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September 24-25, 1931

• Two types of Primitive Pumps in South India ~ - One II one-man power grllvity arrengement

lind not far removed in principle from present set-up. The other lin oxen-power pulley pump.

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L u F kin F 0 u n dry & Mac h i nee o. LUFKIN. TEXAS

Vol. II. No.4. October-November. 1931

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Oct.-Nov., 1931

E. S. D U R WAR D Chairman, Southwestern District A. P. I. , Shell Petroleum Corporation, Dallas, Texas, who delivered a paper "Extinguishment of Bell and

Graddy Fire in East Texas."

JOHN RITTER District Secretary, A. P. I., Sun Oil Company,

Dallas, Texas.

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Officers Southwestern Districtl

Division of Production

American Petroleum Institute

W. C. THOMAS Vice Chairman for Gulf Coast, Vacuum Oil

Company, Houston, Texas.

B L A I NEB. J 0 H N SON Vice President for East Texas A. P. I., Simms Oil Company, Dallas, Texas, who presented a

paper "Correct and Incorrect Producing Practices in East Texas."

J 0 H N R. SUM A N Chairman, Advisory Committee A. P. I., Humble

Oil & Refining Company, Houston, Texas.


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All sessions were held In Pines Theatre

A. P. I. Division of Production « « Southw est ern Distr ict » »

Holds Successful Fall Meeting • In Lufkin

"H av in g pre\·iously issued the statement "Th at the conscientious operato r who hab itua ll y seeks to improv e production methods and conserve equ ipment is a n asset to th e field in which h e operates and to the in dustry at large." Ii. Stan ley Durward, Petroleum Engineer, Sh ell Petroleum orporati on, a nd Cha irm an of th e Southwest District, Division of Production of the mel-i can Petroleum Institute, opened the fall meeting of this orga nization in the Pines theatre in Lufkin to a group of nearl y two hundred (200) executives of the oil industry for an intensiv e program designed particularly to discuss deve lopment and operating prob-

lems in the East Texas fields. Correct and incorrect drilling and producing practices, fire prevention and protection, were discussed in detail with va luab le papers presented on the subjects a ll of which were interestingly illu st rated with s lid es and moving pictures.

A ll business sess ions of the Inst itute were h eld in the P in es theatre. This a ir cooled and comfortable meeting p I ace, with aco ustics above the ave rage, se rved as a welcome shelter from the exceptionally warm September ·weather.

On Thursday noon the Lufkin Foundry & Machine Company was host to the v isiting oi l men

at a "Du tch Lunch" at their p lant, after which a plant inspection fo ll owed. Various product were on disp lay and a specia l h eat was taken off in its foundry for the interest of the visitors. For the benefit of t hose who had requested it, a Long Leaf Pumping Derrick having special patented features (a product of the Angelin a County Lumber Company) had been erected and various prime mover app li cations to the Lufkin Herringbone Unit were on display and in· operation. The w hole presented a "Little Tulsa" exhibi t ion.

s guests of the Lufkin Chamber of Commerce the visitors attended a banquet given in their


Oct.-Nov., 1931

C. A. YO U N G

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certainly one that the oil industry can well be proud o f and as the tit le would indicate presents th e story of Petro leum in dctail and in fact, fro l11 the Yel-Y carlicst stagcs o f production to the finished produ ct.

F ollowing th e business sessions on Friday, thc Institute was th e guest of th e Angelina Co u n t y Lumber Company at a " Dutch Lunch" prepared at L ake Myriad Country C 1 u b. Following the lun cheon a "Badger fight" wa s held on the club grounds to the merriment of the gues ts assembled. A plant inspection of the Angelina County Lumber

Secretary of the General Committee. A. P. l. Division of Production, Dallas. Texas.

