Oil Wage Demands Loom From Knight Union in May
The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union led by QO Knight plans a May 15 strategy meeting to draft a united national bargaining policy. Delegates from five areas will shape recommendations for wage increases and fringe benefits while keeping ratification by locals required. Independent oil operators pursue import quota talks in Washington with TIPRO seeking relief and IPAA weighing its participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson Sharpe
Washington
UPD
QO. A
Knight
National Committee
Wales
Salt Lake City
Dallas
Kansas City
Chicago
Washington, D. C
B. J. Schafer
E. E. Phelps
Two Gas Finds Completed In Runnels Area
Anderson and Graham of Midland completed two gas discoveries in Runnels County. No 1 W B Kelly east of Hatchell yielded a calculated open flow of 3.1 million cubic feet daily from the upper Gardner after 250 gallons of acid. reentry deepened to 4,201 feet with a 44 inch casing set. Goetz No 1 on the North Gardner sand finished as a Goen lime gas producer with 8.4 million cubic feet daily from perforations at 3,859 to 3,863 feet after acid, but no liquids were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson and Graham
Midland
Runnels
W. B. Kelly
Hatchell
Elm Creek
Gardner
Bbb&c
Pethybridge & Erlich
Kelly
Anderson
Graham
Goetz
North Gardner Sand
John C. McKean
Cherry Bros
Norton, North
Cherry Brothers
Lubbock
A. C. Minzenmayer
Lawrence Martin
Norton
Fulton
Pipeline contract set for Brown-Bassett gas area
El Paso Natural Gas Co awards Western Pipe Line of Austin a 52 mile 20 inch and 8 mile eight inch pipeline contract in Terrell and Pecos Counties. The line links a Flour Corp carbon dioxide removal plant to a Puckett field plant and work starts before May 15 with offices planned at Fort Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrell County
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Western Pipe Line, Inc
Austin
Terrell
Pecos
The
Flour Corp
Brown-Bassett
FE Paso Natural
Puckett
Pecos County
Fort Stockton
Magnolia Pipeline to Install 350 Mile Microwave Link
Magnolia Pipe Line Co announces a 350 mile microwave system connecting Corsicana storage terminal with Midland West Texas gathering terminal. The plan includes 12 relay towers 210 to 380 feet tall and remote control of six pump stations with Midland as eventual pump control center. Construction targets January 1961 operation with 260 mile link to Beaumont completed last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Pipe Line Co
Texas
Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
L. H. True
Magnolia Pipe Line
Dallas
Ee Company
Corsicana
West Texas
Midland
Magnolia
Mobil Oil Company
Beaumont
Hillsboro
Walnut Springs
Dublin
de Leon
Cisco
Clyde
Merkel
Sweetwater
Loraine
Satan
Big Spring
Crude Stocks and Production Edge Higher On Week
The Bureau of Mines reports total crude stocks at 262,654,000 barrels as of April 30, up 769,000 from the prior week. Domestic crude rose 793,000 barrels while foreign crude fell 24,000. Daily output reached 7,014,000 barrels, up 31,000. stills runs averaged 7,945,000, down 22,000 with regional changes provided for Arkansas Kansas North Louisiana Gulf Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma East Texas West Texas Gulf Texas and other Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Arkansas
Kansas
North Louisiana
Gulf Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
East Texas
West Texas
Gulf Texas
Other Texas
Australian seismic project to begin in Queensland lands
Phillips-Sunray and partners announce a seismic survey starting immediately on 27 520 000 acres in Western Queensland near the Great Artesian Basin with an option to drill. Phillips would earn a full interest in half the acreage, with drilling acreage split 50 50 and overrides for Australian firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co
Tulsa
Apinaipa Petroleum Co., Ltd
Associated Australian Oil Fields
Associated Freney Oil Fields
Phillips - Sunray
Phillips
Queensland
Australia
Phillips-Sunray
Peter Territory
Great Artesian Basin
Petroleum executive urges safety teams to stay fresh and persuasive
Atlanta special report notes Charles R. Younts, chairman of Plantation Pipe Line Co., urges safety experts to act as good salesmen for new ideas and gadgets to prevent monotony in accident prevention programs. He praises the industry’s safety record as he retires after 48 years in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Charles R. Younts
