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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1952

Page

11

Desk and Derrick Women plan Houston convention

About 20 Odessa Desk and Derrick Club members will attend the first annual international oil women’s meeting in Houston September 12 and 13 at the Shamrock Hotel. Mrs. Pauline Redding will chair the tally committee for national officer elections. The Odessa bulletin’s new name is Petroleum’s Petticoat Journal with the July 1952 issue edited by Thelma Aldridge.

Desk and Derrick Club of Odessa International Oil Women’s Organization Houston Pauline Redding Gulf Oil Ro Virginia Porter Shamrock Hotel D&d National Bulletin Oil and Gas Journal Odessa Bulletin Petroleum Petticoat Journal Thelma Aldridge Beckman, Inc Gulf Corp C. L. Thompson Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co J. B. Livingston HOWCO Walter S. Hallanan Plymouth Oil Co Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs of North America Lee Widson Hoover New Orleans Hallanan United States Canada

Two Oil Feeds Set in Area This Week

Two major oil country barbecues are planned this week in the Permian Basin. Wilshire Oil Co will host about 1200 at the Wilshire Ellenburger Field plant in Upton County with a noon barbecue served by the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang. Also 900 Odessa area oil men are expected at the Permian Basin Chapter API meeting in Odessa Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Tickets available at local offices.

Wilshire Upton County API Odessa Wilshire Oil Co Wilshire Ellenburger McElroy Ranch Crane Odessa Area Permian Basin American Petroleum Institute Chuck Gang Stanolind Oil and Gas Co Wink Atlantic Refining Co

Phillips to Erect Pembrook Gas Plant

Phillips Petroleum Co announces plans for the Pembrook natural gas plant located 20 miles south of Spraberry plant in West Texas. The facility mirrors the Spraberry design and will handle about 60 million cubic feet daily from Sprawberry Tread wells, with Spraberry expansion underway to exceed 150 million. The Benedum gathering line will extend 34 miles to the north and the first unit is set to operate late this year with others early 1953.

Phillips Petroleum Co Pembrook Natural West Texas K. S. Adams Paul Endacott Pembrook Midland Upton Glasscock Reagan Phillips

World Crude Production Rises Sharply In Month

Oil and Gas Journal reports April output climbed due to a new 30 and 32 inch pipeline from Syria to Kirkuk boosting Kirkuk to about 250 000 bpd and Saudi Arabia to 88 700 bpd. Non Communist world output averaged 11 302 000 bpd with total world production at 12 343 400 bpd including Russia and others despite Iran losses.

Tulsa Middle East Oil and Gas Journal Iraq Petroleum Co., Ltd Mediterranean Kirkuk Iraq Saudi Arabia Iran United States Venezuela Canada Mexico Colombia Other Hemisphere Egypt N. Africa Europe Kuwait

Senate blasts Truman for suppressing FTC oil cartel report

Sen. Hennings charges President Truman hides a 900 page FTC study on a Middle East oil cartel linking Standard Oil California Texaco Arab oil co and Royal Dutch Shell. He urges immediate Justice Department and Senate judiciary and small business panels to take up the findings.

Washington Truman Federal Trade Commission Thomas C. Hennings Jr D-Mo Hennings Senate Justice Department Missouri Judiciary Sens Pat McCarran D-Nev John J. Sparkman D-Ala James P. McGranery FTC McGranery Standard Oil Co California Texas Co Arabian-American Oil Co Standard of New Jersey Royal Dutch Shell Anglo-Iranian Oil i Co Middle East Hemings James M. Mead Mead

Western Promotes Former Odessans

Western announce promotions affecting pumping services personnel in the Western Co. Walter Beadle, VP, assigns D. D. Walters to manager North Permian Basin District and Charles Simmons to assistant manager North Permian Basin District. Henry Sandusky promoted to Snyder station manager, Jim Wilson to Hobbs station assistant manager, J. D. Allen to Seagraves station assistant manager, Roy S. Priolo to Levelland station assistant manager. Walters has lengthy Western tenure. Simmons has served three years in Odessa roles and will office in Seagraves.