Company, golf, and other amusements followed for the intercst and enterta in

honor in the ball rool11 of the Hotel A ngelina. The ba nqu et was quite in formal- in fact "Cabarct" sty le, with Col. John S . Bonncr, in his inimical manner, acting as toastmaster. Group sin g in g led by Bert Chi lds of the Reed Roller Bit Compan y, provcd an en tire success, 'while s inging, rcading and dancing. most ly local talent, see mcd Lo meet with th e accla im and approval of a ll present. Short addresses by: E . S tanley Durward, John R. Suman, Robert II. Penn, Frank S. Carothers and others was fo llowed by the r cndition by Co l. J ohnnie Bonner of his famous negro sermon.

Following the banquet, the U . S. Bureau of l\1ines in co-operation with the American Petroleum Ins titute pre ented, in the Pines Theatre, its seven (7) reel film "The Story of Petroleum." This film no doubt costing a considerable u m to produce, is

mcnt of the vi sito rs. Officcrs and members of thc

A. P. J. w erc quite gcnerou s in th cir pra ise o f thc Lufkin brand of h 0 s pit a li t y as prcscnted th ro ugh its Cha l11 bel' of C ommerce and for the facilitics placed at thcir di sposal for, wh at has been said by man y to be, one of its most succcssful meetin gs. The citi zens of Lufkin were ind eed happy to haye had th e privilege of entcrtaining thi s A. P. 1. Distri ct Meeting- to thi s orga nization and to oil men e\' cry wh cre - th e "latch-s tring is a lways out and the welcomc mat spread at th c door."

Papers at the A. P. 1. Meeting

"Development in Arc \\'elc1in g as Applied to the Oil Indust ry ." ( Illu s tra tcd with Slides), by J. C. Lincoln, Lincoln E lectric Company, Cleveland, Ohio.

This paper describ cd improvements in a rc welding a nd th e ap-

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plication to pipe line constru cti on, to the welding of tank roofs and bottoms, a nd to the repair of cxis ting lin es.

"\Velding Stee l Oil S torage Tanks," ( Illustrated with s lid cs), by Edward E. Dillman, \ Vyatt Metal & Boilcr \ Vorks, Dal las, Texas.

Th is paper dcscribed th c constru cti on, by welding, of la rge s teel storage tanks of .")0,000 barrcls capacity and ovcr.

"Correct and In co rrect Drilling Prac tices in East Tcxas," by C. \\T. l\lcorn , Shell Pctroleum Corporat ion . Dallas, Texas. (Sponsorcd by the so uthw cstcrn district drilling practicc co mmittec.)

This paper described. in detail, some of the impropcr drilling practiccs that ha \'e been used in th e East Texas fields, and a lso contain ed suggest ions a nd recommendations on proper methods.

"Corrcct and In correct J)rod ucing Practices in Eas t Texas," (Illustra ted with s lides), by Blaine Johnston, v ice presidcnt, Simm s Oil Company, Dallas, T exas.

"Fire l-'reven tion and 1 )rolecLi on in East Texas," by M. L. Brown, chairman l ~as t Texas fire protec ti on cO ll1mittee (d ist ri ct S Ll -

WALTER MIER Past District Chairman A. P. I.. Atlantic Oil &

Refining Company. Dallas, Texas.


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perintendent, Sun O il Company, Longyiew, Texas.)

This paper described situations which Ill ay cause fires in the East Texas oil field s; ho w t he fires cause econom ic wa te, and how the fires ma)' be preventcd. It a lso described thc East Texas flrc protection cOlllm ittee, its object, an d progress made ~with pl a ns to prcvcnt or control conflagrations. It co ntain ed inform ation which eycr), I ~ ast Tcxas operator shou ld havc.

"Extin gu ishment of Bell and Graddy F ire in East Texas," (I llu strated ,,·ith s lid es and short moving picturc), by E. Sta nl cy Durward, Shell P ctroleum Corpora ti on, Dallas, Tcxas.

This paper described,in detail, th e methods and equi pmcnt used in quclling one of the most spectacular of East Texas oil wcll [ires. The construction of the tunncl and equ ipm ent used in extin g ui shin g this (ire is of unu sual in tercst.

