Alaska poised for oil boom with North Slope discovery
Red Westbrook reports a North Slope Prudhoe Bay find potential 5 to 10 billion barrels of oil. Alaska’s output could rise from 25 000 barrels daily in 1966 to 1.2 million daily within a decade, if reserves prove recoverable, with West Coast markets watching. James A. Williams notes 50 development wells and 22 rigs offshore Cook Inlet, plus near capacity Nikiski Terminal and Drift River Terminal.
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Alaska
Prudhoe Bay
Ramet Cave
North Slope
Cook Inlet
Texas
Louisiana
California
James A. Williams
Division of Mines and Minerals
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Williams
Gasbuggy Test Topic Of AIME Fall Meeting
The 1968 SPE AIME Fall Meeting in Houston will include a special forum on Project Gasbuggy the joint Bureau of Mines and AEC private industry venture to study underground nuclear stimulation of gas reservoirs. Details cover pre and post detonation tests gas quality and safety and potential U.S. gas reserves impact with experts presenting five papers and a Q and A session.
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Society of Petroleum Engineers of
AIME
Houston
Gashuggy
Bureau of Mines and Atomic Energy Commission
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Farmington
AEC
Bureau of Mines
U.S
SPE
Albert Thomas Convention and Exhibits Center
Grisbuerg
W.G. Cutler
H. L. Wendrick
el Paso Natural Gas
Cutler
DC. Ward
F Lemon
Ward
C. F. Smith
F. F. Monger
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Smith
T E. Thalgott
Nevada
Oil Convention Selects Wortman as Speaker in Santa Fe
ALBUQUERQUE Special Juke J Wortman of the Sandia Corp Research Staff will be a featured speaker at the 19th Annual New Mexico Petroleum Industries Committee Convention in Santa Fe September 15 17 at La Fonda Hotel. Frost said Wortman chairs advisory panels for civil defense and blast effects and has explored nuclear explosives for engineering projects including a sea level inter oceanic canal. He holds University of Illinois engineering degrees and is a member of the American Nuclear Society ASCE AAAS.
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Albuquerque
Juke J. Wortman
Sandia Corp
New Mexico Petroleum Industries Committee
la Fonda
Santa Fe
Wilson Frost
Frost
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Wortman
National Academy of Science
University of Illinois
American Nuclear Society
American Society of Civil Engineers
The
American Association For Advancement of Science
UNM educator earns Weather Bureau research grant
Dr. Daniel P. Petersen of the University of New Mexico receives a $17,801 grant from the Weather Bureau’s Techniques Development Laboratory for theoretical studies to improve world wide weather predictions. The work, in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization, will examine observation point counts, new data analysis formulas, and satellite data integration to enhance forecasts and inform networks in underdeveloped regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel P. Petersen
University of New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Petersen
The
United Nations
World Meteorological Organization
Africa
UNM
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Huk killings near Manila claim two police and two others
In a town north of Manila, Communist Huk fighters shot dead two police officers a constabulary soldier and a driver. Several witnesses observed the shootings.
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Manila
UPI
Huks
Gas Blast Tests May Improve Underground Storage Methods
Near Wyona Oklahoma Sunray DX Oil Co and the Bureau of Mines Petroleum Research Center run a test well to 563 feet and hydraulically fracture a sand body. Liquid nitroglycerin was detonated to create new fractures. The goal is to increase rock permeability for higher gas deliverability and enable converting more reservoirs to storage with better peak delivery. Evaluation should yield results in about two weeks.
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Wynona
Okla
Sunray DX Oil Co
Petroleum Research Center
Bureau of Mines
Bill Howell
Bureau
Suntay
American Gas Association
Pipeline Research Committee
Petroleum Meet Set In Dallas
The 15th Annual Conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers will meet in Dallas Monday through Wednesday. The event aims to discuss all phases of the petroleum and chemical industry with highly competent specialists, benefiting management, plant and process engineers, and operating personnel. General sessions cover computer control of oil production and closed loop pipeline control.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronc Engineers
Dallas
Petroleum and Chemical Industry
Long Oil Career Ends For Hobbs Production Man
Watt L. Sisson of Sinclair Oil & Gas Co ends a 49 year career begun as a Prairie Oil worker. A Vinita Oklahoma native, he rose from roustabout to production foreman, transferring to Hobbs in 1961. He looks forward to retirement though plans to help his son’s shop and pursue watchmaking and coal rack collecting.
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Watt L. Sisson
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
Servier
Prairie OW & Gas Co
Sinelainy
Sinelatre
Sisson
Vinita
Okla
Osage
Oklahoma andTexas
Bristow
Kiefer, Ohlo
Bakeil
Wyo
Hobbs
Industrial Precision Instrument
Hle
Rosalea
Church of the Nazarene of
Sinclair
Oil Production Dips Slightly in API Weekly Survey
The American Petroleum Institute reports total crude runs averaging 10,528,000 barrels daily for the week ending August 50, down from 10,544,000 the prior week and 10,018,000 a year ago. Gasoline production and stocks show varied changes East and West of California. The report covers imports, stocks, and four week averages across regions.
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Washington
American Petroleum Institute
California
Platforms Clash Over Big Oil Tax Breaks In 1960s Debate
The Republican and Democratic platforms diverge on depletion tax allowances for oil and gas. Republicans back continued depletion incentives to spur domestic mineral and fuel discovery, while Democrats push rigorous evaluation of tax preferences and broader import controls, with no explicit oil reference.
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Max B. Skelton
Houston
Repubican
National Platform
John F
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Humphrey
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Rubber’s Modern Rise Traced Through Centuries
A brief note explains rubber’s long history from ancient knowledge to modern utility, highlighting its emergence as a practical material over the last 150 years.
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Oman
Tech Graduate Named To Post
Odessa Special reports Henry Moran named vice president of marketing for The Cardinal Companies. Moran, a Texas Tech graduate, joined the firm in 1949 as district office manager in Levelland and advanced to Odessa headquarters in 1951 as division office manager. He later became director of administration in 1959 and assistant general manager in 1963.
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Odessa
James D. McLauchlin
Cardinal Companies
Henry Moran
Moran
Texas. Tech.e
Levelland
Gulf Plans Alliance Refinery In Louisiana
Gulf announces a new 135000 barrel per day refinery to be built on about 700 acres on the west bank of the Mississippi River near New Orleans. Brown and Root will design and construct with crude oil feeding from South Louisiana wells and products moving mainly by pipeline to Colonial. Construction starts in 1969 for completion in 1971. facilities include dockage, rail and road access, storage, and basic units for gasoline diesel jet fuel and petrochemical feedstocks.
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Houston
J. W. Warne
Gulf City
Louisiana
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Alliance
Brown & Root
Gulf
South Louisiana
Colonial
Transport share rises as U.S. gains worldwide market
Washington reports that the U.S. share of the world transport market jumped 3.1 percentage points to 31.8 percent last year. The statistic reflects growth in U.S. logistics and shipping sectors amid evolving global trade dynamics.
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Washington
U.S
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PD. E. Rawson
J. A. Korver
Livermore
R. L. Pritchard
Martin
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Rawson
Luke J. Vortman
Kharg Island
Thomas Pardue
Lubbock
American International Oil Co
Darius
Persian Gulf
Purdue
Kharg Chemical Co
G. B. Pardue
Wth St
Pardue
Lubbock High School
Tech
Iran
American International
By Bill Mullins
United Press International
Outer Continental Shelf
Geological Survey
API
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John M. Hicks
Austin Junior High School
Shell Merit
Cornell University
Hicks
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