Energy Chief Seeks Cooperation for Long Term Oil Fix
Shell Oil President Harry Bridges urges cooperation among industry, public, and government to resolve the energy crisis. He notes emergency measures remain until long range projects such as refinery expansion, deepwater terminals, and the Trans-Alaska pipeline can proceed, with current refinery output strained by complex feed stocks and rate definitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max RB. Skelton
Houston
Shell Oil Co
Harry Bridges
American Petroleum Institute
Bridges
Oil and gas finds span Yoakum Gaines and Dickens Counties
New oil strikes in Yoakum Gaines and Dickens Counties report strong 24 hour production with no water from Strawn and Bowmat wells. An Ellenburger gas discovery at Culf Oil No 1 Schlosser in Pecos County yields 3.2 million cubic feet daily and 125 barrels of water, near Rojo Caballos and Ellenburger zones.
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Levelland
Whitestone Corp
Strawn Production
Carr
Yoakum
Gaines
Dickens
Pecos County
Yoakum County
Strawn
Reeves
San Andres
Denver City
McMoRan Exporation Co
Gaseoil Rally
Seagraves
West Strawn
John H. Gibson
Rustler
Yates
Wolfcamp
Bale
Ccsd&rgng
Dickens County
Schusterman Development Corps No. 2
W. J. Driggers
Tannehill
Gilpen
Coleman Junction
Langford
Phil Kendrick, Jr
Fisher-Webb
Abilene
Thatwell
H&gn
Duck Creek
Culf Oil Corp
Cayanosa
T&p
Rojo Caballos
Ellenburger Gas Producton
Ropes Producer
Farn
Hockley County
Ropesville
Amoco Production Co
Ropes Canyon Reef
Howard County
School Land Survey
Dismantling of Enrico Fermi Atomic Plant Begins Amid Security
Detroit reports the Enrico Fermi Atomic Plant near Monroe Michigan starts dismantling after costly construction in 1963. The core owned by the AEC is loaned to PRDC and must be removed and reprocessed at Savannah River. Officials say stringent security, shipping casks, and storage steps aim to prevent radioactive release while awaiting a second breeder project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hughes
Detroit
API
Enrico Firmi Atomic Plant
Lake Erie
Monroe
Mich
CPRDC
E. L. Alexanderson
Wagner
Alexanderson
Carolina
United States
Oak Ridge
Oakjbe
Coal Ridge
Tenn
Crete
Nixon
Fermi
South Carolina
Shell Operator Sees 25 Years With Firm
K D Dennis shows a quarter century of service with Shell Oil Co in the Mid Continent Division. He began in 1948 as assistant driller in Graham and held various drilling roles in Texas Illinois and New Mexico before moving to Denver City in 1959 and advancing to lease operator in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.D. Dennis
Shell Oil Co
Denver City
Dennis
Shell
Graham
Texas
Illinois
New Mexico
Promotion of Tech Graduate Dan R McGregor Named Professional Geologist
Dan R McGregor of Exxon Co promoted to Professional Geologist and assigned to the Delaware-Val Verde Project in the Southwestern Exploration Division at Midland. A Snyder native, he joined Exxon in 1962 after earning a geology masters at Texas Tech. His early years included time in Houston and Tyler, with a 1969 move to Midland as a senior geologist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan R. McGregor
Exxon Co
Southwestern
Midland
McGregor
Snyder
Texas Tech
Exxon
Houston
Tyler
Jagam Toe
Train of Barges May Outdistance New Supertankers
Metairie Louisiana businessman Capt Robert D Moss proposes twenty six foot scale power assisted barges to link into five mile long seagoing units to move petroleum products crude oil between continents. He says five barges plus a control ship could beat five separate supertankers on cost. Moss holds US patents for the propulsion system and envisions refineries aboard these units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gene Mearns
Metairie
UPI
Robert D. Moss
United States
Moss
Houston Ship Channel
Ocean Towing Systems, Inc
Cumby
Tex
U. S. Maritime Adminis
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Eisenhower
U. S
Middle East
Mobil opens giant refinery in Joliet at full capacity
Mobil Oil Corp. announces its Joliet Illinois refinery is now operating at full capacity, processing 164000 barrels of crude daily into gasoline heating oil jet fuel and other products. The plant doubles Midwest refining capacity and features advanced pollution controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Ill
Mobil Oil Corp
Chicago
U. S
Upper Midwest
Mobil
Rawleigh Warner Jr
Warner
AIME Group Dinner Meeting Faces Speaker A D Rippetoe
AIME at the Sirloin and Ale Restaurant will host guest speaker A D Rippetoe, Shell Oil Co. Lambert South Plains group. The program opens with a social hour at 6 30 p m and dinner at 7 30 p m Rippetoe will discuss A Roustabout s Viewpoint of the National Energy Crisis He is a native of Delcon and has held several posts with Shell in Texas since 1956 Known among civic groups as the Wil Rogers of West Texas, he has spoken across the region for a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Rippetoe
Midland
Shell Oil Co
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Aime
Rippetoe
Delcon
Comanche High School
Texas Tech
Texas A&m
Oklahoma University
U.S. Air Force
Casablanca
North Africa
Spokane
Wash
Rippette
Shell
Denver City
Wassom Gas
Ozona
Northwest Ozona
West Texas
New Mexico
South Plains Oil Information Committee
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Amon
Wil Rogers
West, Texas
Texaco Names Sundown Production Foreman Bill Zahn
Texaco Inc appoints Bill Zahn as production foreman at the Slaughter field. He moves from Lovington New Mexico with his wife after a community welcome event. Zahn succeeds Ralph Brookshire who becomes production foreman at Pampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texaco, Inc
Bill Zahn
Sundown
Lovington
N.M
Zahn
Ralph Brookshire
Pampa
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Hoblitzelie Field
Permian Basin
East New Mexico
Labor 2
League 17
Wichita County School Land Survey
Lubbock, Texas
Gaines County
Eastland Qi} Co
Atomic Plant
Alaska
Tulsa
Oil and Gas Journal
U.S
Weekly Business Magazine
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
U.S. District Court
K. D. Dennis
Tration
Texaco
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