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Additions to the Directorate of the California Oil and Gas Association; How the oil industry serves aviation; Oil in Venezuela; California Oil Field Operations; Depth records fall, Shell Oil Company of California eclipses all world marks for deep drilling in its Nesa No. 11 at Long Beach; New sand at Summerland revives old field; Maricopa Flat; Drilling in the ocean, California coast; Sports and recreation. . . oil company employees all over California . . . In: Oil Bulletin, Vol. XV, Nos. 5, 8-9.
by [CALIFORNIA -- OIL & PETROLEUM]. [WESTSMITH, H.W. (Editor).]
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About This Item
Los Angeles, CA: California Oil and Gas Association, 1151 S. Broadway, May, Aug.-Sept., 1929. Three vols. 4to. 449-560; 785-896; 897-1024 pp. With 100’s of photo illustrations, text illustrations, diagrams, illustrated ads (many in colour). Colour-illustrated softcovers, photo cover art of oil derricks, and McDonald equipment, Byron-Jackson Co. Oil Tool Division ads on back covers (slight shelfwear, very slight bumping, minor tears to a couple spines), still a VG bright set. First editions of these very scarce issues of this noted California oil industry trade magazine, filled with articles and advertisements for oil derricks, oil drilling equipment, addressing oil drill and oil rigger safety issues, oil fires, and more. A number of articles focus on the development of the oil industry products for aviation fuels, and the aircraft including one article on a trip in the “Rio Grande” Ford Tri-motor owned by the Rio Grande Oil Company. At the time, Southern California was producing one-quarter of the World’s oil supply. Few examples of this lavish and expensive serial periodical survive either in institutional holdings, or in the trade.
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- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Title
- Additions to the Directorate of the California Oil and Gas Association; How the oil industry serves aviation; Oil in Venezuela; California Oil Field Operations; Depth records fall, Shell Oil Company of California eclipses all world marks for deep drilling in its Nesa No. 11 at Long Beach; New sand at Summerland revives old field; Maricopa Flat; Drilling in the ocean, California coast; Sports and recreation. . . oil company employees all over California . . . In: Oil Bulletin, Vol. XV, Nos. 5, 8-9.
- Author
- [CALIFORNIA -- OIL & PETROLEUM]. [WESTSMITH, H.W. (Editor).]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- California Oil and Gas Association, 1151 S. Broadway,
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA:
- Date Published
- May, Aug.-Sept., 1929.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- California, Southern California, Los Angeles, Western Americana, Petroleum, Petroliana, Oil Industry, Oil Drilling, Heavy Equipment, White, International Harvester, Herbert, Handler, Oil Pumps, Gas Pumps, Baldwin Hills, Inglewood, Standard Oil Company, Ma
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