C A PT. J. F. L U C E Y Distinguished leader of the shut-down move· ment in East Texas and a rr.ember of Pr~sident

Hoover's National Employment Committee.

Oct.-Nov., 1931

Men instrumental in forming the East Texas District Chapter of the America n Petroleu m Institute and attendants u~on the Lufkin meetin~: Sam Gladney, Sun Oil Co.; Blaine B. Johnson, Simms Oil Co. ; W. E. Meier, Atlantic Oil Producing Co. ; H. N. Blakeslee, saiety engineer, American Petroleum Institute; L. C. Peters, vice chairman, Kilgore District, East Texas Cha9ter, American Petroleum Institute; Carl Youn~, American Petroleum Institute; R. W. Taylor, chairman, East Texas Chapter, American Petroleum Institute; and E. L. Daven90rt, Shell Petroleum Corp.,

secretary·treasurer, East Texas District, !'.merican Petroleum Institute.

AN ENGINEERING ACC OMPL I SHM ENT

Handling hot salt water in quantities of as much as 300,000 barrels a day was one of the

problems in drilling the world's deepest well. The above photograph shows the salt water pit and flow of hot salt water during drilling operations on the Penn Mex Fuel Company 's Jardin 35 well in the "Golden Lane" in Vera Cruz, Mexico. The well reached a depth of 10,585 feet on August 30, 1931, and IS now shut down. Drilling operations were under the direction of J . M. Reardon, general manager of Penn Mex, and George Fertner, drilling superintendent. Many new and novel engineering ideas were used in drilling Jardin 35 including the use of reverse circula·

tion for effectively raising the lime cuttings and keeping the hole cl ea n. The derrick floor was raised 36 feet from the bottom of the cellar to provide clearance for handling special equipment. Due to high pressures three "pup" joints had to be snubbed down as drilling progressed before a

single joint of drill pipe could be added to the string.


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The G. E. crowd was on the job. l eft to right : George Prout, G. W. Curry, W. C. Trout, I. T. Hockaday, R. T. Shiels , with exception of W. C. Trout, all representing General Electric Company.

AT THE LUFKIN

Group of oil men pose for photo on a big long l eaf timber at the plant of the Angelina County lumber

Company.

Informal snapshots of men you know

meeting held in Lufkin, Texas,

~ We are indebted to The Oil

~ Weekly, the Oil & Gas Jour

nal and the Petroleum Engineer

for some of the photographs

shown on this and other pages of

the Lufkin Line.

Sam Gladney, Sun Company and Blaine B. Johnston, Simms Oil Co. Interested part ici pants at the A. P. I.

Meeting.

Play-ground base ball-A noon-day employee pastime on the grounds of the lufkin Foundry & Machine Company.


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p H o T o G R A A . P. I. MEETING In attendance upon the A. P. I. District

September 24 - 25th, 1931

George L. Nye. Tidal Oil Company. Dave Hawthorne, Barnsdall, D. T. Ross, Shell Petroleum Company, W.

W. Trout, Lufkin's Tulsa Representative.

H. E. Zoller, Shell Pet r 0 leu m Corp., Thos. E. Brown. Gulf

Pipe Line Co.

Participants and the ferocious "Badger". Red Griffin, L. E. Douglass, E. H. Bounds and the man who refereed the fight, C. Shirley of Tulsa, Okla.

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New "Lufkin" office and warehouse in Los Angeles-5959 South Alameda.

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The "Badger-fight" at Lake Myriad Country Club proved

interesting to the visitors.

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Mr. Raymond, Chief Eng., Black, Sivalls & Bryson, Bartlesville,

Oklahoma.


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Members of the Institute were guests of the Chamber of Commerce at a "Night Club" banquet in the Hotel Angelina ball room.

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Members of the A. P. I. gather for their photograph on the lawn of the plant office of the Lufkin Foundry & Mil line


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"Dutch Lunch" at the plant of the Lufkin Foundry & Machine Company.

