Coast Guard reopens Tampa collision inquiry on Blackthorn
A Coast Guard routine board of inquiry will review the January collision of the Blackthorn with the oil tanker Capricorn in Tampa Bay, a peacetime disaster that killed 23 crewmen and left 27 survivors. It will assess Lt Cmdr George Sepel and Ensign John Ryan and determine if further action is warranted.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Tampa Bay
Cmdr
Tom Pearson
8Th District
Capricorn
George Sepel
Blackthorn
John Ryan
Gas ration plan urged amid nitpicking by Congress
Hazel Rollins of the Energy Department told a House subcommittee that delaying the standby gas ration plan for perfection would leave the nation vulnerable. The plan, submitted June 12, would trigger rationing on a 20 percent shortage with coupons issued by car ownership and state allocations based on historic usage.
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Washington
Congress
Hazel R. Rollins
Energy Department
Economic Regulatory Administration
House
House Commerce
Energy and Power
Administration
Energy Subcommittee
John Dingell
D-Mich
House of Congress
Senate probes gasohol study conflicts of interest
A Senate energy subcommittee will hear evidence on possible conflicts of interest in a gasohol study. Mobil Oil researchers Weisz and Pimental faced questions over influence while two energy experts aided the Energy Department research. House panel also plans a July Purdue University hearing, with Mobil disputing the accusations in a paid ad.
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Washington
Senate Energy Subcommittee
George McGovern
D-S.d
Joint Economic Committee Subcommittee
Mobil Oil Corp
Energy Department
Floyd Fithian
D-Ind
House Government Operations Committee
Panel On Environment and Energy
Fithian
Purdue Univerity
Department of Energy
Mobil Oil
Mobil
Paul Weisz
Mobil Research and Development Corp
Central Research Division
David Pimental
Cornell University
Pimental
Gasohol
Weisz
Basin oil well logs show multiple operators drilling depths
A list of oil and gas wells across basins shows operators such as Andrews Monsanto Gulf Oil Borden Croc kett Dawson Ector Getty Gaines Lea Loving Tenneco Martin PECOS Hunt Maddox Reeves Scurry Terrell Tom Green Upton Ward with drill depths ranging from 1 025 to 23 636 feet and coring at 6 158 feet.
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Andrews — Monsanto Co
Fisher
Borden — Gulf Oil Corp
Everett
Crockett — Sun Oil Co
Shannon Estate
Dawson — R.K. Petroleum
Youngblood
ECTOR
Robert Hoolt
Phillips Kloh
Eddy — Getty Oil Co
Getty Federal
Gaines — National Exploration
Gray Osl
Hockley
Texas Crude Inc
Stone
LEA — Getty Oil Co
Getty-State
Loving — Border Exploration
Johnson-Txl
Tenneco Oil Co
Brunson
Pough
Pecos — Chevron USA
University
Hunt Energy Corp
Cerf Ranch
Maddox Energy Corp
Frost National Bank
Reeves — Border Exploration
Covington
Scurry — Baruch and Foster
Cox
Terrell
Texas Pacific Oil Co
Koffman
Tom Green
Stringer Oil & Gas
Winterbotham
Upton — Hunt Oil Co
Amacker
Ward — Gulf Oil Co
Walker
Coring
Wildcat roundups target Texas sites in Martin and Andrews counties
American Crude Henry Petroleum to drill No 1 Scotty a 13200 foot wildcat in Martin County 14 miles NW of Tarzan with coordinates near Labor 22 and Lacaff Dean Field Discovery Operating to drill No 1 11 B University a 9500 foot wildcat in Andrews County 16 miles SW of Andrews near University Land Survey and Three Bar Devonian Field Washington AP imported beef labeling proposal cited by Charles Carter legislative director of the Independent Cattlemen's Association of Texas before the House subcommittee for Livestock and Grains noting consumer choice concerns
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American Crude-Henry Petroleum Corp. of
Midland
Martin County
Tarzan
Labor
Hartley Csl
Discovery Operating Inc. of
University
Andrews County
Andrews
University Land Survey
Three Bar
Washington
Independent Cattlemen's Association of Texas
Charles Carter
U.S. House Livestock and Grains
Over the counter quotations and listed bids
Daily quotations from the National Association of Security Dealers note inter dealer bids and asks. Prices shown exclude markup and commissions. Entries include Texas American Oil BPMs First United Bancorp Tipperary Land Co Stewart and Stevenson with various fractions and figures.
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National Association Security Dealers
Cknaee
Wiecksaetadas
Texas American Oil
First United Bancorp
Cikvicsi
Tipperary Land Co
Ee Stewart & Stevenson
Farco Mining gets surface coal permit near Laredo
The Railroad Commission issued a surface mining permit to Farco Mining Co. for the Radial Mine located 41 miles northwest of Laredo. The approval covers 1,541 acres, with 470 acres designated for mining and an expected annual production of about 210,000 tons of cannel coal from an average depth of 50 feet.
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Austin, Texas
The
Railroad Commission
Farco Mining Co
Laredo
Co op seeks gasohol tax exemption in Texas
Kenneth Johnson president of Central Texas Grain Products Inc says Texas should grant a gasohol tax exemption to help the fledgling alcohol fuel industry. He notes gasohol is already exempt from the four cent federal tax and argues a state exemption would narrow the price gap with unleaded gasoline.
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Austin, Texas
Kenneth Johnson
Central Texas Grain Products Inc
Oil production drops in April per Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission reported Texas crude oil output in April at 77,415,295 barrels, down from 80,374,271 in March. The preliminary survey indicated April production was about 25 percent below the allowable limit set by the commission.
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Austin, Texas
Railroad Commission
Texas
Pennzoil to donate $1 million for cancer research
Pennzoil Co will announce a $1 million grant to the University of Texas MD Anderson Hospital for clinical research on interferon in about 80 cancer patients. President Baine P. Kerr said the gift, the largest in Pennzoil’s history, will be paid in three annual installments from corporate profits.
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Oil Company
Pennzoil
Kerr
Shell Oil Co
Chlorine Leak Sends 14 to Hospital at Holyoke Pool
A chlorine gas leak at the Chmura state pool in Holyoke forced 14 hospitalizations, 11 of them children, as maintenance workers exchanged chlorine tanks. Four victims were in fair condition in the ICU, while 10 were in good condition. five others were treated and released. Police cited the tank swap as the leak cause.
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Holyoke
Mass
Chmura State Pool
Holyoke Hospital
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Tampa
Paul Yost
DS. Smith
Pearson Said
Smith
Coast Guard Marine Investigating Office
Mobile
Ala
Board of
Ryan
National Transportation Safety Board
David Crawford
Sepel
Bernard J. Atkinson
Irwindale
Calif
Atkinson
Senate
McGovern
Committee
Phil McMartin
Thomas Stelson
Secretary of Energy
Permian Basin
Pennzoil Co
Thomas Brothers
St. Augustine
Bermuda
Don Crawford
Alan Neft
Carol Ricks
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Blue Shield
West Wall
Commercial Bank
Suite
Roup Life and Health Insurance CO
Texan
Blue Cross Associaton
Blue Stieid Association
STS Bs Co Ooteen Sons
Anne Adams
West 17 St
New York
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