AAPG Officers to Attend Regional Southwest Meeting
Oilmen and American Association of Petroleum Geologists officers gather in Lubbock October 8 to 10 for a regional meet at the Lubbock Coliseum with 50 exhibits and about 1000 attendees. Dr. John T. Lonsdale will deliver the keynote at a Thursday dinner before a packed entertainment program for attendees and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Geological societies—American Assn. of Petroleum Geologists
Beant Parkine
John T. Lonsdale
Tems Bureau of
Eco
AAPG
W. B. Arper
W. L. Broadhurst
Ladies Entertainment Co
Lubbock Geological Society
Women's Auxiliary
Modern Sherlocks of the oilfields geologists at work
Kerr McGee describes the modern oilfield geologist as a Sherlock who interprets well cuttings with a microscope and electric logs to locate traps. Texan M H Vaughn in Amarillo shows how geologists explore, map, and develop promising formations, guiding wildcat drilling decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc
Texan
M. H. Vaughn
Amarillo
Tex
Texas
Vaughn
Midland Consultant Joins Austin Firm
W. T. Hoey, formerly of Midland Abilene and Kilgore, becomes a petroleum geologist with Pinkston Miller Pinkston in Austin. Born in Pennsylvania, raised in an oil family, educated at Missouri School of Mines, he spent fifteen years at Tidewater as geologist and production engineer and later worked for Stanolind Phillips and Plymouth oil firms before joining Pinkston Miller Pinkston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Hoey
Midland
Abilene
Kilgore
Petroleu
Pinkston, Miller & Pinkston, Oil and Gas Consultants
Austin
Hoey
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
Missouri
Tidewater
East Texas
North Central
West Texas
New Mexico
Stanolind Phillips and
Plymouth Oil Companies
Pinkston, Miller & Pinkston
Mdland
Engineers to Fight Ugly American Image Overseas
The National Society of Professional Engineers will launch a goodwill mission next spring. Rodney D. Chipp and Beatrice A. Hicks were chosen from over 2,000 engineers to tour four South American countries for fact finding and outreach. The selection was announced at the NSPE Silver Anniversary Convention in New York June 17 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Society of Professional Engineers
South America
New York
Commodore
NSPE
Commodore Hotel
Rodney D. Chipp
P. E
ITT Communication Systems, Inc
Beatrice A. Hicks
Newark Controls Co
Bloomfield
N. J
Wil
Audrey A. Potter
Purdue University
William F. Ryan
Stone and Webster Engineering Co
C. Y. Thomas
Spencer Chemical Co
Kansas City
Actress Libertad Lamarque Heads to Buenos Aires Vacation
AP reports Argentine actress Libertad Lamarque departs Mexico City for a vacation in Buenos Aires. The star travels Monday and is expected to relax away from film work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Libertad Lamarque
Monnay
Buenos Res
Shaffer Named Texas Oil Information Chief in Dallas
Houston oil executive K H Shaffer was named state chairman of the Oil Information Committee of the Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assn. He heads a statewide information program through about 1,400 volunteers and 340 local committees as the association issues the 100th anniversary Texas Oil and Gas booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
K. H. Shaffer
Houston
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assn
Charles W. Alcorn
OIC
Shaffer
Standard Oil Co
Texas
G. T. Pearson
Continental Oil Co
Fort Worth
Conoco
Canadian
Texas Oic
Shalier
Oil Co
Oil Co. of
California
Standard of California
Venezuela
Standard
San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
California Co
New Orleans
Mid- Continent Oil & G.5 Assn
Texas Safety Association
Texas Oil and iGas
Texas Mid- Continent Oil & Gas Assn
America
Beaumont
Ranger
Big Lake
East Texas
Lea Deep Wildcat To Be Abandoned In Lea County
Ashman and Hilliard No. 3 Ltd. of Midland plan to plug and abandon its No. 1 J. E. Henderson wildcat 1.5 miles east of Lovington after reaching 13 790 feet in Devonian barren rock. The project, located in Section 1 16s 36e, failed at 1 980 feet from the south and 660 feet from the west lines. A second loss, No. 1 Wade in Howard county near Big Springs, was abandoned at 9 595 feet after drilling 660 feet north and east from Section 29. Block 31 T 1 S in the Wolfcamp and related formations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
N. M. Ashman and Hilliard No. 3 Ltd
Midland
J. E. Henderson
Lovington
Lovington South
Queen San Andres
Wolfcamp
Howard Failure
Wiliamson and Barnes
Wade
Howard County
Big Springs
T&p Survey
Hutto
Math Expert Beats Radar in Brantford Trial
Daniel Buhl 31, a math and sports car enthusiast, won a speeding charge dismissal after proving radar readings can misstate speed. He testified a 13 foot car appears slower than a standard 18 foot model, creating a 5.92 mph deviation. Magistrate J. T. Shillington noted the case should be dismissed pending expert review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brantford
Ont
Daniel Buhl
Buhl
J. T. Shillington
Exploration Staked In West Lamb, Reed No. 1
Continental Oil Co. stakes the Reed No. 1 D. C. Reed location in southwest Lamb County on a 177 acre lease. The well, 10 miles southwest of Littlefield, is planned to 4400 feet to test the San Andres formation, near the Tilusian Lake field. Nearby dry holes are noted, with several reference points within a few miles. The well location sits 380 feet from the north and east lines of Labor 11, League 677, State Capitol Lands survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb County
Continental Oil] Co
D. C. Reed
Littlefield
San Andres
Tilusian Lake
League
State Capitol Lands Survey
Pan Am Plans Monahans Office Consolidation
