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August 7, 1933 - Alley Oop's Oilfield Roots
"Alley Oop" appears for the first time when former Ft. Worth Star-Telegram reporter Victor (V.T.) Hamlin publishes the caveman as a syndicated daily cartoon in Iowa's Des Moines Register. The West Texas oil town of Iraan lays claim to Hamlin's paleontological inspiration.
Iraan (pronounced eye-rah-ann) first appeared in 1926 as a company town following the discovery of the prolific Yates oilfield. Many of its early buildings were constructed by the Big Lake Oil Company. The Yates field will produce more than 40 million barrels in just three years, but Iraan's best years will be over by 1960 - when the band Hollywood Argyles sings that Alley Oop is "the toughest man there is alive."
Although Alley Oop is one of 20 comic strips commemorated in a 1995 series of U.S. postage stamps, Yates oilfield production and Iraan's fortunes have both declined. The town opened its Alley Oop Fantasy Land theme park in 1965 with favorite son Hamlin in attendance.
Today, tourists visit the Alley Oop Museum and R.V. Park on the northwest edge of Iraan at 9261 Alley Oop Lane, off of U.S. 190. Thanks to improved technologies, production from Yates oil wells continues - and the field is estimated to have one billion barrels of recoverable oil remaining.
August 9, 1922 - Oil Patch Psychic of Luling, Texas
After drilling six consecutive dry holes near Luling, Texas, the heavily in debt United North & South Oil Company brings in the Rafael Rios No. 1 well - discovering an oilfield that is twelve miles long and two miles wide.
Edgar B. Davis, president of the company, found the well only after getting a psychic reading from famed clairvoyant Edgar Cayce. Within two years the oilfield has 391 producing wells and yields about 11 million barrels annually.
Today, petroleum exhibits of the Central Texas Oil Patch Museum in a restored 1885 mercantile store describe the historic 1922 discovery. Luling also is known for its decorated pumping units and the Watermelon Thump Festival - and Seed-Spitting Contest. The Guinness Book of World Records documents the contest's still unbeaten distance of 68 feet, 9 and 1/8 inches set in 1989.
August 10, 1909 - Hughes patents Revolutionary Drill Bit
Rotary drilling is revolutionized when Howard Hughes Sr. of Houston, Texas, patents the twin-cone roller bit consisting of two interlocking cones.
Petroleum historians note several men who were trying to improve on drill bit technologies at the time, but it was Hughes who made it happen.
Granville A. Humason, for example, developed a cross-roller bit before a chance meeting with Hughes in Shreveport, Louisiana - where he sold the rights to Hughes. The twin-cone roller bit, which drills faster and deeper through harder rock formations, launches the Hughes oilfield service company empire.
Hughes receives a patent, No. 930758, for a drill that "relates to boring drills, and particularly to roller drills such as are used for drilling holes in earth and rock," and with business associate Walter Benona Sharp established Sharp-Hughes Tool Company to manufacture and market the twin-cone roller bit.
Hughes company engineers will invent the tri-cone bit in 1933. More innovations follow. Frank Christensen and George Christensen develop the earliest diamond bit in 1941. The tungsten carbide tooth comes into use in the early 1950s. The company Hughes founded merges in 1987 with one founded in 1927 by Carl Baker, Baker Oil Tools, to form today's Baker Hughes.
August 11, 1998 - Amoco announces BP merger
Amoco announces plans to merge with British Petroleum in a stock swap valued at about $48 billion - at the time the world's largest industrial merger. Amoco began in 1889 as John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and changed its name from Standard to Amoco in 1985.
Finalized on December 31, the combined company, BP Amoco PLC, is 60 percent owned by BP shareholders, marking the transaction the largest foreign takeover of an American company. In 2001 BP announces that Amoco service stations will be closed or renamed to BP service stations.
August 12, 1930 - Kentucky Oilmen organize
A group of eastern Kentucky oilmen join the Western Kentucky Oil Men's Association, where the articles of incorporation are amended to become a state-wide organization - today's Kentucky Oil and Gas Association, Frankfort. R.C. Snyder of the Kentucky Natural Gas Company in Louisville is elected the association's first president.