Plantation Pipe Line Co
American Petroleum Institute
Younts
Basin Plains Big Count Logs Rise in Rotation Totals
Basin Plains counties show higher rotary counts with Lea County New Mexico leading at 47 rigs up from 41, followed by Andrews 33, Eddy 29, and Pecos 14. May 6 tally tops April 29 in a regional survey of oil field activity across South Plains counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Noeces
Lea County
N.M
Basin Plains
Andrews
Eddy
Pecos
Pia
Cochran
Crane
Crockett
Crosby
Culberson
Dawoos
Lan
Tech Engineer Wins Two State Competition
Jimmie R. Gibson of Lub bock now living in Lubbock won first place in the undergraduate division of the Louisiana Texas Student Paper contest held at the University of Texas in Austin. Gibson won for his library research paper Microbiological Prospecting for Oil and also took Tech’s top prize in the Tech phase, edging Harold W. Elledge. The contest features petroleum engineering papers from five schools in the two states with Texas Tech sponsoring the event in April 1961 with help from SPE’s South Plains section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie R. Gibson
Littlefield
23Rd St
Lubbock
Louisiana Texas
University of Texas
Austin
Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering
Society For Petroleum Engineers
University of Houston
Tech
Harold W. Elledge
R. F. Elledge
Knox City
Gibson
Elledge
Texas A&m
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Texas Tech
Society of Petroleum Engineers
South Plains
SPE
Mobil to Build New Coking Unit at Beaumont Refinery
Mobil Oil Corp says it will start constructing a delayed coking unit at its Beaumont refinery. It will be the third large coker started by Mobil in two years after Paulsboro New Jersey and Torrance California. The Beaumont unit will employ about 400 workers during construction and is slated to begin in the spring. It will process 20,000 barrels per day of heavy oil into gasoline light fuel oil and petroleum gases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobil Oil Co
Lit
Beaumont
Mobil Oil
Paulsboro
N.J
Torrance
Calif
Lubbock Geologists to Install Officers at May Meeting
The Lubbock Geological Society will close its 1959 60 year with a May 12 meeting at 7 30 p m in Room 153 of the Texas Tech Science Building. New 1960 61 officers elected by mail ballot include Ben F Baldwin as president and Dr William L Broadhurst as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Geological Society
Texas Tech Science Building
Ben F. Baldwin
56Th
Pan American Petroleum Corp
John Brand
Texas Tech
Baldwin
William L. Broadhurst
22Nd St
High Plains
B. J. Talley
43Rd St
A. B. Jacka
Tech
Jacka
Logging Trailer Imports And Gas Crisis Rally Cited
The article reports sharp crude price cuts by Premier American Petrofina and Sinclair triggering fear among TIPRO leaders in Texas and nearby states. It notes import quotas, rising imports, and rising domestic costs while highlighting natural gas underpricing as a major market challenger to crude products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren L. Baker
American Association of Oil
South Plains
American Petroleum Institute
Baker
Geologists urged to widen scope to win back industry place
Tulsa speech by AAPG president Lewis Weeks urges American geologists to broaden methods and focus to regain prestige in the oil industry. Geologist Mac Sebree notes the profession must adapt to changing exploration trends and technological advances to reclaim influence and opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MAC Sebree
TULSA
UPID
Landmen to Hold Sixth Annual Convention in Los Angeles
American Association of Petroleum Landmen schedules its sixth annual convention in Los Angeles from June 22 to 25 at the Ambassador Hotel with about 1 000 landmen and 800 wives expected. The program, led by Ralph Cormany, features industry leaders, government officials, title company and bank representatives, plus coverage of geology training and employment concerns raised by Lewis G Weeks of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Petroleum Landmen
Los Angeles
Calif
Ambassador Hotel
California
Ralph Cormany
Signal Oil and Gas Co
United States
Canada
Lewis G. Weeks
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Atlantic City
N. J
Weeks
Moce
Schlumberger Course Heads Into Final Week in West Texas
