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Petroleum-Engineering Study of Flat Rock Oil Field, Osage County, Oklahoma

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over engineering studies conducted on the Flat Rock oil field. As stated in the introduction, "this report of a petroleum-engineering study of the Flat Rock oil field, Osage County, Okla., describes the geology, reviews the production history, and estimates remaining oil reserves" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Riggs, Calvin Harold; Wey, J. E. & Maude, J. V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Petroleum-Engineering Study of Healdton Oil Field, Carter County, Oklahoma

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies conducted at the Healdton oil field. The methods used for the study are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Riggs, C. H.; Wey, John E.; Sanabria, Edward, Jr.; Meadows, Paul; Smith, William C. & West, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Petroleum-Engineering Study of the Hall-Gurney Oilfield, Russell County, Kansas

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies on the Hall-Gurney oilfield. As stated in the introduction, "this report describes the development, oil recovery, and potentialities of productive formations in the Hall-Gurney field, Russell County, Kansas" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1963
Creator: Riggs, C. H.; Heath, Larman J.; Ward, Don C. & Huff, Ray V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Underground Combustion Oil-Recovery Experiment in the Venango First Sand, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Description: Report by the Bureau of Mines over oil-recovery methods and experiments conducted in Warren County. Preparation, methods, and results of the experiments are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1963
Creator: Caspero, N. A.; Wertman, W. T. & Eckard, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characteristics and Analyses of Ninety-Two Colorado Crude Oils

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the characteristics and properties of many different crude-oil samples from Colorado. The properties of each sample are presented. This report includes table, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1957
Creator: Wenger, W. J.; Whisman, M. L.; Lanum, W. J. & Ball, J. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structure and Oil and Gas Resources of the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma

Description: From Introduction: "Responding to the imperative need for increasing to the utmost the petroleum supply of the United States, the Geological Survey, since we entered the war, has largely concentrated its investigations of oil fields in the most promising undeveloped territory, such as Wyoming and the midcontinent-Texas region, and especially in the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma. This report is therefore issued to supply an evident need for geologic information regarding the Osage lands. In the … more
Date: 1922
Creator: White, David; Emery, Wilson B.; Winchester, Dean E.; Bowen, C. F.; Heald, K. C.; Hopkins, Oliver B. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Oil indict]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10 P.M.
Date: November 6, 1981
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Oil production]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.
Date: April 4, 1991
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Hunt oil]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Dallas oilman who is still trying to get more information from Lybia about the reported nationalization of the Bunker Hunt Oil company.
Date: June 11, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Proposed Plan for a More Efficient and Economical Method of Transporting School Children in the East Texas Oil Field

Description: This study was made of the school districts in the East Texas oil field in Rusk and Gregg Counties. These school districts have a dense rural population, the majority of whom are engaged in some type of oil field work. Financially, these school districts are considered the wealthiest in the state, and in general are similar to most oil field sections in the South. A total of twelve different transportation systems, operating sixty-five buses, transporting 8,758 school children were studied. In … more
Date: August 1939
Creator: Fowler, Charles Gatteys
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Oil-Field Emulsions

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin deals entirely with the cause and removal of water emulsified in crude petroleum and the colloidal theories involved."
Date: 1926
Creator: Dow, D. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Manual for Oil and Gas Operations [Part 1]

Description: Part one of a bulletin from the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing oil and gas field waste prevention, and policies on field operation. According to the introduction, "Part I of this manual points out types of oil and gas wastes and suggest, in detail or by reference, the most practical and effective methods in current practice for stopping these wastes. Throughout Part I the department's operating policy is given, with interpretations of the 'Operating Regulations' for enforcing every practical… more
Date: 1923
Creator: Swigart, T. E. & Beecher, C. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production and Development Problems in the Powell Oil Field, Navarro County, Texas

Description: From Introduction: "The Mexia-Powell fault fields have long held the attention of the oil industry, and this report proposes to present information on these fields and to interpret it for the consideration and guidance of all persons concerned in further development of the area. Detailed study of this field was made primarily to obtain a better working knowledge of the major features, involving structural conditions, the character and nature of the Woodbine pay sand, and the source of water."
Date: 1928
Creator: Hill, H. B. & Sutton, Chase E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gas-Lift Method of Flowing Oil Wells: (California Practice)

Description: From Introduction: "In this report the author has presented data of actual gas-lift operations in the oil fields of California. Wherever theoretical hypotheses and conclusions are given an attempt has been made to support them by field data gathered during consultation with engineers and operators. The impossibility of drawing conclusions that will apply to all wells or even to one well throughout its life is appreciated by everyone who has studied the subject, and the reader is cautioned not t… more
Date: 1930
Creator: Miller, H. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mining Petroleum by Underground Methods: A study of Methods used in France and Germany and Possible Application to Depleted Oil Fields under American Conditions

Description: From Introduction: "That the percentages of extraction of petroleum from the ground may and undoubtedly will be greatly increased in the future by underground mining methods where natural conditions will permit seems logical. The limitations imposed by depth, temperature, and flow of water under high pressure through the sands will be discussed later."
Date: 1932
Creator: Rice, George S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Manual for Oil and Gas Operations [Part 2]

Description: Part two of a bulletin from the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing oil and gas field waste prevention, and policies on field operation. According to the introduction (from part 1), "Part II comprises the revised 'Operating Regulations' which supersede all previous regulations and will govern future operations on public lands" (p. 1).
Date: 1923
Creator: Swigart, T. E. & Beecher, C. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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West Virginia Oilfields Discovered Before 1940

Description: From Summary: "This report contains data on 79 oilfields discovered before 1940. The boundary of each field and extent of the individual producing formations are presented. Oil production to January 1, 1960, and an estimate of total oil remaining are also listed. Secondary-recovery methods used in each field since discovery and degree of success are reported."
Date: 1963
Creator: Whieldon, Charles E., Jr. & Eckard, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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