Volume 123
Petroleum Development and Technology 1937
Papers and Discussions Presented before the Division at Los Angeles, California, October 1 and 2, Fort Worth, Texas, October 8 and 9, 1936 and at New York, February 15-19, 1937
Title Page
Contents
Officers of the Institute
Foreword H. N. Marsh
Plans of the Petroleum Division for 1937 M. Albertson
Officers and Committees of the Petroleum Division
Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal
Photograph of J. Edgar Pew, Anthony F. Lucas Medalist

PAPERS:

Chapter I. Production Engineering

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Sucker-rod Pump as a Problem in Elasticity John F. Kendrick and Paul D. Cornelius
Determination of Fluid Level in Oil Wells by the Pressure-wave Echo Method (With Discussion) C. P. Walker
Use of Data on the Build-up of Bottom-hole Pressures Morris Muskat
Influence of Production Practices on Gravity of Produced Oil Robert R. Boyd
Bibliography on Acid Treatment of Oil Wells P. E. Fitzgerald and J. C. Gindlesperger
Recent Developments Related to Petroleum Engineering Joseph Jensen
Need for Improvements in Rotary Drilling Equipment (See Mining and Metallurgy, February, 1937) J. E. Brantly
Butane Engine Drill (See Mining and Metallurgy, May, 1937) L. R. Smith
Pressure-controlled Completions Are Not Necessarily High-pressure Operations (See Oil Weekly, October 12, 1936; Oil and Gas Jnl., October 15, 1936) John O. Farmer
Control of Water in Pumping Wells (See Oil Weekly, October 12, 1936; Oil and Gas Jnl., October 22, 1936) J. J. Zorichak
Estimation of Oil and Gas Reserves (See Oil Weekly, October 12, 1936; Oil and Gas Jnl., October 15, 1936; California Oil World, December 3, 1936) R. L. Huntington

Chapter II. Production Engineering Research

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Flow of Gas-liquid Mixtures through Sands (With Discussion) M. Muskat, R. D. Wycoff, H. G. Botset and M. W. Meres
Oil-well Behavior Based upon Subsurface Pressures and Production Data (With Discussion) H. C. Miller, E. S. Burnett and R. V. Higgins
Productivity Index (With Discussion) M. L. Haider
Experiments on Flow of Fluids through Sands F. B. Plummer and J. S. Woodward

Chapter III. Stabilization

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Can the Rule of Capture he Rationalized? Earl Oliver
Governmental Regulation of Oil Production Northcutt Ely
Economics and Well Spacing in Texas (With Discussion) William E. Hubbard
Acreage and Potential Factors in Allocation Eugene A. Stephenson
Cooperative Development Plan for Buena Vista Hills Oil and Gas Field, Kern County, California C. M. Nickerson
Review of Developments at Kettleman Hills (With Discussion) R. E. Collom and C. P. Watson

Chapter IV. Petroleum Economics

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Status and Outlook of Petroleum--Supply. Demand and Stocks Fred Van Covern
Chronological Aspects of American Oil-reserve Replenishment, with a Note on the Contemporary Situation H. J. Wasson
Role of Price in the Functioning of Proration Joseph E. Pogue
Various Aspects of Oil-stock Prices George W. Doffing
Future Demand for California Petroleum Products (With Discussion) A. H. Hand
Future Supply of Oil in California F. E. Minshall
Developments in Petroleum Marketing Sidney A. Swensrud
World Consumption of Petroleum Products V. R. Garfias and R. V. Whetsel

Chapter V. Production

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Introduction James Terry Duce, Vice-Chairman

