Oil Progress Week Opens Amid Industry Headaches
Oil Progress Week begins with production cutbacks and price wars as the oil industry braces for events across the South Plains. Lubbock, Brownfield, Lamesa, and Levelland plan banquets, parades, yard sign campaigns, and queen contests while industry leaders forecast charity drives and civic observances nationwide.
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Br Max B. Skelton
Houston
Lamesa
South Plains
Chamber of Commerce
Levelland
Ciry
Lubbock
Panhandle South Plains Fair
Tech
Ind L.A
Ars. Magis
Citmen
Rotary Big Pace Builds in U S and Canada Rig Activity
Hughes Tool Co. reports 2 681 rigs active this week across the United States and Canada. Texas leads gains with 898 total, Texas Gulf Coast adds 15 land operations and two offshore projects. New Mexico and Colorado slide, other states show mixed changes. weekly total compares to 2 600 last week and 2 708 a month ago.
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United States
Canada
Hughes Tool. Co
American Assn
Oilwell
Lone Star State
Texas Gulf Coast
West Texas
East Texas
North Texas
Texas
South Louisiana
Kansas
Indiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
North Louisiana
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Western Canada
Hughes
Weekly Commission Roundup: Oil locations near Andrews area
Readable entries list oil and gas drilling permits in Andrews and surrounding counties. Entries name operators such as Fuhrman Masche Texaco Humble Magnolia and Texaco, with field designations and precise section lines, acres, elevations, rotary depths and distances from Andrews, Gail, Seminole and nearby towns.
Asphalt May Help Protect Against Radioactive Fallout
Public safety officials link asphalt to shielding against radioactive fallout from atomic tests. The petroleum product is thought to bind light soil particles, reducing airborne debris and helping keep fallout near the test site while protecting nearby populations.
Oil maps through the ages show how exploration evolved
An early French missionary drew a crude oil map in New York and Pennsylvania centuries before the petroleum industry. Modern oil maps rely on gravity, seismic, logs, cores, and interpretation to guide drilling, yet the hunt remains about nine to one against success as fields grow scarcer.
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America
New York
Pennsylvania
Discovery permits sought for San Andres strike in Cochran
J R McLean and partners completed No 1 C A Hudson well on west flank of depleted three well San Andres pool in Cochran County. Discovery allowable requested after casing perforations at 5084-124 feet and 10000 gallons acid treatment. On potential the well pumped 99.76 bbls oil in 24 hours with no water. gravity 38 and gas oil ratio 350 to 1. Well located 660 feet from south and west lines of Section 9, Block P, PSL survey, 14 miles north of Plains townsite. Other operations include Andrews-Texas No 1 and Dawson-Texas No 1 etc.
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Andrews County
Bakke-Ellenburger
W. E. Bakke
Midland
W. L. Grady
State of Texas
University Lands
Andrews
Andrews-Peon
Wolfcamp
Texico
M. T. Mitchell
Rotary
Fuhrman-Masche
Texaco No. 2
Fuirman-Masche
Texaco No. 1
Kfart
Texaco
Nix
Fuhrman Petroleum. Corp
Box
Munger-Nix
PSL
Rotary Fullerton—Ashman &— Hilliard’ No
Wilco
D University
University Land
Frankel City
J. D. Hancock Oils, Ltd
Fidelity Union Life
Lockhart and Brown
Borden County Flavanna-Strawn
Texas Co
Fort Worth
C. D. Jones
H&tc
Eico
Gall
Newman Bros. Drilling Co
Et al
Milam
San Antonio
Carne S. Dean
J. Potvent Survey
Gil Acres
Lamesa
Piug Back
Jo-Mill-Spraberry
John L. Cox
Central
Central Bidg
Midiind
Schooler
Biack
Denver City
Wasson
Robertson and Robertson
Lower Clear Fork
Humble
Humble Eubank
Seminar
San Andres Pol
Cochran County
J. R. McLean Et al
C. A. Hudson
San Andres
Plains
Cochran-Yoakum
Andrews — Texas Company
Frank Orson
Natural Gasoline Association Meets In Shreveport Oct 25
The Southern Regional meeting of the Natural Gasoline Association of America will cover LPG loading, natural gasoline upgrading, instrumentation, and training. Dr Joe J Mickle of Centenary College will give the principal address on Education and Free Enterprise. The event, Oct 25 at Captain Shreve and Washington Youree Hotels, is jointly sponsored by NGAA East Texas Natural Gasoline Men's Club and Ark La Tex Measurement Society.
