Texas Refinery Industry Faces High Costs and Low Prices
A year in review shows Texas 54 refineries with 2.445 million bpd capacity confronting rising wages and materials while crude and product prices lag 1956 levels. Texas accounts for 27 percent of U.S. refining and supplies about 29 percent of gasoline and 36 percent of kerosene, with output boosted by modernization to raise octane and recover chemicals.
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Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
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Seaboard
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Corsicana
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Bank of Refining
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Gulf Coast Oil and Gas Production Highlights 1957 1958
Summary of Gulf Coast oil and gas output from Railroad Commission District 3 Spindletop first discovery in 1901 totals to January 1 1958 crude oil 3896142231 barrels to date natural gas 14 trillion cubic feet 1957 crude oil 150259571 barrels 14.2 percent of state total 1967 refineries 18 capacity 1859750 bpd cycling and natural gasoline plants totals 6 and 18 respectively with capacities 1746510 and 1284763 gallons per day.
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Accidents Claim Nine Valley Lives in September
Texas Highway Patrol records show nine traffic deaths in the Valley during September. Four occurred on rural roads and five on city streets, with Harlingen reporting four deaths in one crash and Weslaco recording a bicycle auto fatality. Rural fatalities included two pedestrians struck on U S 83 near Weslaco, a single car turn over near San Benito killing a passenger, and a pickup overturn near .
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Harlingen
Texas Highway Patrol
Weslaco
U. S. 83
San Benito
Roma Driver Killed in Rural One-Car Crash
A rural fatality reported as a single-vehicle accident notes the driver dead. The tally for 1958 shows 38 total fatals among the Sidhe region, with 18 classified as two-car crashes for the same period.
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Houston Zoo
Port Isabel
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Squirrels
Service Pipe Line Company
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Roma
PAN American State Bank
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Federal Reserve System
Brownsville
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Delhi-Taylor and
Mayfair
Deli-Taylor OI Corp
Port Isabel, Texas
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