Volume 92
Petroleum Development and Technology 1931 Petroleum Division Papers and Discussions Presented before the Division at Tulsa, October 2-3, and Los Angeles, October 17, 1930 and New York, February 16-19, 1931
Title Page
Contents
Letter of Transmittal – C. V. Millikan
Plans of Petroleum Division for 1931 – C. E. Beecher
Officers of Institute and of Petroleum Division

Chapter I. Unit Operation of Oil Pool

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Stabilizing Influences Earl Oliver
Compulsory Unit Operation of Oil Pools (With Discussion) W. P. Z. German
Cooperation between Engineers and Lawyers Peter Q. Nyce
Unit Operation in Foreign Fields E. L. Estabrook
Control of California Oil Curtailment (With Discussion) Robert E. Allen
Proration in Texas David Donoghue
Proration of Yates Pool, Pecos County, Texas (With Discussion) H. C. Hardison
Unit Operation Proposal for Kettleman Hills Field (A. I. M. E. Preprint, October, 1930) Robert C. Patterson
Unit Operation in California, with Discussion of Kettleman North Dome Association Joseph Jensen
Economic Aspects of Unit Operation of Oil Pools Joseph E. Pogue
An Economic Comparison of Developments in the South Field Oil-producing Region of Mexico Oliver B. Knight
Effect of Proration on Decline, Potential and Ultimate Production of Oil Well (With Discussion) H. H. Power and C. H. Pishny
Repressuring and Initial Pressuring H. C. George
Problems in Proration on the Basis of Gas Energy Eugene A. Stephenson

Chapter II. Production Engineering

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Production Engineering in 1930 - Summary W. K. Whiteford Vice-Chairman
Methods and Effects of Unit Repressuring in the Cook Pool Graham P. Crutchfield
Development in a Part of the Ventura Avenue Oil Field Joseph Jensen and F. W. Hertel
Encroachment of Edge Water at Santa Fe Springs (With Discussion) Donald K. Weaver
Water Problems of the McKittrick Oil Field Joseph Jensen and J. B. Stevens
Effect of Edge Water on the Recovery of Oil (With Discussion) H. H. Wright
Increasing the Ultimate Recovery of Oil (With Discussion) S. F. Shaw
Bottom-hole Pressures in Oil Wells C. V. Millikan and C. V. Sidwell
Bottom-hole Beans – Theory, Methods and Effects of Their Use (With Discussion) William Clark
Density of Oil-gas Columns from Well Data (With Discussion) W. V. Vietti
Velocity of Flow through Tubing (With Discussion) E. L. Davis
Characteristics of Drilling Fluids (With Discussion) C. P. Parsons
Properties and Treatment of Rotary Mud Hallan N. Marsh
Development of Casing for Deep Wells (A. I. M. E. Tech. Pub. N o. 355; see also Trans. A. I. M. E., Iron and Steel Div. (1930) F. W. Bremmer

Chapter III. Engineering Research

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Preliminary Report on an Investigation of the Bureau of Mines Regarding the Solubility of Natural Gas in Crude Oil (With Discussion) Ben E. Lindsly
Some Principles Governing the Choice of Length and Diameter of Tubing in Oil Wells (With Discussion) J. Versluys
Experimental Measurement of Slippage in Flow through Vertical Pipes (With Discussion) T. V. Moore and H. D. Wilde, Jr.
Practical Interpretation of Core Analysis L. S. Panyity
Permeability Studies of Pennsylvania Oil Sands Charles R. Fettke
A Study of the Production Curves for the 8500-foot Horizon in the Big Lake Oil Field, Reagan County, Texas (See Mining and Metallurgy, June 1931) Kenneth S. Ritchie
Microscopic Study of California Oil-field Emulsions M. Abozeid
Microscopic Study of California Oil-field Emulsions and Some Notes on the Effects of Superimposed Electrical Fields Harmon F. Fisher

Chapter IV. Production

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Petroleum Production - Summary D. R. Snow, Vice-chairman

Domestic

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Oil and Gas Production in the Eastern District J. French Robinson
Petroleum Production in Middle Western States, 1930 - Michigan, Indiana and Illinois R. B. Newcombe
Oil and Gas Production in South Arkansas, North Louisiana and Mississippi, 1928 to 1930 H. K. Shearer
Production and Development Situation of Kansas in 1930 Henry A. Ley
Production in Oklahoma during 1930 Henry A. Ley
Petroleum Developments on Texas during 1930, Except Gulf Coast and Panhandle Districts M. G. Cheney
Petroleum Developments in Texas Panhandle in 1930 W. E. Hubbard and H. E. Crum
Petroleum Developments on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana during 1930 L. P. Teas
Petroleum and Natural Gas Development in the Rocky Mountain District, 1930 R. Clare Coffin
Petroleum Developments in California during 1930 B. E. Parsons

Foreign

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Petroleum and Natural Gas in Canada during 1930 (With Discussion) Linn M. Farish
Mexico Oil Fields during 1930 V. R. Garfias and C. O. Isakson
Petroleum Developments in the Argentine in 1930 Gilbert P. Moore
Petroleum Development in Bolivia and Chile in 1930 Gilbert P. Moore
Oil Development in Peru in 1930 O. B. Hopkins
Petroleum Activities in Columbia during 1930 (With Discussion) J. T. Duce
Petroleum Development in Venezuela during 1930 (With Discussion) C. W. Hamilton
Trinidad Oil Fields in 1930 (With Discussion) William J. Millard
Russian Oil Fields in 1929-1930 (With Discussion) B. B. Zavoico
Petroleum Development in Rumania during 1930 (With Discussion) Ionel I. Gardescu
Petroleum in the Dutch East Indies (With Discussion) Fred B. Ely
Petroleum in the Indian Empire Eric J. Bradshaw
Petroleum Development in Africa W. B. Heroy

Chapter V. Economics

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Petroleum Economics in 1930 - Summary J. Elmer Thomas
Interest Rates and the Oil Industry Barnabas Bryan Jr.
Gasoline, Its Relation to Petroleum Economics (With Discussion) H. J. Struth
Economics of Distribution in the Oil Industry Sidney A. Swensrud
Stabilization of the Petroleum Industry Leonard Logan
Production Cost as a Factor in Oil Economics H. J. Wasson and L. W. Mayer
Economics of the Crude Oil Potential in the United States (With Discussion) J. E. Pogue

Chapter VI. Refining

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Developments in Refinery Engineering during 1930 - Summary H. W. Camp
Engineering Education Petroleum and Research Facilities in Great Britain (See Mining and Metallurgy, April, 1931) Ernest R. Lilley

INDEX

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Index