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Shreveport
Natural Gasoline Assn. of America
Captain
NGAA
East Texas Natural Gasoline Men's Club
Ark-La-Tex
Texas oil may top billion barrels in 1957
Texas crude oil production likely exceeds one billion barrels this year despite a current slump that followed the end of the European oil crisis. If reached, 1957 would mark the third straight year at that peak and the sixth time since 1951.
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Dustry
Houston
Western
Europe
Middle East
Korea
Texas
Delta Drilling Promotes Martin to Division Drilling Superintendent
Arthur L. Martin Jr. named division drilling superintendent of Delta Drilling Co. Odessa effective immediately. He began in 1948 with Hawkins Drilling Co. and rose through roughneck, driller, and toolpusher ranks. Martin educated at Vernon and resides with his family in the Delta camp, Odessa.
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Odessa
Arthur L. Martin Jr
New Mexico
Delta Driling Co
Martin
J.C. Hawkings Drilling Co
Delta
Thea. L. Martin Jr
Vernon
Delta Camp
Baldwin Heads Pan American Lubbock District
Ben F. Baldwin is reassigned to Lubbock as district exploration superintendent for Pan American Petroleum Corp. He succeeds Jack M. Reed who moves into consulting in Lubbock. A Texas Tech graduate and Clarendon native, Baldwin has held multiple roles across Pan American's four domestic divisions.
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Ben F. Baldwin
Lubbock
Pan American’ Petroleum Corp
Jack M. Reed
Baldwin
Pan American
Albuquerque
Texas Tech
Houston
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Oil Information Committee
The
American Petroleum Institute
OIC
Brownfield
Focal
Eddy Childs
Western Company
Oil Progress
Gretchen Sloan
Woulda Sciences
Oxlinama
Howell, Holloway and Howell
Dallas
Tekoil
Gulf OW Corp
Kenneth Ellison
Assoc
Oklahoma City
Caddo County
Louisiana
Bayou Country
Pan Am
Pecos County
Jane Okla
John R. Lee
Winkler
Ector Counties
Robertson & Robertson-Lower
Clear Fork-t
Seminole
Flinagan
Upper Clear
Fork
DeKalb Agricultural
Lubbock National Bank
C. W. Lee
GARA_ COUNTY forward
O. L. Weakley
Hackberry-Lower San Andree
W. Ridley Wheeler
Onal Bark
H. Wheeler
T&p
Big Spring
Howard-Glasscock—Basin Qi Co
Eason Oil Co
W&nw
Coahoma
Howard-Glasscock — Basin Ol! Co
W. E. Stockton
Howard-Fleming OU Co
Fleming and Kimbell
Fair
Howard—Fleming On Co
Fleming
Kimbell
WEHW
Coa- Oma
Howard-Glasscock
G. W. Guthrie
Anna Bowen
Kent County
Fletcher Oil and Gas Drilling Corp
Mercantile Securities
W.M. McLaury
Clairemont
Lamb County
Aluston
J. R. Badgett
H&tc Survey
Ira Tntan
East
Howard
Coanoma
Motley County
Roaring Springs-Permo-Penn
Sinclair Ou and Gas Co
Fort Worth National Bank
W. A. Stearns
WTRR
Roaring Springs
C. Campbell
Roaring Spring
Forkum County
J. S. Smelting Refining and Mining Co
Bax
Mattie Lewis
Block Co J. HG. Son
Wildcat
Western Drilling Co
Leland Fikes
H. Samuels
H. Gibson
Wildcat—Western
Samuel's
Black _D
Gibson Surves
Lubbock No
F.L. Boyd
Setion
Rinck D
J OH
Cosden Petroleum Corp
Colorado City
Hawley
Abilene
Lubbock, Tex
Cochran
Dawson — Texas Company
B. E. Miller
Gaines — Trice Prod. Co
Nick Alley
Sunray Mid-Continent
V. Browne
Seagraves
Garza
W. H. Black
J. M.lane
Post
Pure Oil Co
Welch
Hockley
Sosebee
Ropesville
Pure
Edmisson
Clear Fork Discovery
Natural Gasoline Association
Delta Drilling
Sie
U.S
Railroad Commission
California
Middle Gulf Coast
Panhandle
South Central
East Central
Mid-Continent
Oil & Gas Association
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Lipscomb County
Edwards County
Culberson County
Clarendon
Halliburton
OIL Well Cementing Company
Duncan, Oklahoma
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