Pan American Petroleum to open a Monahans Texas office by year end after consolidating Wink and Iraan offices. About 30 staff move to Monahans, with a new building to be erected by J Conrad Dunagan. Office will cover nine counties under Midland district supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Monhans
Texas
Wink
Iraan
Pan American Pet., Corp
J. Conrad Dunagan
Monahans
C. F. Bedford
Pan Am
North Texas-New Mexico
West Texas
Midland
Winkler, Ward, Pecos
Upton Reagan
Crockett, Irion
Schleicher
Sutton
Engineers Elected National Officers
UT chemical engineers Dr. William A. Cunningham and Dr. Howard F. Rose were elected national officers of Omega Chi Epsilon with Cunningham as president and Rose as treasurer. Cunningham, a UT 18 year faculty member, previously directed the AIChE 1955 1958 and worked for Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Freeport Sulphur and Texas Potash. Rose joined UT in 1952 after Dow Chemical and Foster Wheeler. co authored Project Engineering of Process Plants 1957 and was a Fulbright lecturer at Denmark in 1957. A 400 ton wheat shipment from Ross Port EIie to London marked the first grain export from that port in 1000 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas Chemical Engineering
William A. Cunningham
Howard F. Rose
Omega Chi Epsilon
Chemical Engineering Society
Cunningham
Dr. Rose
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company
Fort Worth
Freeport Sulphur Company
Texas Potash Corporation
Texas
American Chemical Society
American Academy For the Advancement of Science
Rose
Dow Chemical Company
Freeport
Foster Wheeler Corporation
Houston
Rase
Technical University of Denmark
Copenhagen
Central Texas
Tech Geologist Prompts Exploration With Oklahoma Oil Paper
Texas Tech instructor C C Reeves Jr authors a two part study on the Southwest Enville Field detailing Oil Creek and Sycamore pay zones and six faults. The work proposes origins in the Mari eta basin and notes potential discovery below 10 000 feet with high exploration costs. Reeves and two Tech graduate students mapped fault planes and linked field activity to reservoir pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalance-Journal Oil
Texas Tech
C. C. Reeves Jr
Oklahoma
Southwest
Enville
Oil and Gas Journal
South Enville
Sycamore
Wichita-Criner Hills
Central Oklahoma
Marieta
Okla
Oil Creek
Reeves
University of Oklahoma
Texaco, Inc
Tech
William Probrandt
San Angelo
T. A. Cullinan
Washington, D. C
26Th Street
C. C. Reeves, Jr
South Enville Field
IPAA Sees Higher Crude Demand in 1959 Second Half
Minor S. Jameson Jr of the IPAA told the Interstate Oil Compact Commission that domestic oil demand should rise in the last half of 1959 as production climbs from 7.0 million to about 7.4 million barrels daily by year end. He cited stronger US activity, seasonal inventory shifts, and import program limits, while noting unhealthy factors like low producing allowables and high product inventories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minor S. Jameson, Jr
Washington
Independent Petroleum Assn
America
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Jameson
United States
U.S
IPAA
U. S
House Group Probes Oil Marketing Practices Inquiries
Rep James Roosevelt leads a House small business panel investigating petroleum market practices to see if prior coercive tactics and price wars have resurfaced. Suppliers and distributors must answer by July 1, detailing price discrimination, panels, and independence from suppliers while potential corrective actions are considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Group
Harry Wilson Sharpe Washington
UPI
James Roosevelt
California Democrat
Roose
Roosevelt
Tom Steed
Okla
Charles H. Brown
D-Mo
Arch A. Moore Jr
R-W.va
Wright Patman
Texas
UT Engineer Receives Shell Grant for Clay Study
Dr. E Joseph Weiss of the University of Texas ceramic engineering department has been awarded a 7558 dollar Shell Development Company grant to study clay minerals through May 1960. He will compare natural and organic treated clays using X ray diffraction to assess crystalline structure changes and temperature stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Special
E. Joseph Weiss
University of Texas Ceramic Engineer
Shell Development Company
Houston
University
Bureau of Engineering Research
Weiss
Shell
National Academy of Sciences
American Mineralogical Society
American Ceramic Society
American Men of Science
Mineralogical Society of Great Britain
API Golf Tourney Set In Brownfield For Sept 11 12
The South Plains section of the American Petroleum Institute will hold its annual golf tournament at Brownfield Country Club on September 11 and 12. About 650 entries are expected in the blind bogey event with nine holes per player and prizes drawn from groups. Open to the public, the two day event offers refreshments and entertainment. Proceeds fund the scholarship program for Texas Tech engineering students, with hopes to award two $500 scholarships in 1959 60 instead of one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
American Petroleum Institute
Brownfield Country Club
Texas Tech
C. E. Smith
Western Co
Lubbock
Sinclair Reports Second Safest Year in 1958
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co reports 1958 as one of its safest years in 43-year history with 9.2 disabling injuries per million hours. Chairman H. B. Smith notes the 1958 rate was second only to 1956. Forty-two employees were injured causing lost time. no fatalities. Fourteen employees have 40 years plus without a lost-time accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
H. B. Smith
Sinclair
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Wildcatters
Mac Sebree
TULSA
Plains
Alaska
Ty. Shaffer
New Texas
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West Lamb
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Eiie
London
By Bill Kalb
Somalia
Mogadiscio
API Golf Tourney
Brownfield
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