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Collection M 233:
De Lasso Loos Four Corners oil and gas engineering collection inventory

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Introduction/ 
Scope and contents

Administrative information

Biographical note

Series descriptions

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Introduction/ Scope and contents

Years this material was created: 1881-1998 (bulk years: 1948-1985)

Quantity: 10 linear shelf feet (in 6 document cases, 5 records boxes and 1 large flat lidded box)

This collection contains records and memorabilia of a Four Corners petroleum engineer, De Lasso Loos.  Materials include his field log books, hundreds of engineering/ drilling catalogs, handbooks, and manuals, such as the National Lead Company Baroid Sales Division Drilling Mud Data Book, circa 1954; at least 6 issues of Henderson's Four Corners petroleum directory, 1963-1969; Northeast Blanco Unit well drilling/ production reports; several hundred business cards pertaining to the Four Corners oil and gas industry; 1 linear shelf foot of engineer's papers; a few photos; four framed items, including a painting and three photoprints of gas wells; approximately 30 USGS maps, some with markings added of well sites in the Bancos Mesa, Burnt Mesa, Gomez Ranch, and Pine River quadrangles of New Mexico (may include some duplicates); and approximately 20 survey maps in the area of Township Nos. 30 and 31 North, Range Numbers 6 and 7 West of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, circa 1917-1959. Also, three pieces of equipment and two metal signs.

"The oil & gas industry has played a very important role in the heritage of our region, starting with the notable activity in the early 50’s; the ensuing peaks and valleys of production; and most recently the very active coal bed methane industry.  [The Center of Southwest Studies] has considerable collections on the precious metals mining industry and needs to do the same with the oil and gas industry." (Ken Francis, Fort Lewis College Office of Community Services, Sept. 2006)

Access terms:

Oil and gas leases--New Mexico--San Juan County--Archives--20th century
Oil field equipment and supplies industry--New Mexico--San Juan County--Archives--20th century
Petroleum workers--New Mexico--San Juan County--Archives--20th century
Mines and mineral resources--New Mexico--San Juan County--Archives--20th century
Oil fields--Production methods--New Mexico--San Juan County--Archives--20th century
Oil well drilling--New Mexico--San Juan County--Archives--20th century
Blackwood & Nichols Co. (Bloomfield, N.M.)
Loos, De Lasso

Administrative information

Acquisition of this collection:  These materials were donated by Phillip Loos in August of 2006 (accession 2006:111).

About the organization of this collection:  The series and boxes are numbered consecutively.  Because we do not expect to add to this collection, the boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1.

Processing information:  This collection was arranged and described by Fort Lewis College student archival assistant Derwin Begay in January-July of 2007.   He also produced the folder list.  The inventory was prepared by Fort Lewis College archivist Todd Ellison, in June-July of 2007.  

The following items were separated out into other collections at the Center of Southwest Studies during processing: 


Biographical note

De Lasso Loos was born in Yoakum, Texas, circa 1921.  The origins of his unusual given name are unknown.  He joined the Army Air Corps at about age 20, and served in New Guinea, where he flew the F-4 and F-5 version of the P-38 in the 8th Photo Reconnaissance Unit in World War II.  He was the youngest major there at the time; when asked to explain that, he replied that the others had died.  His squadron diary was republished in 2005.

The Loos family (including the son, Philip, age 1 at the time) moved to Durango in 1951 when Mr. Loos was hired to work for Blackwood & Nichols Co. as its District Superintendent for the Northeast Blanco Unit in northern New Mexico.  He rented a second floor office on Main Street, above Pennington Photo Studio, next to the old Post Office.  Loos helped to pioneer the use of procedures for coalbed methane drilling in the Four Corners region.  When he retired at the end of his career as a petroleum mining engineer, a road  near Navajo Dam was named after him: De Lasso Loos Road.  His wife lived ten months after the death of Mr. Loos.

Mr. Loos' son Philip Loos (donor of this collection) graduated from Fort Lewis College with a degree in chemistry in 1976.  Professor Duane Smith of the History Department was a major influence on Philip, igniting a love of mining in the Southwest.  Philip Loos joined the Air Force in 1977, and worked at NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain, cataloging objects in space.



Series descriptions

Note regarding the organization of this collection:  Materials in this collection are arranged by series.  The series are numbered consecutively.   Because we do not expect to add to this collection, the boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1.