An oil discovery near Pellville in Hancock County had touched off an oil boom in western Kentucky in 1919.
source: aoghs.org |
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August 11 is National 811 Day!
August 11, 2012 will be the 5th anniversary for 811 Call Before You Dig. There are nearly 20 million miles of underground utility lines in the United States. These buried facilities, including gas, water, sewer, cable TV, high-speed Internet, landline telephone and electric, provide the services Americans depend on for their basic everyday needs.
ENERGY worldnet, Inc. would like to remind everyone that if you are planning a job that requires digging, even if you plan to hire a professional, a call to 811 is required before you begin working. 811 is a free, FCC-designated national one-call number that connects a caller from anywhere in the country to the appropriate local one-call center. The one-call center will then alert the appropriate underground facility owners so they can dispatch locators to mark the approximate location of their lines with paint or flags.
Each year more than 165,000 underground utility lines are unintentionally damaged nationwide, and one in three are caused by failure to call 811 before digging. Also, according to a recent Common Ground Alliance survey 69 percent of homeowners think digging without calling 811 would not lead to any negative consequences, despite there being 100 billion feet of utility lines buried underground in the United States.
Unintentionally striking a line can result in inconvenient outages for entire neighborhoods, harm to yourself or your neighbors, and repair costs.
Every digging project, no matter how large or small, warrants a call to 811. Installing a mailbox, building a deck and planting a tree or garden are all examples of digging projects that should only begin a few days after making a call to 811.
Here's how it works:
1. One free, simple phone call to 811 makes it easy for your local one-call center to notify all appropriate utility companies of your intent to dig.
2. Call a few days prior to digging to ensure enough time for utility lines to be properly marked.
3. When you call 811, a representative from your local one-call center will ask for the location and description of your digging project.
4. Your local one-call center will notify affected utility companies, who will then send a professional locator to the proposed dig site to mark the approximate location of your lines.
5. Once lines have been properly marked, roll up those sleeves and carefully dig around the marked areas.
To find out more information about Call 811 or the one-call utility notification center in your area, visit www.call811.com.
ENERGY worldnet, Inc. is proud to support National 811 Day. |
| Exhibitor Feature: Bridge Masters, Inc. | |
Since 1974, Bridge Masters, Inc. has been a uniquely qualified company involving many types of bridge work. They do bridge painting, utility attachments, and repairs. Also, in 2003, their services include gas line crossings, water lines, and electrical conduit.
Bridge Masters, Inc. can also offer customers digital photo inspection, repair/replacement of rollers, corrosion resistant paint applications, and tape for gas lines.
Bridgewalker, their own patented machine, lets trained crews perform many tasks on bridges. Sometimes, these jobs can be done without stopping traffic.
Determining the location of rebar, post tension cables, pipes and conduits are specialties of Bridge Masters, Inc. Plus, they can help find voids, deteriorating areas of concrete, and perform quality control inspections of new and existing concrete structures.
A valuable tool, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), lets Bridge Masters, Inc. find rebar, conduits, pipes, and buried cables. GPR can also locate unwanted items in concrete structures.
In addition, this company helps determine the location and depth of underground utilities before digging or drilling operations begin. This valuable service is also helpful in designing new projects. Also, Bridge Masters, Inc. will be an exhibitor at the 2012 Conference and Expo! |
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ENERGY worldnet Inc.
Master Evaluator Certification Program (MECP)
DATE: Thursday, August 23rd, 8:30 am- 3:00 pm
LOCATION: Tempe Mission Palms Hotel - Tempe, Arizona (Meeting Room To Be Assigned)
COST: $350 per attendee
Register Now!
The ENERGY worldnet, Inc. Master Evaluator Certification Program is an evaluator/proctor training course that provides participants with the principles for conducting effective evaluations and provides opportunities to apply these principles by practicing them in a comfortable environment.