Department of the Western Co Walter Beadle D. D. Walters North Permian Basin Charles Simmons Henry Sandusky Snyder Station Jim Wilson Hobbs Station J. D. Allen Seagraves Roy S. Priolo Simmons Western Odessa

Gulf Man Named ONC Chairman In Crane County

Horace E. Hendricks of Crane has been named Crane County chairman of the Oil Industry Information Committee. He will oversee the American Petroleum Institute information program for 1952 53 and plans for Oil Progress Week October 12 18. Hendricks aims to reassure the public that competitive privately managed oil and gas companies best serve national interests, with ONC broader Texas coverage and 14 OTIC areas in 1952.

Texas Hendricks Dickerson

Permian Basin FPM Stag Party at Ector County Auditorium

The Permian Basin Chapter of the Frank Phillips Men’s Club holds a stag party and dutch lunch in the Ector County Auditorium at 7 p.m. Friday. Three color movies will be shown Fiesta in San tia Fe Fisherman’s Paradise Buck Hunters. Tickets cost 50 cents. raffle prizes total 95 dollars in fishing tackle and picnic gear. Co chairmen are Jack Templeton and R C Mc Cutchan of Odessa. Final stag event on the FPMC spring schedule.

Permian Basin Frank Phillips Men’s Club Ector County Santia Fe Jack Templeton R. C. McCutchan Odessa Cochairman FPMC Phillips Petroleum Co

Simpson's Odessa Photo Lab and Camera Shop

Odessa store advertises Kodak film processing and camera services with frames, screens, lenses, and projectors. Declares itself West Texas largest photo finishers offering easy terms on purchases.

Odessa Kodak Film West Texas

Oil Wells Completed in 11 Odessa Area Counties

Completion reports show 15 wells in 11 Odessa area counties led by Crane Gaines Glasscock and Midland with two new producers each. Single wells were staked in Borden Cochran Hale Howard Kent and Scurry and Ward. Oil rises and test data from multiple counties detail depths, gravities, GORs, water content, and fracture or acid treatments.

Odessa Crane Gaines Glasscock Midland Borden Cochran Hale Howard Kent Scurry Ward Borden County Shell No T. J. Sterling von Roeder Railroad Commission Cochranard Drilling Co D. S. Wright “E Levelland Field Rane Gulf J. T. McElroy McElroy Humble No J. S. Jones East Hobbs San Andres

Twin Well and Dual Completion Projects in Ector and Odessa Areas

Applications filed to drill a twin to a collapsed casing well and a dual completion in the Goldsmith Field Ector County. Vina Bagley Estate No 4 A Colbert to start by July 15 for 4700 feet in South Cowden Field replacing No 4 casing collapse. Location about five miles south of Odessa near section 5 block 42 T38S. Stanolind No 19 C Scharbauer M Deep in Goldsmith awaiting permit for 6800 feet dual completion in 5600 foot and Clear Fork zones about 30 miles northwest of Odessa. Location 660 feet from north and west lines SE 1-4 section 21-44 TIN T&P.

Goldsmith Ector County Vina Bagley Estate L. K Colbert South Cowden T&p Odessa Stanolind Oil

Odessa roughneck Robert Stone freed on $1000 bond

Robert J. Stone 46 of Odessa was charged with aggravated assault on two brothers Thursday and remained free Saturday after posting a $1,000 bond.

Robert J. Stone Odessa Roughneck Two Brothers

Wilson seeks discovery rights for Wagoner Estate Well 1

The Railroad Commission set July 16 for a hearing on William H. Wilson's application seeking discovery allowable rights and a new field designation for the producing reservoir of the Wagoner Estate Well 1 in Wilbarger County.

Austin Railroad Commission William H. Wilson Wilbarger County

Shows of Oil and Gas Logged in Reeves County

Indication of commercial oil and gas seen in a Gulf Oil Corp test of the No 1 P G Northrup wildcat in Reeves County. A 30 minute flow from 10875 to 10941 feet in Lower Permian with gas at the surface in unmeasurable volume. Recovery included 1000 feet water, 165 feet gas cut mud and 15 feet oil and gas cut mud with an estimated 10 percent oil. Location section 33 block 50 T8 T&P Survey about 23 miles southeast of Pecos.

Gulf Oil Corp. No. 1 P. G. Northrup Wildcat Reeves County T&p Pecos

Co-Ordination Of Body Is God's Gift

An article extols the body as perfectly coordinated, driven by brain control through the nervous system. It explains how spine misplacements from falls cause nerve pressure and bodily ailments, and promotes Chiropractic care by William's Chiropractic Clinic and J. D. Cox of Cox Chiropractic Clinic as sources.

God Earth S. D. Brewerwell

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