Folder numbers start with 1 in each box.  Items within each series (e.g., correspondence, reports) and within each folder are arranged chronologically, unless noted otherwise.

The series are organized from highest hierarchical level to lowest; from most general to most specific.

Series 1:   Northeast Blanco Unit (NEBU) well drilling records, 1978-1985.  Organized chronologically by well number, in one document case.  Includes lists of wells and well locations and drilling reports.  In Box 1.  Accession 2006:111.003

Series 2:  Northeast Blanco, Rio Arriba, and San Juan County, New Mexico, other well drilling, testing, and procedures, incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1948-1986.  Arranged chronologically in one document case.  In Box 2.  Accession 2006:111.001

Series 3:  Northeast Blanco legal and financial records, 1956-1984, in 1 document case.  Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of civil court case no. 5638, Manuelita Candelaria vs. Pan American Petroleum Corp, 1965-1969, and records of financial expenditures and agreements, and receipts, 1956-1984.  Arranged chronologically.  In Box 3.

Series 4:    Northeast Blanco administrative records: incoming and outgoing correspondence, agreements, contracts, minute of meetings, and other miscellaneous correspondence information regarding wells of the Northeast Blanco Unit, Rio Arriba, Mesa Verde, Fruitland Pictured Cliffs, and San Juan County, New Mexico, 1950-1985.  Arranged chronologically in two document cases.  In Boxes 4 and 5.

Series 5:    Four Corners oil and gas businesses printed materials, 1930-1998.  Includes catalogs, brochures, manuals, and articles.  Arranged chronologically.  In Boxes 6 through 10.

Series 6:    Four Corners oil and gas businesses business cards, 1950-1969.  Arranged alphabetically by name of business.  In Box 11, folders 1-3.  Accession 2006:111.004 

Series 7:    Oil and gas drilling calculators, rulers and testers, 1947-1982.  Arranged alphabetically by name of business.  In Box 11, folders 4-19.

Series 8: Northeast Blanco Unit (NEBU) well drilling photographs, Jan. 1, 1963.  Includes photoprints (some, oversize) and photonegatives.  Approximately 25 images.  In Box 11, folders 20 and 21.

Series 9: Oversize maps and photoprints of oil and gas fields, 1881-1962.  Arranged chronologically.  Locations of maps are North 30, 31, range 6, 7, and 8, west of New Mexico Meridian.  Includes survey maps (Accession 2006:111.014) and two signs (Accession 2006:111.015 and .016). In Box 12.


Folder contents inventory:

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Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

1

1

1

Northeast Blanco Unit (NEBU) well list and location description.

1978-01-01/
1982-01-01

1

1

2

NEBU drilling report for well no. 3A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-11-02/
1979-07-17

1

1

3

NEBU drilling report for well no. 3R, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-07/
1985-09-10

1

1

4

NEBU drilling report for well no. 3X, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-04/
1982-05-17

1

1

5

NEBU drilling report for well no. 4A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-06/
1978-08-09

1

1

6

NEBU drilling report for well no. 6A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-08/
1979-09-05

1

1

7

NEBU drilling report for well no. 7A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-09/
1979-09-20

1

1

8

NEBU drilling report for well no. 7R, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-08/
1985-08-27

1

1

9

NEBU drilling report for well no. 8A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-08/
1978-09-18

1

1

10

NEBU drilling report for well no. 10A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-07/
1978-08-21

1

1

11

NEBU drilling report for well no. 13A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1980-11-24/
1981-03-01

1

1

12

NEBU drilling report for well no. 14A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-09/
1979-09-29

1

1

13

NEBU drilling report for well no. 15A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-08/
1985-08-30

1

1

14

NEBU drilling report for well no. 16A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-09/
1978-10-10

1

1

15

NEBU drilling report for well no. 17A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-07/
1978-08-24

1

1

16

NEBU drilling report for well no. 18, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-03/
1982-03-25

1

1

17

NEBU drilling report for well no. 18A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-08/
1978-09-11

1

1

18

NEBU drilling report for well no. 19A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-08/
1979-09-13

1

1

19

NEBU drilling report for well no. 20A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-06/
1982-07-15

1

1

20

NEBU drilling report for well no. 23A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-06/
1978-07-25

1

1

21

NEBU drilling report for well no. 24A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-06/
1978-08-04

1

1

22

NEBU drilling report for well no. 24R, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1980-11-16/
1981-07-31

1

1

23

NEBU drilling report for well no. 26A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-05/
1981-06-18