This is achieved by discussing individual testing techniques and performance observation techniques; reviewing various Operator Qualification Plan Evaluation requirements; and by providing practice using actual evaluation tools. Upon completion of this course, participants will understand the requirements of 49 CFR 192 and 195 as it relates to written and performance evaluations, know how to prepare for an evaluation, know how to perform an evaluation and know how to properly document an evaluation and maintain records.
Attendees that successfully complete the program will receive a Certificate of Completion and .5 CEUs (Continuing Education Units).
Location/Hotel Details:
Tempe Mission Palms Hotel
60 E. Fifth Street
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Phone: (480) 894-1400
Hotel room reservations may be made at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel at (480) 894-1400. Additional information about the hotel and related travel arrangements can be viewed at the Mission Palms website at www.missionpalms.com. The closest airport is Sky Harbor International in Phoenix, which is approximately 5 minutes from the hotel. The hotel provides shuttle service to and from the airport at no charge.
Additional information about the Western Regional Gas Conference is available at www.westernregionalgas.org. ENERGY worldnet, Inc.'s Chief Operating Officer, Geoff Isbell, will be speaking at the WRGC on Tuesday, August 21st at 1:30 p.m. on "The Next Generation - Succession Planning in a Changing World". |
| ENERGY worldnet, Inc. Annual Conference & Expo |  New Releases Coming Soon! As part of our commitment to providing superior technology, quality education content, and unmatched customer service, ENERGY worldnet, Inc. is working on some exciting new features for the EWN system such as: - Mobile Courses
- New Worldwide Recognized Course Player
- Online Performance Evaluations
- OSHA Courses and Management
- Water/Wastewater Courses
To learn more about these new releases be sure to attend our Annual Conference and Expo on October 2-3, 2012!
Please click on the link below to learn more about the conference. On this dedicated website you can learn about the scheduled speakers, agenda, special events and information about accommodations.
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| ENERGY worldnet, Inc. Upcoming Training |  August 2012
Click here to register for August Training Events in Decatur, Texas: Classes are from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
August 14: Master Evaluator Certification Program (MECP) in Decatur, TX
August 15: Basic System Administrator Training in Decatur, TX
August 16: Advanced System Administrator Training in Decatur, TX
August 16: Master Trainer Program in Decatur, TX
August 17: Introduction to the Industry in Decatur, TX
August 23: Master Evaluator Certification Program (MECP) in Tempe, AZ
Click Here to register for training at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, AZ: Classes are from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
September 2012
Click here to register for September Training Events in Decatur, Texas: Classes are from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
September 11: Master Evaluator Certification Program (MECP) in Decatur, TX
September 12: Basic System Administrator Training in Decatur, TX
September 13: Advanced System Administrator in Decatur, TX
September 13 & 14: Instructional Design & Authoring (2 Day Class) in Decatur, TX |
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EWN Hosts Western Regional Training Seminar
ENERGY worldnet held its Western Regional Training Seminar in Angel Fire, New Mexico on July 16th and 17th. The venue provided a scenic escape from the heat for many attendees with temperature ranges from the high 40's to the low 70's. On Monday, July 16th, Geoff Isbell hosted the participants for a golf outing at the Angel Fire Country Club and its Signature #6 Hole which consists of a Par 3 with a 210 foot elevation drop from the tee box to the green. The next day, the Master Evaluator Certification Program was held at the main lodge of the Angel Fire Resort.
The event was very popular with the attendees and they are already asking for a tournament and training event again next year. The Angel Fire Resort is a wonderful place to relax, enjoy time with friends and family, and increase your knowledge of industry best practices. Make plans to participate in next year's event, bring your family and enjoy the amenities at this world class location!
A few of the golf participants standing over the #6 signature hole at the Angel Fire Country Club. This Par 3 has a 210 foot elevation drop off the tee box. From left to right, Alan Giesler of New Mexico Gas Co., Jeff Henderson of West Texas Gas, and James Stanovcak of New Mexico Gas Co. |
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ENERGY worldnet, Inc.
Phone Support: 1-855-396-5267 (toll free) or 940-626-1941
The EWN Office is open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.
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