Show petroleum notes the crew of mine rescue car no 1 of the bureau of cf mines is engaged in work of giving first aid train training inT to the employees of oil producing COM companies Danies in the kern county calif fields instruction of first aid classes for the standard oil company near bakersfield calif and for tte union oil company has recently been completed it is expected that drilling will be resumed at once on both of the tests now under way on the old woman creek anticline near lusk dark clark producing refining co is drilling on sec 10 36 62 and had reached a depth of 2160 feet when shut down for the winter it is now waiting for the roads to become passable so as to move in ill fuel oil from the mule creek field M H callahan has the distinction of being the first resident of de beque to receive patent on his oil shale holdings and also the honor that the mountain upon which his claims are located was officially named for him and written on the books and maps maos in washington by gray elliot mitchell of the united states geological survey at washington de beque oil and shale news if the secretary of the interior ever had any serious serious intentions of leasing teapot dome south of salt creek to the sinclair or some other interest he has probably changed his mind for the proverbial tempest in a teapot was nothing to the avalanche of protests that were loosened in wyoming following the announcement that something of the kind was being considered by the department casper wyo inland oil index just when it appeared that the water troubles in the big six well had been overcome and after the drill had disclosed the fact that the oil showings noticeable for some time were coming from what appears to be a well saturated oil sand the casing settled in the well several inches tearing out the wall packer and permitting the water to break into the well again this has necessitated re pulling the casing and ordering a new packer rubber which should arrive today As soon as it comes the casing will be reset and from the experience gained during the past week the drillers drillars dr illers are confident that the water can be successfully shut out this time moab times attorney general W D rankin of montana has issued a statement saying that if evidence in his possession proves to be what it appears he will institute action to bar the continental oil co from doing business in the state the statement followed investigations into charges that the continental has been slashing prices to crush out competition by independents another statement says continental has cut gasoline from 30 to in butte and other places montana has several small independent refineries which have been meeting b with success in marketing their product some of them selling to the pure oil co a large marketing concern this gasoline is competing with output of the standard refineries marketed through the continental wyoming oil news stockholders in oil companies organized on the declaration la of trust plan are held liable for the obligations of the company individuals ly and to the same extent as if partners according to a decision rendered by the court of civil appeals at fort worth texas in the case of mccartney mccanney v hollister oil co the plaintiff brought suit against the company and the stockholders individually to recover 23 the lower court held that the stockholders were not liable under the declaration of trust the upper court re versed the decision it probably will be carried to the supreme court most oi of the syndicates promoted in texas i in n recent months have been organized under declarations of trust instead of being incorporated some of these already have taken steps to reorganize into incorporated companies |