Mac line Company. Each member In the picture being presented with a copy of the panorama by the "Oil Weekly."


Oct.-Nov., 1931

• • • 45 H. P. Standard Diesel and Lufkin Heavy Duty Unit.

Lufkin Plant Inspection Proves Interesting Diversion

for Visiting A. P. I. Members

Foll owing the "Dutch L un ch" as the guests and at th e plant of the Lufkin F oundry & Machin e Company, the vis itors were esco rted through thi s plant for an in spection of its properties and to view th e exh ibits on display for th eir interest. An especia l Long Leaf Pumping Derrick. a product of the A nge lin a County Lumber Company had bee n erected for th e occasion with fu ll Lufkin eq uipment in ope rat ion th ereo n, consisting of a Lufkin 6112" H errin gbone Unit on tem porary fou ndatio n w ith regula r Samso n Post, Beam, Pitman and No. 6 Hoi st. T he flexibility of thi s unit operat ion was fu lly demonstra ted for th ose presen t.

In additio n to thi s se t-up was a Lufkin U nit operating in co nnection with a G. E. totally enclosed w eath erproof motor as well as a U nit operating in connection with a Standard 45-H. P. Diesel engine running on East Texas crude.

A ll types of U nits were on exhibition in the p lant- of partiCldar interest was a 61

// IIeavy Duty llerr in gbone Un it, operating at a regul a r s peed of 22-strokes with a Ih-H. P. motor as a prim e mover- this clearly dem onstratin g the freedom from frict ion of its hig hl y efficient bearing and lubri cation sys tem s.

Many of the v isitors exp ressed surpri se at the size and facilities of thi s Lufkin p lant.

Three " live" interesting ex hibits on the plant grounds just before th e crowd arrived, all exhibits were on temporary foundations. Derrick is the " Angelina" steel leg derrick-no sills-no rot type-a patented derrick designed by the Angelina County Lumber Company of Lufkin.

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" Standard" 45·H . P. Diesel on Lufkin 6 Yo" Herringbone Unit. Dunning, Jr., Fort Worth

-Lots of interest.

Several types of Lufkin Units on the plant floor

for inspection.

Above : G. E. totally enclosed weather proof motor with weather proof controlls in operation. House unnecessary in this hook· up. Galvanized belt house regularly furnished .

Interest was keen in this exhibit.

Od.-Nov., 1931

Exhibit Snapshots

Single Cylinder eng i n e hook·up with 6\12" Her· ringbone Unit on tempo· rary foundation . Unit and drive idle while servicing

the well.


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"I t was economical to use Lufl~in a fair price for oil-it is even more when economy and low production

Reproduction of article " Pumping Wells"-P. S. Hau ry et al appearing in the 1931

issue of the " Petroleum Engineeri ng Handbook."

One company has had a numher of this type in serv ice for some years. They are direct connected to multicylinder gas engines or to electric motors The following costs for upkeep are summarized from this company's records:

TO JANUARY 1, 1930

Number in Service

83 52 27

Total Cost of Parts

$ 4,560.00 1,788.00

15,271.00

Avg. Cost Per Unit $ 55.00

28.83 565.60

Cost Avg. Age, per Mo. Months Per Unit

36 ~ 1.53 36 .80 36 lS .71

36 $18.04 FOR YEAR 1930

Number in Service

. .. . 10S 82 27

Number in Service

. . .. 10S .•... . .. .... 82

engines ..... 27

Total Cost of Parts

$ 4,805.89 2,492.62 2,319.58

Cost Avg. Cost Avg. Age, per Mo. Per Unit Months Per Unit $ 4S.77 31 $ 3.61

30.40 27 2.S3 85.88 48 7.1S

35 $13.29 TOTAL TO 1931

Total Cost of Parts

$ 9,36S.89 4,280.62

17,S90.58

Avg. Cost Per Unit $100.77

59.23 651.50

Cost Avg. Age, per Mo. Months Per Unit

31 $ 2.05 27 1.23 48 13.60

35 $16.88


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Units • 1928-29 when we received In

so now on the present low market, costs mean so much"