1

1

24

NEBU drilling report for well no. 27, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1983-07/
1983-07-18

1

1

25

NEBU drilling report for well no. 27A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-07/
1978-08-25

1

1

26

NEBU drilling report for well no. 30A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-05/
1978-07-30

1

1

27

NEBU drilling report for well no. 31A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1980-12-04/
1981-03-06

1

1

28

NEBU drilling report for well no. 32A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-06/
1981-07-20

1

1

29

NEBU drilling report for well no. 34A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1980-12-15/
1981-03-10

1

1

30

NEBU drilling report for well no. 36A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-03/
1978-05-17

1

1

31

NEBU drilling report for well no. 37A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1980-10-26/
1981-03-29

1

1

32

NEBU drilling report for well no. 39A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-02/
1978-05-11

1

1

33

NEBU drilling report for well no. 40A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-03/
1978-04-30

1

1

34

NEBU drilling report for well no. 43A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-10/
1978-12-04

1

1

35

NEBU drilling report for well no. 44A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-08/
1978-09-08

1

1

36

NEBU drilling report for well no. 45A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1980-10-16/
1981-03-27

1

1

37

NEBU drilling report for well no. 46A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-05/
1981-06-13

1

1

38

NEBU drilling report for well no. 47A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1980-09-24/
1981-03-18

1

1

39

NEBU drilling report for well no. 48A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1980-10-06/
1981-03-23

1

1

40

NEBU drilling report for well no. 51A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-10-24/
1979-07-22

1

1

41

NEBU drilling report for well no. 53A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-11/
1981-12-16

1

1

42

NEBU drilling report for well no. 54A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-06/
1981-07-24

1

1

43

NEBU drilling report for well no. 55A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-04/
1982-08-09

1

1

44

NEBU drilling report for well no. 56A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-06/
1982-07-11

1

1

45

NEBU drilling report for well no. 64, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-10/
1978-11-21

1

1

46

NEBU drilling report for well no. 64A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-07/
1979-08-04

1

1

47

NEBU drilling report for well no. 66, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-05/
1978-07-15

1

1

48

NEBU drilling report for well no. 66A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-05/
1978-07-29

1

1

49

NEBU drilling report for well no. 67, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-09/
1978-11-05

1

1

50

NEBU drilling report for well no. 67A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-07/
1979-07-30

1

1

51

NEBU drilling report for well no. 68, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-04/
1981-05-24

1

1

52

NEBU drilling report for well no. 69, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-04/
1981-05-28

1

1

53

NEBU drilling report for well no. 70, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-03/
1981-04-09

1

1

54

NEBU drilling report for well no. 71, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-04/
1981-06-02

1

1

55

NEBU drilling report for well no. 72, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-07/
1981-07-28

1

1

56

NEBU drilling report for well no. 72A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-06/
1982-07-19

1

1

57

NEBU drilling report for well no. 73, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-05/
1982-07-28

1

1

58

NEBU drilling report for well no. 74, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-05/
1982-08-01

1

1

59

NEBU drilling report for well no. 75, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-04/
1982-08-13

1

1

60

NEBU drilling report for well no. 77, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-05/
1982-07-24

1

1

61

NEBU drilling report for well no. 78, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1982-06/
1982-08-17

1

1

62

NEBU drilling report for well no. 101A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-08/
1978-09-18

1

1

63

NEBU drilling report for well no. 102A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-09/
1978-09-25

1

1

64

NEBU drilling report for well no. 103A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-04/
1978-04-23

1

1

65

NEBU drilling report for well no. 104A, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-03/
1978-04-29

1

1

66

NEBU drilling report for well no. 201, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-06-30/
1980-07-25

1

1

67

NEBU drilling report for well no. 202, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1978-08/
1978-08-18

1

1

68

NEBU drilling report for well no. 203, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-07-28/
1980-07-17

1

1

69

NEBU drilling report for well no. 204, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-08/
1979-08-22

1

1

70

NEBU drilling report for well no. 205, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1979-07-23/
1980-07-20

1

1

71

NEBU drilling report for well no. 206, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-03-19/
1982-05-24

1

1

72

NEBU drilling report for well no. 208, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1981-04/
1981-06-06

1

1

73

NEBU drilling report for well no. 211, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-07/
1985-08-21

1

1

74

NEBU drilling report for well no. 212, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-06/
1985-08-13

1

1

75

NEBU drilling report for well no. 213, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-06/
1985-08-30

1

1

76

NEBU drilling report for well no. 214, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-07/
1985-08-26

1

1

77

NEBU drilling report for well no. 215, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-07/
1985-08-23

1

1

78

NEBU drilling report for well no. 216, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-06/
1985-08-18

1

1

79

NEBU drilling report for well no. 217, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1983-09/
1983-09-23

1

1

80

NEBU drilling report for well no. 218, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1985-07/
1985-09-06

1

1

81

NEBU drilling report for well no. 302, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1984-09/
1984-11-01

1

1

82

NEBU drilling report for well no. 303, San Juan County, New Mexico.

