Volume 77
Papers Presented Before the Division, at Fort Worth, Texas, October 19-20, 1927 and New York, February, 20-23, 1928
Title Page
Contents
TITLE AUTHOR
Letter of Transmittal John M. Lovejoy
Plans of Petroleum Division for 1928 A.W. Ambrose
Officers of Institute and of Petroleum Division  

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

TITLE AUTHOR
Production Engineering in 1927 J. B. Umpleby, Chairman
CHAPTER I. Air-gas Lifts
Principles of Air-lift as Applied to Production (with Discussion) H. R. Pierce and J. O. Lewis
Effect of Gas-lift on Physical Properties of Oil (with Discussion) R. R. Brandenthaler
Handling Recirculated Gas in Gas-lift R. D. Gibbs and C.C. Taylor
Mechanical Installations of Gas-lift in Texas Outside Gulf Coast Region (with Discussion) E.V. Foran
Mechanical Installations for Air-gas Lift in Gulf Coast Area L. L. Brundred
Mechanical Equipment of Air-gas Lifts in Oklahoma and Kansas Exclusive of Seminole (with Discussion) R. W. Bond
Mechanical Installations for Gas-air Lifts in Seminole Area (with Discussion) C. R. Swarts
Mechanical Installations for Gas-lift Pumping as Practiced in California Oil Fields (with Discussion) H. C. Miller
Air-gas Lift Practice in Seminole Field (with Discussion) S. F. Shaw
General Discussion on Air-gas Lift  
New Developments in Air-gas Lift Operations in Mid-Continent Area (with Discussion) C. V. Millikan
Recent Developments in Gas-lift Methods in California Oil Fields (with Discussion) A. H. Bell
CHAPTER II. Gas-oil Ratios
Gas Factor as a Measure of Oil-production Efficiency L. C. Uren
Effect of Gas-lift on Gas Factor and on Ultimate Production (with Discussion) E. O. Bennett
Relation of Air-gas Lift to Gas-oil Ratios and Effect on Ultimate Production (with Discussion) F. W. Lake
CHAPTER III. Electricity in Oil Fields
Use of Electricity in the Mid-Continent Field (with Discussion) D. L. Johnson
Use of Electricity for Oil-field Operations in Wyoming (with Discussion) A. W. Peake and F. O. Prior
Relative Advantages and Costs of Electric Power in Lease Operations (with Discussion) L. J. Murphy
CHAPTER IV. Handling Congealing Oils and Paraffin
Summary of Existing Information on Handling Congealing Oils and Paraffin (with Discussion) C. E. Reistle, Jr.
Handling Congealing Oils and Paraffin Problems in the Appalachian Fields Frank M. Brewster
Handling Congealing Oils and Paraffin in Salt Creek Field, Wyoming (with Discussion) F. E. Wood, H. W. Young and A. W. Buell
Problems Encountered in Handling Panhandle Crude (with Discussion) W. V. Vietti and W. A. Oberlin
CHAPTER V. Increasing the Extraction of Oil
Effect of Repressuring Producing Sands during Flush Stage of Production (with Discussion) E. V. Foran
Summary of Repressuring Experiments in California Fields (with Discussion) A. H. Bell
Ten Years' Application of Compressed Air at Hamilton Corners Pa., with Core Studies of the Producing Sand (with Discussion) C. R. Fettke
Factors Influencing Recovery of Petroleum from Unconsolidated Sands by Water-flooding (with Discussion) L. C. Uren and E. H. Fahmy
The Bradford Pool; Oil-field Waters of Bradford Pool (See Technical Publication No. 38) Factors Influencing Production by Flooding in Bradford and Allegany Fields (See Technical Publication No. 39) P. D. Torrey
CHAPTER VI. Sucker-rod Strains and Stresses
Sucker-rod Strains and Stresses (with Discussion) F. W. Lake and H. A. Brett
CHAPTER VII. Deep-well Drilling Technique
Deep-well Drilling Technique (with Discussion) H. H. Dievendorff and F. W. Hertel

