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Daring Big 8 crew shifts oil rig on dusty Texas lease
On ARCO Block 31 two miles south of Penwell, Johan Drilling Co. Rig 8 undergoes a sunrise move of a 90-ton rig and 80 tons of steel as four leased trucks reposition the drilling floor and tower. Derrick man Ray Barnett navigates girders 80 feet above ground while workers describe the hazards and profits of the moving operation.
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Ray Barnett
Big 8
Barnett
John Taylor
ARCO
Block 31
Penwell
Taylor
Huge Refining Corporation
Johnn
Mike Blount
Blount
Sherman West
West
W. F. Box
Taylor and West