1984-09/
1984-11-01

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

2

2

1

North Basin Pools engineering committee, orifice well testing information.

1948-09-17

2

2

2

NEBU gas production MCF/month No. 1-B-18-9 charts and diagrams.

1950/1963

2

2

3

NEBU and Pacific Northwest wells deliverability test info, with well number and location.

1951/1963

2

2

4

Blackwood and Nichols Co. well 1-B/6-29 records for San Juan and Rio Arriba counties, New Mexico.

1951/1968

2

2

5

Blackwood and Nichols Co. well 7-12/16-3 records for San Juan and Rio Arriba counties, New Mexico.

1953/1968

2

2

6

Blackwood and Nichols Co. well 17-9/30-12 records for San Juan and Rio Arriba counties, New Mexico.

1954/1969

2

2

7

Blackwood and Nichols Co. well 30-12/49-30 records for San Juan and Rio Arriba counties, New Mexico.

1955/1958

2

2

8

Potential pitot test for San Juan Basin, procedures, manuals and diagrams, New Mexico.

1956-01-16

2

2

9

Pitot testing table of powers 75/100-85/100; calculation chart from pilot testing of San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

1956

2

2

10

Volume tubes, impact pressure, and orifice flow coefficient charts from pitot procedures of San Juan County, New Mexico.

1956

2

2

11

Blackwood and Nichols Co. well 50-25/62-30-1 records for San Juan and Rio Arriba counties, New Mexico.

1957/1961

2

2

12

Initial potential test for San Juan Basin region back pressure test information, New Mexico.

1978

2

2

13

Articles relating to efficient drilling and gas import.

1982-10-01

2

2

14

Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding New Mexico deliverability test charts.

1982-03/
1982-11-26

2

2

15

Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding New Mexico deliverability test charts.

1982-09/
1982-12-16

2

2

16

NEBU drilling report, production schedule history, and diagrams, New Mexico.

1958/1986

2

2

17

NEBU No.13A, well deliverability test report logs and instructions, New Mexico.

1982-06/
1982-07-28

2

2

18

NEBU No.26, annual and biennial deliverability test report, New Mexico.

1983-03/
1983-03-07

2

2

19

NEBU No.105, well deliverability test report, New Mexico.

1984-01/
1984-05-07

2

2

20

NEBU No.105A, well deliverability test report, New Mexico.

1984-07/
1984-11-07

2

2

21

Application Permit to Drill (APD) conformance to Onshore Oil and Gas. Order No.1 for plan development for 1986.

1985-12/
1985-12-16

2

2

22

Geological field sheet No.993, blank sheets, by Manly Supply Co. Oklahoma City.

Undated

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

3

3

1

Manuelita Coudelaria v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. civil court case no. 5638,  incoming and outgoing correspondence.

1965-04-20/
1966-12-07

3

3

2

Manuelita Coudelaria v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. civil court case no. 5638,  incoming and outgoing correspondence.

1966-10/
1966-11-03

3

3

3

Manuelita Coudelaria v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. civil court case no. 5638,  incoming and outgoing correspondence.

1966-11/
1966-12-29

3

3

4

Manuelita Coudelaria v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. civil court case no. 5638,  incoming and outgoing correspondence.

1967-01/
1967-01-18

3

3

5

Manuelita Coudelaria v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. civil court case no. 5638,  incoming and outgoing correspondence.

1967-04-13

3

3

6

Manuelita Coudelaria v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. civil court case no. 5638,  incoming and outgoing correspondence.

1969-08/
1969-10-07

3

3

7

Accounting procedure for development, joint lease, and operations of NEBU for San Juan County, New Mexico.

Undated

3

3

8

Examiner hearing docket, state land office building, docket No.12-84/14-84.