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp begins the final week of its West Texas Interpretation Conference at Mackenzie Park barbeque house in Lubbock with 9 am sessions May 9. Topics include Microlog and Se and formation test operations. Weeks argues geology should be treated alongside engineering and warns against overreliance on engineering by lawyers and accountants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp
West Texas
Mackenzie Park
Jim Reinders
Lubbock
Drilling records list multiple wildcat wells across Texas fields
The document catalogs numerous oil and gas drillings by LEA Western Drilling, GAINES Bell & Canstfield, North Drilling Co, and others. Entries detail counties such as Lea, Coke, Crockett, Runnels, and Gaines with well numbers, depths around 1 980 to 6 153 feet, wildcats, and designated directions like FNL FWL FEL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea—Western Drilling Co
Lubbock
Donegan State
Tae Ewl
Can Ae
Gaines—Bell & Canstfield
North Oe Drilling Co
Midland
Horner
Temp
Abn
Wildcat
Elk
PSL Sur
Seagraves
Cnty
Weat Seminole Fid
Stonewall
Fletcher Ohaon Oo Drilling Corp
Annie EZ
Sai
Fn&wls
Lea—Wiliam A
Edward KR
Neoleon
Federal
Fs&wls
Edward C. Dencue
AEMT
Coke—Weet Contrel Drilling Co
Feetils
Ul Crockett—Lagloria Gli & Ons Co
Queensand
Sansom Cattle Co
Tano ‘Sur
Runnels
Biance
Washington Railroad Survey
RU & Remington
Fort Worth
Birnie Cervinska
TC Sur
T&p
Ross Brenner
Feluac
Yates
Bik
C&m
D — Youngbleorg
MENAR
Balco
Mensies
W. C. Huey Sur
Mezenar
Antonio
Isa Hein
Southeast Lea Offsets Begin Drilling In Tubb Area
Gulf Oil Corp. will test No. 7B Vinson Ramsey 6,400 feet in the Tubb section with an east offset to No. 6B Ramsey southeast of Jal New Mexico. Texaco No. 1 Arreguy wildcat eight miles northwest of Lovington bottomed at 10,167 feet. New Abo Well Sunray Mid-Continent No. 1 T State completed as Abo reef oil producer in Eddy County flowing 478 barrels daily from 6,162 to 6,194 feet. Location details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darcy Corp
Lubbock
Lillie Federal
Henshaw
Boyd
Eddy County
Mallamar
Darcey Corp
Stonewall
Bond Oil Corp
Swenson
Stonewall County
Bbb&c
Old Glory
Hockley
J. I. O'Neill Jr
Midland
J. C. Harper
Penn
Hockley County
Labor
League 14
Howard County School Land Survey
Honolulu Oil Corp
Ellwood
Smyer
Clear Fork
Strawn
Gulf Oil Corp
Vinson Ramsey
Gulf
Ramsey
Jal
Lea County
N.M
Texaco, Inc
Arreguy
Lovington
Eddy — Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co
Empire
Abo Reef
Israel raises import duties on food and other items
Tel Aviv reports Israel has boosted import duties on food and several other goods, signaling a move to shield local producers and influence consumer prices amid economic pressures. The policy change affects a broad range of goods and could impact retail prices in the coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Tel Aviv
Cosden Licenses Polybutene Process to Naphtachimie
Cosden Petroleum Corp grants Naphtachimie of Paris license to use its polybutene production process and technical know how. Naphtachimie, formed by Pechiney and S F BP, develops a petrochemical complex in Lavera France near a BP refinery to extract butadiene from C4 and produce polybutene, aiming to be Europe’s sole producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Spring
Cosden Petroleum Corp
Naphtachimie
Cosden
Pechiney
France
Societe Francaise Des Petroles BP
S.F. BP
British Petroleum Co
Lavera
S.R. BP
Europe
Wage Freeze in Peru to End mid 1960 Lima Announces
Lima reports a one year wage and salary freeze in Peru will be lifted in mid 1960. This government action reflects efforts to normalize the economy after a period of stabilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Lima
Also Mentioned on This Page
JPAA
By Max B. Skelton
Houston
Departments of Commerce, Treasury
Interior
Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Assn
TIPRO
Independent Petroleum Assn. of America
IPAA
Tyler
Alvin Hope
San Antonio
Independent
Congress
U.S
Basin-Plains
Mobil
South Kent
Lubbock, Tex
Lubbock Geologists Slate May
Winkler
Sam G
Dunn
Leck (Yates
Kent County
Sun Oil Co
Nouth
Clairemont
H&tc
East Cogdell
Lubbock Wildcat
S. F. Hurbut
Corpus Christi
Edwards Heirs
Lubbock County
El&rr
Shallowater
Honolulu Oil Co
Graham Holmes
Gaines
Gaines County
Seminole
Wes
Block 91
By Bill Kalb
Avalanche-Journal
American Petrofina
Sinclair
Louisiana
Crying Wolf
Middle East
AAPG
Lewis Weeks
Opcoe
Southeast Lea
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