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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1961)
■ -r-vf ••.■■: ... ^ Page 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, April 6, 1961 J^E BATTALION Advanced Drilling Course To Continue Thru April 14 The Department of Petroleum Engineering is holding the fourth session of its Advanced Drilling Short Course through April 14. The session is being held in the new W. T. Doherty Petroleum En gineering Building at the college. An industry class room has been specially prepared for the course. Classes are starting at 8 a. m. daily. John R. Pedigo, associate pro fessor in the Petroleum Engineer ing Department, said the course is consisting of eight-hour day lectures, five days a week. He said lectures are being pre sented by faculty members of the Department of Petroleum Engi neering. Lectures are being sup plemented by talks presented by outstanding men of the oil indus try, most of whom have appeared at previous sessions of the course. “The industry speakers selected to present particular subjects ap pearing in the course curricula have been chosen because of their recognized ability and knowledge in specific areas of interest to the drilling engineer,” Pedigo said. The fourth session had a pre-‘ enrollment of 18 men representing major oil companies, drilling con tractors and supply firms. Most of the enrollment is made up of personnel from United States op erating companies, with the ex ception of two men from abroad. Pedigo said engineers attend ing the school have had at least three years of field experience. The first week’s courses are con sisting of a review of rocks and rock properties, circulation fluids in the bore hole, a study of drill ing strings, rotary drilling bits and study of maintenance of the desired direction of the drillede bore hole. . The last subject, Pedigo said, will be divided into two parts— specifically crooked hole problems and controlled directional drilling. Roller Bit Co., Houston; H. G. On the evening of the first day of the course, a coffee was held for members of the attending stu dents and Department of Petrol eum Engineering members. The course offered by the De partment of Petroleum Engineer ing is co-sponsored by the Ameri can Association of Oil Well Drill ing Contractors. Some of the in structors in the school are national officers in the organization. A list of student registrants is as follows: B. E. Busking, Asiatic Petrol eum Co., Houston; E. J. Coel, Schoel Schuleman and Carl Math ews, El Paso Natural Gas Co.; C. V. Clarkson, United Fuel Gas Co., Charleston, W. Va.; Edgar W. Guynn, Delhi Taylor Oil Co.; Alice; Dr. C. A. Rambow, California Re search Corp., La Habra, Calif.; E. D. Oppenheimer, American Ma chine and Foundry Co., Spring- dale, Conn.; James E. Dunnegan and Sterling Randolph, Tennessee Gas and Oil Co., Houston; Lumi- adji Purhondiningrat, American Overseas, Indonesia. Others are J. S. Dier, Mobil Oil of Canada, Calgary, Canada; Ed- mundo M. Ojeda, Creole Petrol eum Corp., Tia Juana, Venezuela; H. F. Hill Jr., Reed Roller Bit, Wichita Falls; George L. Temple, Reading and Bates, Houston; Le- iand E. Wilson, Atlantic Refining Co., Lafayette, La.; H. D. Web ster, Chiles Drilling Co., Alice. Department of Petroleum Engi neering instructors in the course are R. L. Whiting, department head; Pedigo; Dan M. Bass, associ ate professor and James W. Amyx, professor. Others . . . Other course instructors are Ames Smith, drilling engineer, Humble Oil and Refining Co., Houston; R. W. Ruhe Jr. and Ken neth A. Pfleger, staff service en gineers, Magnet Cove Barium Corp., Houston; W. M. Koch, di rector of research, and John Grom- ley, staff research engineer, Reed Rollere Bit Co., Houston; H. G. Bentson, chief sales engineer, Smith Tool Co., Compton, Calif.; H. M. Rollins, operations manager, Drilco Oil Tools, Inc., Midland; Frank Singletary, assistant direc tor of directional drilling and well survey, Houston Oil Field Material Co., Inc., Houston. High School Engineers To Meet Here The Southwest Regional confer ence of the Junior Engineering Technical Society, (JETS), will be held here April 15. JETS, a national organization, is a pattern for high school extra curricula clubs to stimulate in terest among junior and senior high school youth in engineering and science careers. State head quarters are maintained in many states. The A&M School of Engi neering is state headquarters for Texas. Fred J. Benson, Dean of Engi neering, will give the address of welcome at 9 a.m., followed by talks by Donald Patton, College Station, president, Student Engi neers Council and present recipient of the Gramercy JETS scholar ship at A&M. A report from national head quarters by Richard T. Fallon, ex ecutive director, will follow. J. G. McGuire, Assistant Dean of Engi neering and chairman of the state JETS committee, will report on state headquarters. At 10:30 a.m., the attendants will be taken on a tour of college facilities. Group discussions will be held in the afternoon and the conference roundup will get under way at 3 p. m. Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., vice chancellor for development of the A&M College System, will pre sent awards including two scholar ships and awards for outstanding exhibits. VISIT OUR SPORTS DEPARTMENT TO SEE THE LATEST AND MOST COMPLETE LINE OF UNDERWATER DIVING EQUIPMENT Safety, Quality And Dependability ... Exposure suits, wet or dry, are a must for the comfort and safety of the skin diver when protection from exposure is needed. Single or twin tank blocks by “Aqua-Lung” . .. DIVE MASKS Feature the latest safety innovations. Tanks are made of chrome molybden um steel with 2 coats of yellow baked anamel outside finish. 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There is considerable basis for the feeling of many conservatives that no matter who wins the run off, the Senate balance between a liberal representing one seg ment of Texas politics, and a con servative representing another, will be preserved. The special election with its un restrained record-breaking num ber of candidates raised many a question about qualifications stand ards for U. S. Senate candidates. Meatier Hog Forecast For Future Swine Industry The swine industry can look for ward to a meatier hog in the fu ture, produced in fewer but larger units and marketed at lighter weights. Dr. J. C. 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