1984-03/
1984-04-11

3

3

9

Blackwood and Nichols Co. authority for expenditure for Rio Arriba and San Juan counties, New Mexico.

1956/
1958

3

3

10

Exhibit-B, NEBU revised copy of agreement of unit area No.1 sec.929 for Rio Arriba and San Juan counties, New Mexico.

1975-10/
1975-12-01

3

3

11

El Paso Natural Gas Co, and Blackwood and Nichol Co, Gas purchase agreement.

1975-03/
1975-09-11

3

3

12

Exhibit-B, NEBU revised copy of unit area No.1 maps included of area.

1976-11-01

3

3

13

NEBU area of participating ownership, map of area regarding exhibit B.

1976-11-01

3

3

14

Drilling instructions, maps, and charts relating to gas purchase agreement between El Paso Natural Gas Co. and Blackwood and Nichols Co.

1980-12-10/
1982-10-02

3

3

15

NEBU Fruitland Pictured Cliffs participating area proposals/comparison of net profit or lost.

1980-02/
1982-02-11

3

3

16

NEBU Blackwood and Nichol Co. audit No. 11-3-021, incoming and outgoing correspondence.

1981/1983

3

3

17

NEBU well No.75 financial records of work completed.

1982-04/
1982-04-17

3

3

18

AMCO production Co. correspondences regarding audit and well No.207.

1982-12/
1982-12-10

3

3

19

NEBU well No.75 financial records and receipts of work completed.

1982-04/
1982-04-21

3

3

20

NEBU meetings for Mesaverde, Dakota, Fruitland pictured cliff incoming and outgoing correspondence.

1983-01-12

3

3

21

Proposal to amend El Paso Natural Gas Co. and Blackwood and Nichol Co. gas purchase agreement, incoming and outgoing correspondence.

1984-04/
1984-04-10

3

3

22

Blackwood and Nichol Co. authority for expenditure for NEBU well No.302, 303 Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

1984-06-02

3

3

23

NEBU incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding audits, meetings, and development plans.

1984-09/
1984-11-12

3

3

24

NEBU incoming and outgoing correspondence in regards to audit no.11-03-021 and adoption of 1974 COPAS agreements.

1983-09-21/
1984-11-08

3

3

25

Financial records of receipt purchase of transmitter and receiver from Motorola Company.

1984-10/
1984-11-10

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

4

4

1

Contract agreement for development and operation of NEBU in San Juan, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (blank document).

1950-10-06/
1952-10-10

4

4

2

Accounting procedures exhibit “1” for NEBU agreement regarding San Juan, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

1951-06-01/
1964-09-21

4

4

3

ALSUP well No.1-1B Rio Arriba County, New Mexico office memos concerning progress of wells.

1951-09-17/
1952-07-31

4

4

4

NEBU agreement: San Juan County, New Mexico, section no. 929.

1951-07-16

4

4

5

Conformed copy of NEBU of agreement for development and operation for San Juan, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

1952-05-15

4

4

6

NEBU minutes of Advisory Committee meeting.

1953-02/
1953-12-16

4

4

7

NEBU minutes of Advisory Committee meeting.

1957-06//
1960-12-07

4

4

8

NEBU minutes of Advisory Committee meeting, proposed Dakota, and Mesa- Verde ballots.

1959-05/
1959-08-18

4

4

9

Correspondence regarding well no. change, maps, and other diagrams of NEBU area.

1954-01-08/
1974-04-29

4

4

10

Structural contour maps of NEBU areas.

1956-02-06

4

4

11

Amendment to plan development for calendar yr. 1960, Mesaverde, NEBU 1-section No.929 San Juan, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

1960

4

4

12

NEBU agreement and supplement for San Juan, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

1960-01-01

4

4

13

Oil conservation commission Santa Fe, New Mexico miscellaneous memoranda.

1967/1979

4

4

14

Gas chromatography, gas-well, gas purchase contract amendment MV-53-52, San Juan Basin area, New Mexico.

1968-01/
1968-06-06

4

4

15

El Paso Natural Gas Co. miscellaneous memoranda.

1955-12-06/
1970-03-13

4

4

16

Mr. Delasso Loos, personal notes on NEBU well No.21, 101, 56, 1, 5X, 5R, 28, 24, 105A, 5A, 63, 9A, 8, and 31.

1972-05-30/
1979-12-29

4

4

17

Application of El Paso Natural Gas Co. for the amendment of order No.R-1670, Blanco Mesaverde pool, San Juan, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico case No. 5264.

