Show NEW BOOKS RECEIVED the rile Bu bumpiness miness of oil brodu production e tion by roswell ros well 11 johnson lr G huntley R E somers just pub published dished pages 30 figures cloth for sale by the salt lake mining alining revie n published by john wiley sons inc fourth ave new naw york this book describes the principles of company oran or organization an as regards scope personnel and methods it was written to meet the urgent immediate need on the part of many participating 6 in the oil industry ind and especially the executives of oil c companies ompa nies for a book on the business of oil and b gas as production the various phases of oil company operation are lucidly described and discussed in a manner easily understood by layman chapters on oil company prospectuses prospect uses and annual reports are included enabling b the investor to intelligently 11 analyze an oil companas comp anys value from these sources federal taxation legal questions involved in leasing public and indian lands in this country and the acquirement of oil rights b in foreign boutries cou tries are also ably treated 1 on the whole the book satisfies the thirst for practical dependable information of the oil industry in general especially during its rapid growth and expansion since the close of the war the brief treatment of this subject in johnson and Hunt leys principles of oil and gas production n eeds mads considerable expansion but a revision of the whole book retaining the same cope would make a volume of unwieldy size therefore it is announced in view of increasing specialization one or other pi of the authors will present such a review from time to time in separate volun volumes les this one being the first of the series the te next will deal with valuation a |