The Odessa American from Odessa, Texas • 63

ODEGOA AMERICAN SUNDAY, OCTODEH 13, 1QOB CECTION INDEX Oil Companies 4H I V. tf-- us "A Small, Local and Thriving City Pipe and Supply Corp. has weathered the ups and downs of the oil industry. PAGE 3H The effect of an embargo. PAGE GH An explosion and rig fire at the Skelly-Amerada University No.l in Ector County was photographed by Jack Nolan in 1930.

A brief history of West Texas blowouts is inside. PAGE 5H Refining As the population moves to the Southwest, the demand for refineries will increase. PACE 4H a Oil service industry experiences a rebirth. PAGE 2H i i II i i Net income up 3H Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission's role in oil 3H Bright future for oil and gas 5H BDM Petroleum Technologies 5H Stripper Wells 7H Courtesy of The Petroleum Museum's Orbeck Collection 70V ti n. u.

I The Miller-Burge Healy's 1 N.F. Chapman No.l in Loving County was reportedly the last wooden derrick in the United States to retire from daily use. The rig was erected in 1929 and was used until 1966. This photograph was taken by Bill Shoopman of Odessa in 1958. A tank battery in the Yates Field in Pecos County is shown in this photograph taken between 1926 to 1932.

lire i i TU rM.Aln.IM Phntn nrairtasv rnOlO COW lesy ui lire rsuuicum orrne PetroieL The Humble Oil Refining Company's warehouse bunk- Museum; i collection, i. j. -iQinc courtesv of the Permian Historical Flores Society Archives. The Universrry of Collection Courtesy of The Petroleum Museum's W.L Carothers Collection Texas of the Permian Basin XJ i I i 4 S. 4 i 4 -Vrr' A ''i "I i -A 4 1 i L- i nn tJll bills! i i 7 Oil show does things 'in a big way' By Betty Orbeck Director of Archives, Petroleum Museum 1 ODESSA'S GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT in its 90-year history is the Permian Basin Oil Show, held biennially on even-numbered years since October 1950.

The conception of Odessa's oil show is buried deep with the history of the Permian Basin Association, organized at Colorado; City in 1939 to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the completion bf 1 Morrison in the Westbrook field, the discovery well of the Permian Basin. Originally called the Permian Basin Oil, Land and Business Men's Association, this was the first organization in the Permian Basin devoted entirely to the region's petroleum industry. Its official business was to conduct a program of education in the industry with the slogan, "If you live in the Permian Basin, you are in the oil business whether you beh'eve it or not" Chartered by the state of Texas as the Permian Basin Association in October 1939 with Harry Adams as its president and Herbert B. Spence as its executive secretary, the association moved its business office to Midland, See HISTORY on Page 2H CWessa American: Larry Beckner Bruce Morgan of Schlumberger Well Service in Abilene explains a log analysis of an oil well taken with the Platform Express logging tool. Center photo: Employees of Parker Technology Inc.

set up equipment designed to remove liquid contaminates from the soil. Once the liquids are removed, the soil and the oil can be used again. The equipment is designed to do the whole job on site, cutting costs..