McCanne Key Figure In Cheyenne County Oil Find
R W McCanne, longtime Ohio Oil Company geologist and now Casper division assistant manager, helped guide Cheyenne County oil discovery work two years ago. His career spans geology studies in Colorado and Illinois, with pivotal roles in Medicine Bow, Lance Creek, Rock River, Elk Basin, and Julesburg Basin discoveries. Frontier Oil marketing expands in the region under H E Armitage, with outlets from Nebraska to Salt Lake City.
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University of Chicago
Columbia University
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Casper
Medicine Bow
Lance Creek
Rock River
Elk Basin
Lea County
New Mexico
Carland
Hidden Dome
Againos Creek
Hatfield
Julesburg
Nebraska
Colorado
Findlay
Frontier Sells Gas Plant By-Products In Nebraska
Frontier Refining Company, founded in Sidney as Western Nebraska Oil Company nearly thirty years ago, reports expansion of operations. President Bud Robineau says the Cheyenne refinery now processes crude at over nine times its capacity when first acquired eleven years ago, and notes Frontier pioneered catalytic cracking and uses Unisol to remove mercaptans, reducing odor and impurities in gasoline. Frontier’s exploration team has pursued Western Nebraska crude oil potential for some time.
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H. E. (Bee) Armitage
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Black Hunts
Salt Lake City
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Ogallala
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Cozad
Lexing
Frontier Refining Company
Bud) Robineau
Robineau
Western
Why It’s Called “Service” Episode to Ow
An oil company report shows dealers wiped 129,024,700 wind in 1950 illustrating the gap between term and practice. The article analyzes perceived service at retail outlets labeled service stations and questions the extent of actual assistance offered.
Asphalt-rubber mix tested for rail crossing pavement
Experiments involve an asphalt-rubber mixture aimed at preventing deterioration around railroad crossing rails from repeated pounding by trains and trucks. The note mentions asphalt as a petroleum product and outlines the project scope.
Dry ice from natural gas refined for refrigeration use
Oil scientists perfect a process to make high quality dry ice from natural gas containing gaseous to heavy crude oil hydrocarbons. The product is odorless colorless tasteless and non toxic, suitable for use in refrigeration and soft foods.
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