Domestic

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Oil and Gas Development in South Arkansas in 1936 H. K. Shearer
Developments in the California Oil Industry during the Year 1936 V. H. Wilhelm
Oil and Gas Development in Colorado in 1936 C. E. Shoenfelt
Oil and Gas Development in Illinois in 1936 Alfred H. Bell
Oil and Gas Development in Indiana in 1936 Ralph E. Esarey and M. M. Fidlar
Kansas Oil and Gas during 1936 W. A. Ver Wiebe
Oil and Gas Development in Kentucky in 1936 C. D. Hunter, I. B. Browning and N. W. Shiarella
Louisiana:  
Oil and Gas Development in North Louisiana Benjamin C. Craft
Oil and Gas Development in South Louisiana Benjamin C. Craft
Oil and Gas in Michigan during 1936 Theron Wasson
Oil and gas Development in Mississippi during 1936 Henry N. Toler
Oil and Gas in Missouri in 1936 Frank C. Greene
Oil and Gas Development in Montana for 1936 Eugene S. Perry
Oil and Gas Development in New Mexico E. H. Wells and A. Andreas
Petroleum and Natural Gas in New York in 1936 D. H. Newland and C. A. Hartnagel
Oil and Gas Development in Ohio for 1936 J. E. Schaefer
Petroleum Development in Oklahoma in 1936 H. E. Rorschach
Gas and Oil Development in Northwestern and Middle Pennsylvania during 1936 J. G. Montgomery Jr.
Oil and Gas Developments in Tennessee in 1936 Kendall E. Born
Texas:  
Petroleum in the Central Texas Area during 1936 W. C. Bednar
Development and Production in the East Texas District Wallace Ralston
Oil and Gas Production on the Texas Gulf Coast during 1936 W. V. Vietti and E. P. Hayes
Oil and Gas Development and Production North Texas in 1936 H. B. Fuqua and B. E. Thompson
Oil and Gas in North Central Texas in 1936 H. W. Imholz
Oil and Gas Development in the Texas Panhandle in 1936 T. C. Craig
Oil and Gas Development in South Texas in 1936 Harry H. Nowlan
Petroleum Development in West Texas in 1936 H. W. Mathews and J. D. Wheeler
Oil and Gas Development in Utah, 1936 E. W. Henderson
Oil and Gas Development in West Virginia during 1936 David B. Reger
Oil Development and Production in Wyoming in 1936 E. W. Krampert

Foreign

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Developments in the Petroleum Industry in the Argentine Guillermo Hileman
Petroleum Developments in Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia during 1936 Brandon H. Grove
Petroleum Developments in Bahrein Island and Saudi Arabia during 1936 J. O. Nomland
Petroleum Developments in Bolivia during 1936 Jorge Muñoz Reyer and Guillermo Mariaca
Petroleum Industry in Burma, 1935-1936 L. Dudley Stamp
Petroleum and Natural Gas Development in Canada during 1936 G. S. Hume
Petroleum Development in Colombia during 1936 O. C. Wheeler
Production of Oil in Egypt in 1936 - information received through the courtesy of the Controller of the Egyptian Department of Mines and Quarries, Dawawin P. O., Egypt. Figures received Feb. 2, 1937  
Oil and Gas in France and French Colonies in 1936 H. De Cizancourt
Petroleum Development in Germany during 1936 Walter Kauenhowen
Search for Oil in Great Britain - by D’Arcy Exploration Company Ltd. - Received through the courtesy of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., London, England. Manuscript received at the office of the Institute Feb. 10, 1937  
Petroleum Production in India in 1935  
Oil and Gas in Iran - Courtesy of Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.  
Oil and Gas Production in Iraq during 1936 B. B. Cox
Petroleum Development in Mexico during 1936 V. R. Garfias and R. V. Whetsel
Oil and Gas Production in the Netherlands East Indies and Sarawak  
Petroleum Development in Peru during 1936 Oliver B. Hopkins
Oil and Gas Production in Poland during 1936 Charles Bohdanowicz
Oil Development in Rumania during 1936 I. I. Gardescu
Russian Oil Industry in 1936 B. B. Zavoico
Petroleum Development in Venezuela during 1936 C. C. McDermond

Chapter VI. Petroleum Engineering Education

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Problems and Objectives of Petroleum Engineering Education Lester C. Uren
Petroleum Engineering Education W. W. Scott
Combination Field Work and Class Work R. L. Langenheim

Chapter VII. Refining

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Developments in Refinery Engineering in 1936 Walter Miller
Status of Steel and Alloy-steel Tubing in Oil-refinery Heat-exchanger Practice (See Mining and Metallurgy, March, 1937) H. M. Wilten

INDEX

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Index