• Dennis A. Taylor

    Posted on May 1, 2011

      “A Wild Goose Chase on the Texas Gulf Coast” The Seabreeze Field had been there a long time and had been thoroughly drilled; so everyone thought! The location of Seabreeze Field is in Southeast Texas in Chambers County (Figure 1.) Finally following a letter request to management, we had acquired a 3D data set […]

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  • The Happy Mapper

    Posted on March 1, 2011

      Longhorn Mountain near Meers, Oklahoma Late September 1983 – Field Notes. I am so sick of the damn rattlesnakes. It is 9 a.m. and I am sitting on the ridgeline at the top of Longhorn Mountain eating my lunch just to calm my nerves. I am supposed to be mapping out contacts on this […]

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  • Barnard P. Dietz

    Posted on November 1, 2010

      THE LAND THAT WILL ALWAYS BE WATER Humble Oil & Refining Company (now Exxon-Mobil) vs. The State of Texas, Pure Oil Company & Sun Oil Company (1947-1948) During the period 1947-48 Humble Oil (now part of Exxon-Mobil) filed suit against the State of Texas, Pure Oil Company, and Sun Oil Company declaring certain state […]

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  • Anonymous

    Posted on October 1, 2010

      Field Notes: Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chile: March 15, 1993 – From the Field… The three of us trekked across the faces of the thickly bedded sands for over an hour to what reasonably appeared to be the crest of the hill. But once there, looking across the valley, the terrain revealed the […]

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  • Barnard P. Dietz

    Posted on September 1, 2010

      THE CIRCULAR COUNTOURS – AN OIL FIELD? The Discovery of Maude Traylor Field Calhoun County, Texas (The Rest of the Story) In Spring 1953 I joined Republic Natural Gas Company located in the Wilson Building in Corpus Christi, Texas. Republic’s District Geologist was Ralph Beeker who was in charge of the Exploration Office. Wallace […]

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