ENGINEERING ROUND TABLE

TITLE AUTHOR
Summary of Discussion on Petroleum Engineering Problems H. H. Hill, Chairman
CHAPTER VIII. Petroleum Engineering Problems
Round Table  

REFINING TECHNOLOGY

TITLE AUTHOR
Advances in Refining Technology in 1927 Walter Miller, Chairman
CHAPTER IX. Distillation Methods
The Modern Pipe Still (with Discussion) H. S. Bell
Modernization of Shell Stills (with Discussion) C. W. Stratford
CHAPTER X. Heat Utilization
Screened Radiant Heat and Its Application to the Petroleum Refining Industry (with Discussion) A. E. Nash
The Combustion Engineer in Refining (See Mining and Metallurgy, March, 1928) J. W. Hays
Use of Open Radiant Heat in Tube Stills (with Discussion) John Primrose
The Recirculating Furance (with Discussion) L. A. Mekler
CHAPTER XI. Refining Control
Physical Control of Refining Processes (with Discussion) L. de Florez
Technological Control of Refining Processes (with Discussion) E. B. Phillips and A. E. Miller
CHAPTER XII. Refinery Products and Problems
Sources of Automotive Fuels (with Discussion) F. A. Howard and R. T. Haslam
Research, Stabilizer of Petroleum Industry (with Discussion) H. W. Camp
Underlying Principles of Contact Filtration (with Discussion) L. L. Davis
Acid-sludge Problem in Oil Refining (with Discussion) J. B. Rather
Recovery of Gasoline from Refining Gases (Summary only) G. A. Burrell
Production Development in 1927 W. E. Wrather, Chairman
CHAPTER XIII. Domestic Production
Oil and Gas &sources of Kansas in 1927 L. W. Kesler
Oil Development in Oklahoma in 1927 (with Discussion) J. M. Sands
Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Production for 1927 (with Discussion) C. L. Baker
Production in West Texas Permian Basin for 1927 A. R. Denison
Petroleum Development in East Texas and along Balcones Fault Zone, 1927 R. A. Liddle
Oil Production and Development in North Central Texas in 1927 (with Discussion) W. G. Wender
Review of the California Oil Industry in 1927 E. W. Wagy
Production East of Mississippi River R. S. Knappen and D. V. Carter
Review of the Oil Industry in the Rocky Mountain Region in 1927 S. Grinsfelder
Montana's Oil Industry for 1927 Ralph Arnold
Review of Petroleum Development in Arkansas and North Louisiana in 1927 L. P. Teas
CHAPTER XIV. Foreign Production
Review of Venezuelan Oil Activities in 1927 H. J. Wasson
Russian Oil Fields, 1926-1927 (with Discussion) B. B. Zavoico
Oil Fields of Colombia in 1927 (with Discussion) L. G. Huntley
Review of Petroleum Production in Countries Other than United States, Russia, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Peru (with Discussion) J. T. Duce

PETROLEUM ECONOMICS

TITLE AUTHOR
Trend of the Petroleum Situation Joseph E. Pogue, Chairman
CHAPTER XV. Petroleum Products
Economic Aspects of the Gasoline Situation (with Discussion) B. Bryan, Jr.
Economics of Natural Gasoline (with Discussion) D. E. Buchanan
An Economic Analysis of the Fuel Oil Situation (with Discussion) Arthur Knapp
CHAPTER XVI. Crude Petroleum
Economic Significance of the Oil Developments of West Texas (with Discussion) C. P. Watson
Loss Ratio Method of Extra olating Oil Well Decline Curves R. H. Johnson and A. L. Bollens
Cooperative Development of Oil Pools (Summary Only; with Discussion) O. E. Kiessling (Summary Only; with Discussion)
CHAPTER XVII. Export Trade
Economic Outlook for Exports of Petroleum Products J. H. Nelson

ENGINEERING EDUCATION

TITLE AUTHOR
Introduction – Petroleum Engineering Educational Problems H. C. George, Chairman
CHAPTER XVIII Handling Engineering Graduates (Discussion)  
CHAPTER XVIX Graduate Courses in Petroleum Engineering (Discussion)  

INDEX

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Index