Volume 98
Petroleum Development and Technology 1932 Petroleum Division Papers and Discussions Presented before the Division at Houston, October, 2-3, 1931, and New York, February 15- 18, 1932

Title Page

Contents

Letter of Transmittal – C. E. Beecher

Plans for Petroleum Division in 1932 – Earl Oliver

Officers of the Institute

Officers and Committees of the Petroleum Division

PAPERS:

Chapter I. Stabilization

TITLE	AUTHOR
What is the Policy of the Mineral Industry?	C. K. Leith
Stabilizing the Oil Business	Amos L. Beaty
Stabilizing Influences for the Petroleum Industry	Earl Oliver
Changing Concepts in the Petroleum Industry (With Discussion)	J. B. Umpleby
Propositions and Corollaries in Petroleum Production (With Discussion)	L. C. Snider

Chapter II. Economics

TITLE	AUTHOR
Economics of Proration (With Discussion)	Joseph E. Pogue
Proration in Texas in 1931	David Donoghue
Economics of Domestic Marketing	Sidney A. Swensrud
The Petroleum Products Situation	Albert J. McIntosh
Some Influences of Foreign Demand on the Domestic Oil Situation	E. B. Swanson
Economic Aspects of the Oil Situation	H. J. Struth

Chapter III. Production

TITLE	AUTHOR
Petroleum Production, 1931 - Summary	Earl A. Trager Vice-chairman

Domestic

TITLE	AUTHOR
Petroleum Developments in Texas during 1931, Except the Gulf Coast and Panhandle Districts (With Discussion)	M. C. Cheney
Petroleum Developments on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana for 1931	L. P. Teas
Oil and Gas Developments in Texas Panhandle during 1931	William E. Hubbard
Petroleum Development in New Mexico during 1931	Walter Lang
Oil and Gas Development in South Arkansas, North Louisiana and Mississippi in 1931 (With Discussion)	H. K. Shearer
Petroleum Production in Oklahoma during 1931 (With Discussion)	T. E. Weirich
Oil Development and Production of Kansas in 1931	Howard S. Bryant
Developments in the California Petroleum Industry during 1931 (With Discussion)	V. H. Wilhelm
Petroleum and Natural Gas Development in the Rocky Mountain District, 1931	R. Clare Coffin
Oil and Gas Development in 1931 in Illinois, Southwestern Indiana and Western Kentucky	Alfred H. Bell
Petroleum Development in Michigan and the “Trenton Rock” Fields of Northwestern Ohio and Northern Indiana 1931 (With Discussion)	M. G. Gulley
Review of the Eastern Oil and Gas Fields for 1931	L. C. Huntley and J. R. Wylie, Jr.

Foreign

TITLE	AUTHOR
Russian Oil Fields in 1930-1931 (With Discussion)	Robert C. Beckstorm
Petroleum Development in Rumania during 1931	Ionel I, Gardescu
Petroleum Production in Germany	W. A. J. M. Van Waterschoot Van Der Gracht
Iraq and its Oil Fields	B. B. Cox
Petroleum Development in Venezuela in 1931	Fred H. Kan
Petroleum Production in Trinidad during 1931	W. J. Millard
Petroleum Developments in Columbia in 1931	O. C. Wheeler
Oil Development in Peru in 1931	Oliver B. Hopkins
Mexican Oil Production in 1931	Valentin R. Garfias
Petroleum and Natural Gas in Canada during 1931	Linn M. Farish

Chapter IV. Production Engineering

TITLE	AUTHOR
Production Engineering in 1931 - Summary	E. H. Griswold
The East Texas Oil Field	Frederic H. Lahee
Relation between Gas Energy and Oil Production	Byron B. Boatright
Advantages of Flowing Wells through Tubing	Hallan N. Marsh and Bruce H. Robinson
Flowing Wells with Small Tubing (With Discussion)	R. R. Hawkins
Control of Gas-oil Ratios in the Yates Field, Pecos County, Texas	M. Albertson and W. A. Schaeffer, Jr.
Recent Development and Use of Bottom-hole Choking	J. S. Ross
Reservoir Pressures in the Hobbs Field, New Mexico (With Discussion)	R. S. Christie
Determination and Application of Depth Pressures in the Yates Field (With Discussion)	Dale Nix
Effects of Rate of Production and Production Equipment upon Gas-oil Ratios	J. T. Hayward

Chapter V. Engineering Research

TITLE	AUTHOR
Flow of Air and Gas through Porous Media (With Discussion)	Joseph Chalmers, D. B. Taliaferro, Jr., and E. L. Rawlins
A Method for Computing Pressure Drop in the Pipe of Flowing Oil wells	K. B. Nowels
Experimental Study of Pressure Conditions within the oil Reservoir Rock in the Vicinity of a High-pressure Producing Well (With Discussion)	L. C. Uren and E. J. Bradshaw
Some Experiments on the Behavior of Natural Gas in an oil-said Reservoir (With Discussion)	Ionel I. Gardescu
Flow of Drilling Mud (With Discussion)	H. N. Herrick
Location and Study of Pipe Line Corrosion by Surface Electrical Measurements (A. I. M. E. Technical Publication No. 476)	C. and M. Schlumberger

Chapter V. Refining

TITLE	AUTHOR
Developments in Refinery Engineering during 1931 - Summary	H. W. Camp, Vice-chairman

INDEX

TITLE	AUTHOR
Index