J. S. Morris
Garza County
C. B. Carruthers
Levelland
Hockley County
Bill McCaghren
Matador
Continental Oil Co
Don Hewitt
Brownfield
Cities Service Co
Terry County
Lamb
Lynn
Hodges
South Plains
George
Ned) Tarboy
Pan American Pet. Corp
Joe McLaughlin
Bill Kalb
Avalanche Journal Oil
South Plains Committemen
Mobil Researchers Point to Methyl Lead Edge Over TEL
Three scientists from Socony Mobil Oil, Perry Jr, Di Perna, and Heath, report tetramethyl lead offers better antiknock than tetraethyl lead. They cite higher octane gains from catalytic reforming and improved engine distribution, noting benefits in manuals and foreign cars with high octane fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spcony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
R. H. Perry, Jr
C. J. di Perna
D. P. Heath
Socony Mobil
S Paulsboro
N J
Chicago
Society of Automotive Engineers
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By Max B. Skelton
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Halliburton Company
Hook Stewart
Duncan, Okla
Lea, Eddy
Lead
Texas Mid-Continent
Mid-America Pipeline
N. M
Lubbock, Texas
API Air Pollution Bibliography
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