Show i I I NEWS t The whole blooming oil In In ft seems seem to have moved Into nto the khe R according to Henry lien Hen r ry W W. Hough of Denver Rocky Mountain Oil Reporter editor whose staff has hat Just lust issued Its annual edition of the Rocky Oil Directory Only a few dozen oil companies compan ies les Were active in the mountain states back M k 1944 when the first of or the regional oil director director- les made Its appearance Now the total Is high In Iii the hundreds aid 1 any anyone one of the states has more drilling contractors than the whole region had 14 years yeats ago Governor John C. C Vivian who was Colorados Colorado's Governor In 1914 1014 provided a forward to the first of the series of oil directories In Ini which he said History repeats Itself New Frontiers have again been opened opened open open- ed In the West The frontiers of ot which I speak are concerned with oil which In the machine age following victory will play an Increasingly Important part partIn partIn In itt the life lite of every human being and In the economy of every na nation na- na tion I 1 am extremely bullish with respect to Colorados Colorado's oil future ir In the postwar period lie He proved to be a pretty good soared from less than prophet for lor Colorados Colorado's oil pro pro- barels bards a day when then- then Governor Vivian made his statement statement state state- ment to more than barrels barrels barrels bar bar- a day In August 1957 The now new Rocky Mountain Oil Directory again features a general general gen gen- eral Index showing In simple al alphabetical alphabetical al- al order Location of the thousands of detailed references to oil companies companies com corn drilling contractors supply supply supply sup sup- ply houses consultants and those in ot other otier er specialized categories New maps of the Four Corners area and Williston basin also arc are included in the page book |