Texas Almanac, 1949-1950 Page: 274
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274 TEXAS ALMANAC.-- 19 3-1950.
IS THERE A / d4/dc Relcau4/sce
IN THIS PICTURE?Well, not yet. About all you can see mn
this picture is labor, capital investment
(or risk), research, and engineering
skill.
This drilling scene-typical of approxi-
mately 12,000 such operations in Texas
during 1949-is part of the SEARCH
for petroleum, a natural resource.
There are some misconceptions about
natural resources. Petroleum is a prod-act of Nature, but t is not a "free
gift of Nature"-like air or sunshine.
Down in the earth below this derrick
floor-five, ten, twelve thousand feet-
there may be some oil as Nature left it.
But until this crew can find it, the oil
is no resource, provides no fuel for the
motoring public, provides no income to
the thousands of Texans who benefit
from the operation of a healthy
petroleum industry.Aggressive Texas oil and gas operators have been willing to take the risk to search
for and develop +he petroleum resources. This effort has become on industry which
forms an important segment of the Texas economy.
Write for a copy of "Texas Oil and Gas,"
a report on petroleum industry operations
THE TEXAS MID-CONTINENT
OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION1800 M&W TOWER BLDG.
I I -1-I
DALLAS 1. TEXAS
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Texas Almanac, 1949-1950, book, 1949; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117167/m1/276/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.