Engineer Seeks Texas Railroad Commission Seat
Joe Laird 34, College Station oilman and Tex A and M graduate, resigns as associate professor to run against Olin Culberson for a third term on the Texas Railroad Commission. Laird notes his engineer’s campaign slogan An Engineer for an Engineer's Job and lists prior posts with Panhandle oil interests. Murray: Gas tax case outlines conservation gains and interstate commerce questions.
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College Station
Joe Laird
Houston
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Railroad Commission
Olin Culberson
Laird
Commission
George W. Strake
University of Oklahoma
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Houston Geological Society
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Austin Bureau
Austin
William J. Murray Jr
Murray
Price Daniel
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co
Everett Looney
Jack Roberts
Daniel
U.S
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Panhandle Eastern
Railroad Commission
Gulf Oil and Partners Seek Hearings on Ector and Other Wells
The Railroad Commission lists hearings on June 12 and 13 for multiple operators. Warren Oil Corp seeks rights for Satterwhite Well 1 in Stephens County. Gulf Oil Corp requests rights for Goldsmith et al Well 712 in Ector. Other filings cover field rules and new field designations across Texas including Dunham, Gillock, Dickinson, University of Texas Wells, and Bentz Well 2 activities in Coleman, Galveston, San Patricio, and West Linton Shallow Field.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Warren Oil Corp
Satterwhite
Stephens County
Bay Petroleum Corp
Dunham
Morris Land
Coleman
Magnolia Petroleum Co
University of Texas Wells
Andrews
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Gillock
Galveston
Dickinson
Gulf Oil Corp
Discovery
United North and South Development Co
Morris
Coleman, Forney and Winn
Sutton Drilling Co
West Linton
San Patricio
Two Offsets Staked Near Floyd Strike
Two contracts for wildcat oil wells were let near the No. 1 Minnie Adams in Southeast Floyd County. A drillstem test was taken as the well continued to flow after a core test from 7,998 to 622 feet, with results unavailable. The 326 acre lease sits on D. Adams farm, 1980 feet west and 700 feet north of the section 32 line. The region’s only other oil production is in the Arrick Field southwest corner.
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Lubbock
Wildcat
Minnie Adams
Floyd County
D. Adams
Standard Oil Co
P. D. Adams Survey
Arrick Field
Cities Service strikes on Collins Ranch block in Texas
Cities Service Oil Co reports first production on its 5,280 acre Collins Ranch block in northwestern Reagan County Texas from Nunn No 1. The well yields 359 barrels daily from Upper and Lower Spraberry formations with perforations at 6,566 to 6,595 feet and open hole from 6,406 to 7,492 feet. Upper Spraberry at 6,968 feet and Lower zone at 7,126 feet. Nearest Spraberry production lies 11 to 22 miles east of Nunn well. Northwest offset TXL J No 1 already located.
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Reagan County
Cities Service Oil Co
Collins Ranch
Nunnwell
Dowell Promotes Three Officials in Tulsa
Dowell Inc. announces three staff changes as A. C. Polk Jr. reshapes sales and management. R. D. Shaw becomes director of sales in a new post. Marshall Stirling moves from Fort Worth to Tulsa as general sales manager. W. N. Estes rises to assistant general manager and will lead a new employed public relations department.
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Tulsa
Dowell, Inc
A. C. Polk, Jr
R. D. Shaw
Marshall Stirling
Fort Worth
W. N. “Woody” Estes
Shaw
Dowell
Dowell Wth
Estes
Oil Boom Benefits Williston Children
The Williston basin oil activity boosts Montana funding for public schools. Leases on 260000 acres of state land to oil and gas firms provide three million dollars to the state education fund, with potential royalties also directed there.
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Williston
Montana
North da
Fish That Got Away Cost Man His Life
Roy Vernon Young, 60, of Locust Grove, Okla., drowned while fishing three miles south of Chouteau on the Grand River after a fish pulled his pole from his hands. His companions pulled him from the water about 50 yards downstream and he died at Claremore hospital.
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Chouteau
Okla
Roy Vernon Young
Locust Grove
A. M. McDonald
Young
Grand River
Claremore
Texas University Man Becomes Editor of Petroleum Refiner
Dr. John J. McKetta, UT Austin chemical engineering professor and former department chairman, resigns to join Gulf Publishing Co. as editorial director of Petroleum Refiner. He succeeds William L. Bolles, who returns to Monsanto in Texas City after one year.
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John J. McKetta
University of Texas
Gulf Publishing Co
William L. Bolles
Monsanto Chemical Co
Texas City
Senator Seeks Oil Cartel Case for Grand Jury Probe
Senator Hennings of Missouri urged President Truman to direct the attorney general to investigate what he called a world oil cartel. He pressed for publication of an FTC staff report detailing cartel-like activities by big international oil firms and noted Iran’s oil nationalization.
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Washington
Hennings
D-Mo
Truman
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Stephen J. Spingarn
Senate
Iran
James M. Mead
Commission
Mead
State Department
Journal Suspends Production Totals
Tulsa Oklahoma June 3 The Oil and Gas Journal suspended for the fourth straight week its weekly estimate of daily average domestic crude oil production. The Journal said lack of formation from some areas shields the effect on production of crude stock piles during the oil industry strike.
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Tulsa
Okla
the Oil and Gas Journal
Oilfield Suppliers Plan Heavy Investment In 1951 52
U S companies will spend 63 766 458 dollars in 1951 52 on expansion for better equipment and services for oil industry firms surveyed by World Oil magazine. The study shows 110 firms spent 23 923 420 in 1951 on construction while 103 expect to spend 23 970 402 in 1952. Employment grew from 51 607 to 57 850 in 1951, up 12 1 percent with 6 243 added.
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Houston
U. S
World Oil
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Great Lakes Pipeline Co
Omaha
Culbersons
Commission Jod
Gulf
Floyd
Cities Service
Texas University
Gilbey’s
London
W. & A Gilbey, Ltd
Cincinnati
Ohio
Journal
Wherezit
Odessa
Whatzit
Ol Wells
Bahrein
Brahrein Island
Persian Gulf
Middle East
Sinbad
Marco Polo
Little Island
Saudi Arabia
Kodak Films
West Texas
Cecil Moore
CLU
ST. Dial
Southwestern Life
James Ralph Wood
President
Dallas
ING CO
Humble
Humble Esso
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