Volume 136
Petroleum Development and Technology 1940
Petroleum Division Papers and Discussions Presented before the Division at Meetings Held at Galveston, October 5-7, 1939; Los Angeles, October 19-20, 1939; New York, February 12-15-1940
Title Page
Contents
Plans of the Petroleum Division for 1940
Petroleum Division Officers and Committees
A.I.M.E. Officers and Directors
Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal
Photograph of E. DeGolyer, Medalist

PAPERS:

CHAPTER I. - PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

TITLE AUTHOR
A Resume of the Application of Gravel Packing to Oil Wells in California (T. P. 1079, with discussion) W. A. Clark
Multistage Stabilization of Crude (T. P. 1085, with discussion) H. S. Gipson
Principles of Well Spacing (T. P. 1086, with discussion) Morris Muskat
Radial Filtration of Drilling Muds (T. P. 1112, with discussion) Milton Williams
Detection of Radioactive Cement in Cased Wells (T. P. 1113) Lynn G. Howell and Alex Frosch

CHAPTER II . - ENGINEERING RESEARCH

TITLE AUTHOR
Visual Studies of the Flow of Air-water Mixtures in a Vertical Pipe (T. P. 1080, with discussion) Sylvan Cromer
Flow of Gas-liquid Mixtures through Consolidated Sand (T. P. 1111, with discussion) Holbrook G. Botset
Phase Diagram of a Mixture of Natural Gas and Natural Gasoline Near the Critical Conditions (T. P. 1114, with discussion) D. L. Katz, D. J. Vink and R. A. David
Fundamental Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbons (T. P. 1152, with discussion) John E. Sherborne
Apparatus for Study of Pressure-volume-temperature Relations of Liquids and Gases (T. P. 1127) B. H. Sage and W. N. Lacey
Volumetric Behavior of Isobutane (T. P. 1128) W. M. Morris, B. H. Sage and W. N. Lacey
Effect of Temperature on Plastering Properties and Viscosity of Rotary Drilling Muds (T. P. 1116, with discussion) H. T. Byck
A Study of Some Phases of Chemical Control in Clay Suspensions (T. P. 1124) Allen D. Garrison and K. C. Ten Brink
Dispersion of Clays and Shales by Fluid Motion (T. P. 1125) Allen D. Garrison, K. C. Ten Brink and P. B. Elkin

CHAPTER III. - PETROLEUM ECONOMICS

TITLE AUTHOR
The Economics of Overdevelopment (T. P. 1084) John D. Gill
Factors Affecting the Refiner's Choice of Crudes G. A. Beiswenger
Economic Dynamics of the Domestic Demand for Motor Fuel (T. P. 1174, With discussion) Norman D. Fitzgerald
World Consumption of Petroleum and Related Fuels during 1939 (With Discussion) V. R. Garfias, R. V. Whetsel and J. W. Ristori

CHAPTER IV – PRODUCTION

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Introduction James Terry Duce

DOMESTIC

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Oil and Gas Development in South Arkansas in 1939 Warren B. Weeks
Developments in California Oil Industry during 1939 V. H. Wilhelm
Colorado See Rocky Mountain District
Oil and Gas Development in Illinois in 1939 Alfred H. Bell and George V. Cohee
Oil and Gas Developments in Indiana during 1939 R. E. Esarey and G. F. Fix
Kansas Oil and Gas during 1939 W. A. Ver Wiebe
Oil and Gas Development in Kentucky during 1939 Coleman D. Hunter, R. E. Strouder, Iley B. Browning, Ralph N. Thomas and George M. Straughan
Oil and Gas Development in North Louisiana in 1939 H. K. Shearer
Petroleum Developments in Southern Louisiana in 1939 J. Brian Eby
Oil and Gas Development in Michigan during 1939 Theron Wasson
Oil and Gas Development in Mississippi during 1939 H. M. Morse
Development of Oil and Gas in Missouri in 1939 Frank C. Greene
Montana See Rocky Mountain District
Oil and Gas Development in New Mexico in 1939 A. Andreas
Oil and Gas Developments in New York for 1939 C. A. Hartnagel
Oil and Gas Development in Ohio for 1939 J. E. Schaffer
Oil and Gas Developments in Oklahoma in 1939 Thomas Brownfield
Oil and Gas Development in Northern and Central Pennsylvania during 1939 Arthur C. Simmons
Oil and Gas Development in Southwestern Pennsylvania during 1939 John T. Galey
Oil and Gas Development in the Rocky Mountain District in 1939 C. E. Shoenfelt
Oil and Gas Developments in Tennessee in 1939 Kendall F. Born
Development and Production in East and East Central Texas for 1939 D. V. Carter, Franklin M. Hackbusch and Dan C. Williams Jr.
Oil and Gas Production on the Texas Gulf Coast during 1939 Perry Olcott
Oil and Gas Development and Production in North Texas for the Year 1939 Lewis W. MacNaughton
Oil and Gas Development in North Central Texas for 1939 H. W. Immolz
Oil and Gas Development in the Texas Panhandle for the Year 1939 Henry Rogatz and H. W. McCue
Oil and Gas Development in South Texas during 1939 Michel T. Halbouty
Development along Fault Zone of South Central Texas in 1939 William H. Spice, Jr.
West Texas Oil Development in 1939 Peter P. Gregory, E. W. Owen and John G. H. Crump
Utah See Rocky Mountain District
Oil and Gas Development West Virginia during 1939 David B. Reger
Wyoming See Rocky Mountain District