(From a statemellt by aile of the leading oil Executivcs-Iwmc upon request. )

This statement by one of the o ii industries' leading executi"es is an interesting statement of facts. Certainl y the oi l industry, at no time in its history, needs more econom ical and efficient m<lchinel-Y. Cheap temporary equipment cannot produce oil cheaply- use LUFKIN PERMANE'\"T EQUIPME.'\T.

The reprint on the rreceding page is a rerroduction of part of an artic le "Pumping \\Tells" appearing in the 10:n issue of the "Petroleum Engineering] Iandbook." The article, for obyious reasons, does not mention Lufkin 'Un its- but frOI11 identical figure : .. presented to us vo luntarily by one of the leading oi l producers, v\'e know it as referring to "Lufkin Units."

Lufkin is particularly proud of this operating cost statement. Our engineers without obli gation on your part, will gladly recommend

the type Unit for your particular lease.

View of Darst Creek field near Seguin, Texas, which is more than 801'0 Lufkin equipped


O d .-Nov., 1931

I LUBRICA liON OF LUFKIN UNITS I So lII.allY requests have reach ed this ollice I"" OUI'

rpcolllllle lH/atioll 01 the pro p e r lubricallt lor L UFKIN UNITS t hcd we presellt s u ch fI recollulle lldatioll herewith. Fu r obv ious reasun s " Brand Nam.es" have bee" e liminated , howevpr, Irollt the specilicatiolls l isted Oll p

may readily it/plltily his uwn lubricant.

Lufkin Pumping U nits a re cons t r uct ed with two typcs o f gears, V IZ: worm gears and

herrin g bo ne gears. Th e s lidin g contact o f th e g lass hard w o r m ao-ain s t t he bro nze rin g

g ea r a t hi g h press ure necessitates th e use o f a n extrcm ely tacky o r v isc uo us lu brica n t which

ca nnot b e squ cczed ,)r push ed fro m bet"" een t he w orm and gear, but wi ll leave a pro tec tive

film there whi ch will lubr icate the gea rs aga in s t "vear and unnecessary fr icti o n losses. This

lubr icant if it is too h ea" y will c reat e a pow er loss and a n ineffi cient operation.

The h errin g bo ne g'ea r s in Lufkin U nits ha ve more o f a rolli ng acti on a nd both the gea r

a nd p inio n a re h a rd a nd an oil "vith a lower S~ybo l t viscosity may bc used than w ith w o rm

g cars.

Th e fo ll o win g s pecil1cation s a nd readin gs a re list ed fo r van o us oils and t he ser vice III

which th ey s ho u ld be used:

P o ur Point Sa ybolt U niv. Viscosity @

100 F

130 F

210 F

WORM GEARS

40F

2500

875

135

HERRINGBO E GEARS

\ Vinte r

OF

915

330

66/ 70

S UJ1uner

10 F

1250

430

78-82

\ Ve kl\'C no t li s ted readin gs fo r wo rm gears fo r w inter use but it i ~ im po rta nt th a t a

low el' pour lubri ca nt be used in t he winter with t he same viscosity classifi ca tio ns, cspecia ll y

where th e un it is pUll1pin g a well that is pum ped part t im e, as th ere is cons ide rab le power

loss a nd incon ven ience s ta rt ing a un it i f t he o il has beco me co ld and does no t pour r eadi ly .

H crringbone gca r winter oi l compa res w ith S . A . E . -!O a nd l le rring bo ne g ea rs um

mer oil compa res with S. A . E . 30.

~Torm gear o il is s imila r to (j OO-\ V. s tea m cy linder o il.

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Published t o promote Friendship and Good Wi ll wi t h its cust omers and frien ds and to advance t he interest of it s products by the Lu fki n

Foundry and Machine Co.

