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Show Seismographic crew equipment . . . location IZ"'!" qq Wl iJKlf IliiPlHi CAUI7IHM. ii.iii ii n. i,i,i, JT Spg& XAV'Y One hundred and thirty two men who are "Tht experts in manyfields law, geology, engineer- -JssPriTS,t5l ing, drilling, trucking, carpentry, derrick One completed oil derrick with all its diesel engines building, chemistry, mechanics and so forth. bits, fishing tools, reamers and other equipment. Want to drill an oil well? Here's all you need There may be oil under your backyard . . . new refineries, new pipelines, new storage but you might as well face the fart that it ' plants and other facilities. From these come will take a bit of doing to find out good petroleum products to serve you well The picture above shows all the men and petroleum products to add still more materials needed to drill one 10,000-foot strength to our nation in the uncertain days exploratory well here in the United States. ahead. Total cost will be anywhere from $125,000 to $1,000,000 depending on conditions en- countered. "V" Will oil be found? Even with the best ' ' 11 - scientific help only about one out of every U f five exploratory wells drilled "come in." ',' 1 HDARd oil M The search for oil is a risky, expensive ff I Of CALifQf0A,tY A business, but it goes on every day in many P'u i,eorf parts of the world. In 1949aIone, we drilled ' ' you ft 28 exploratory wells at a cost of $6,385,000 J "r If ... six striking oil. f -7 A great share of the profits of Standard of California goes back into the business in TT'55------ WS exploration of this kind . . . and in building " |