Houston’s Shamrock Hilton Hotel is part of the city’s on-going construction boom, built in part to accommodate traffic between Houston and every oil-producing nation in the world. Here President Ford chose to attack Congress for taking a “reckless gamble” by opposing his plan to conserve
The little town of Albany, Texas, lies in the oil patch — any area where oil exists and is produced, and the oilman’s profession — between Abilene and Wichita Falls. It is surrounded by what are known as stripper wells, those that produce ton barrels
Ten thousand independent oilmen are presently operating in the United States. The high price of oil and gas will probably increase that total by four or five thousand during the next ten years. These wildcatters range in degree of success and available assets from men
This year’s conference on Coal and the Environment, sponsored by the National Coal Association, the industry’s lobbying group, provided the annual showcase for promotion — both of the industry, and the manufacturers who serve it. Purveyors of products ranging from executive helicopters and the latest
Every Sunday morning Bud Redding and his wife climb into their pick-up after breakfast, and begin a long drive that will not bring them home again until after sundown. They may visit say of a number of towns in eastern Montana – Roundup, Forsyth, or