A. E. CUD LIPP, Ed itor

Vol. 11 October· November, 1931 No.4

~ .......................................... ~ The Sooner You Quit Believing in

Santa Claus , the Sooner You Learn

to Solve Your Own Problems

BY ROBERT QUI LLEN

Every indi vidu al who has wit enough to be interested in th e affairs of hi s cou ntry now has a n opportunity to learn somethin gthat will be worth while in yea rs to come.

It concerns the ancient laws of supply a nd demand a nd th e everpopu lar panacea for economic ills ca lled "price fixing."

Year afte r year and generation after generation, people work hard to produce somethin g that doesn't se ll as they think it should. Fai lure to ge t ri ch makes them resentful and suspicious. A nd because they don't und erstand economic laws a nd ha ,·e great faith in the laws made by men, they a l·e easil y tri cked bv th e yisionary who s uggests price fixings as a cure fo r th eir troubles.

"Let the Govern ment fix the se llin g price of our product in stead of leav in g it to chance," they sa)" "and then we' ll a lways know where we stand. Nobody will be hurt, for the price will h·c fair, and we can work without anxiety, certa in of a fair reward ."

It is a beautiful dream, but it never can be more than that.

The onl y successfu l price fixin g ever known is that in the diamond business, a ncl it is possible only because one concern controls production and is v irtua lly i ree of com peti tion.

It can't work in any other f'ield for the s impl e reason that a fixed price, which removes the element of chance and guara ntees a profit, encourages the production of

more than th e world wi ll consume a nd thu s throws on the market a urplu s that is offered at a ny price it will bring.

The financial power of E ngla nd cou ldn't fix the price of rubber. The effort served on I y to ra ise the price fo r a time and thus encourage the planting of vast new rubb er plantations.

Brazil is fast bankrupting itse lf in a n effort to fix th e price of coffee- borrowing millions to ho ld off th e market vast stores that increase yearly and must some day be sold. Lacking a mirac le, the day o f reckonin g wi ll bring ruin .

The United States Govern ment, eager to pacify ruined fa rm ers, has disregarded both eco nom ic law a nd the experience of other nations and made an effort to fix the price of wheat.

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It has bought some 100 m illi on bushels, but the g reat holdin gs till rem ain s a part of the visible suppl y and so affects the market s ti II.

France, for the fi rst time in her life, ha g rown eno ugh w heat fo r h erse lf; Italy has g rovvn more than eve r before; the A rgentin e has doubled her ave rag-e crop; Russia is exporti ng millions of bushels. The w orld is g lutted with w heat.

And with other nations wil1ingto se ll at a ny pri ce t hey can get, which is ca ll ed the "world price," not a ll the power of the United States Government can keep the price above its natural leve l.

You can ' t get rich raisin g hogs when nobody wants pork. - Published by special permission of th e copy· riyht O'lCHl cr s.

LET'S QUIT HOL L ERING WOLF!


Unretouched photo of Lufkin 6V2" Heavy Du:y Herringbone Unit running at regular speed of 22-strokes per minute with V2 horse power motor. A Lufkin exhibit at the recent A. P. 1. Atleeting.

Y2 -H. P. Motor Propels, at Regular Speed, This Heavy Duty Lufkin Unit

Lufkin Herringbone Units are 98.9% to 99.44 % efficient. Only a machine of like efficiency could be handled with such little effort. Truly an operation without friction meaning for lowered operating costs.

Without obligation on your part, Lufkin engineers will gladly recommend the proper Lufkin installation for your lease-Lufkin Units are designed to operate with any type prime mover.

LUFKIN FOUNDRY & MACHINE COMPANY Lufkin, Texas

Branch of/ices and warehouses, Houston, Tulsa, Los Angeles, New York, Odessa, El Dorado, Seminole. East Texas Headquarters: Henderson, Texas, Crim Crest Hill, P. O. Box 516-'Phone 142.

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