FOREIGN

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Argentina’s Oil Production in 1939 Mario L. Villa
Petroleum in Bahrein Island, 1939 Bahrein Petroleum Company, Ltd.
Petroleum Developments in Canada in 1939 G. S. Hume
Petroleum Developments in Colombia during 1939 O. C. Wheeler
Petroleum Development in Cuba during 1939 Robert H. Palmer
Petroleum and Gas in Ecuador E. Escobar Pallares
Petroleum in India and Burma in 1938 From the Review of the Mineral Industry of India and Burma during 1938, by permission of the Director of the Geological Survey of India
Petroleum and Gas in Iran during 1939 Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd.
Petroleum Development in Mexico during 1939 T. R. Armstrong
Petroleum Developments in Peru during 1939 O. B. Hopkins
Oil and Gas Production in Poland Eugene Jablonski
Oil and Gas in Rumania Information through the courtesy of W. P. Haynes, member A.I.M.E.
Russian Oil Industry in 1939 Basil B. Zavoico
Petroleum Development in Saudi Arabia during 1939 J. O. Nomland
Petroleum Developments in Venezuela during 1939 D. B. Williams

CHAPTER V. - REFINING

TITLE AUTHOR
Review of Refinery Engineering for 1939 Walter Miller

INDEX

TITLE AUTHOR
Index  

PAPERS PRESENTED AT A.I.M.E. MEETINGS AND PRINTED IN VARIOUS PERIODICALS

TITLE AUTHOR
Development of the Turner Valley Gas and Oil Field. See T.P. 1099, Petroleum Technology, August 1939 Vernon Taylor
Gas Injection at London, Illinois. T. P. 1173, Petroleum Technology, February 1940 R. J. Sullivan
Disposal of Salt Water in the East Texas Field. T. P. 1151, Petroleum Technology, February 1940 A. S. Rhea and E. B. Miller, Jr.
Effect of Faulting on Accumulation and Drainage of Oil and Gas in the Wilmington Oil Field. See T.P. 1154, Petroleum Technology, February 1940 Read Winterburn
Multiple Well Pumping with Hydraulic Pumps. See Pctroleum World R. M. Burnett
Technical Problems of Subsurface Operations in the Development and Production of Petroleum. See Petroleum World February 1940 E. K. Parks
Air Conditioning as Applied to Oil-field Buildings in Tropical Climates. See Heating and Ventilating, September 1939 O. W. Johnson and T. A. Pol
Geophysical Studies in California. See Bulletin published by California Division of Mines: Geologic Formations and Economic Development of California Oil and Gas Fields F. E. Vaughan
The Eykometer, A New Device for Measurement of the Yield Point of Clay Suspensions and Oil-well Drilling Muds. U. S. Bureau of Mines R.I. 3495 A. G. Stern
Mixing of Gases in Porous Media. See Natural G as Proceedings, American Gas Association (1940) R. Ducker and R. L. Hutington
Properties of a Petroleum Reservoir Liquid and Its Residua with Application of the Data to Production Problems Kenneth Felberts, R. V. Smith and A. B. Cook
Valuation of Oil and Natural Gas Properties as Distinguished from Mines. See mining and metallurgy, May 1940 L. F. Terry
Economic Aspects of Oil Field Exploration in Colombia. See World Petroleum, March 1939 E. Ospinaracines
Place of the Oil Industry In The National Economy. See Bulletin Robert Morris Associates, April 1940; also see Mining and Metallurgy, Aug 1940) John D. Gill
Recent Changes in California Voluntary Oil-curtailment Methods. See T. P. 1153 Petroleum Technology, February 1940 Joseph Jenson
Subsurface Trespass. See American Bar Association, Section of Mineral Law, 1939, special pamphlet M. Kline