1974-11-14

4

4

18

Drilling agreement for San Juan 28-7 unit No.243.

1975-05-19

4

4

19

American Tank and Steel Corp. machinery specification diagram for oil and gas wells.

1975-06-12/
1977-08-29

4

4

20

Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding: drilling of NEBU well No.9A, Mesaverde zone.

1976-08/
1976-09-08

4

4

21

Drilling schedule Gartner 1A Blanco Mesaverde, San Juan County, New Mexico diagrams and schedule

1977-08/
1978-08-24

4

4

22

Notice to lease and operators of Federal Onshore Oil and Gas lessees (NTL-1).

1977-02-01

4

4

23

Dept. of the Interior geological survey conservation Div. manual CDM 648.5 guidelines and procedures for NTL-1 and NTL-1A.

1977-04-20

4

4

24

NTL-1A, notice to lessees and operators of Indian Oil and Gas leases, procedures for reporting and accounting for royalties.

1977-04-01

4

4

25

NTL-2, notice to lessees and operators of public domain acquired, Indian Oil and Gas leases; pollution and surface damage.

1974-10-17

4

4

26

NTL-2B, disposal of produced water.

1974-10-17/
1976-12-22

4

4

27

NTL-3, pollution reports.

1975-01-01

4

4

28

NTL-4, royalty payments on oil and gas lost.

1974-05-30/
1975-07-14

4

4

29

NTL-5, value of natural gas for royalty purposes.

1977-05-01

4

4

30

NTL-6, approval of operators and federal register/ Vol.48, No.205, rules and regulations.

1973-09-01/
1983-10-21

4

4

31

NTL-7, removal of crude oil from federal and Indian oil leases.

1982-06-30

4

4

32

NEBU incoming and outgoing correspondence, minutes, for Mesa-verde, Dakota, and Fruitland Pictured Cliff wells.

1976-10-27/
1977-07-29

4

4

33

NEBU incoming and outgoing correspondence, minutes, for Mesa-verde, Dakota, and Fruitland Pictured Cliff wells

1977-12-05/
1979-12-04

4

4

34

NEBU incoming and outgoing correspondence, minutes, for Mesa-verde, Dakota, and Fruitland Pictured Cliff wells.

1980-12-03/
1981-11-30

4

4

35

NEBU incoming and outgoing correspondence, minutes, for Mesa-verde, Dakota, and Fruitland Pictured Cliff wells.

1982-03/
1982-12-08

4

4

36

NEBU incoming and outgoing correspondence, minutes, for Mesa-verde, Dakota, and Fruitland Pictured Cliff wells.

1982-08/
1982-11-22

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

4

5

1

Blackwood and Nichols application for permit to drill, deepen, or plug well No.217 South Los Pinos, Fruitland Pictured Cliffs, New Mexico.

1982-11-25

4

5

2

Info drilling procedures for Ignacio Blanco Fruitland Pictured Cliffs and Tailored pulse well shooting.

1980/1984

4

5

3

Sidetracking info and instructions on whip-stocking below 7” casing, diagram.

1980-12-10

4

5

4

Deviation test and directional drilling, exhibit A case No.8074 order No.R-7450 regulation procedures for wells.

1984-03-09

4

5

5

Western Company Laboratory Services, Water Analysis, Farmington, New Mexico for NEBU well No.201, 202, 206, 208 maps and graphs.

1981-10/
1981-10-14

4

5

6

BLM FOGRMA regulations to drilling, lease, security, inspections and royalty management operation.

1982-01-12/
1984-09-21

4

5

7

Letter to drill NEBU well No.218 and tracts 24, 26, 27, map of wells provided.

1982-01-18/
1983-02-02

4

5

8

Energy and Minerals Dept., Aztec District, memorandum, pool extensions order no. 7046.

1982-08-25

4

5

9

Incoming and outgoing correspondence for NEBU recommended plan of  development for calendar year 1982.

1981-12-03/
1982-02-20

4

5

10

Recap of proposed Fruitland Pictured Cliffs participating area, stages 1-2 by mineral management.

1984-06-28

4

5

11

San Juan Basin water study committee task group, members, and definitions for “Vulnerable Aquifer.”

1984-07-27

4

5

12

Correspondence to stipulations to protect various resources incoming map attached.

1984-07/
1984-08-29

4

5

13

NEBU Fruitland and pictured cliff well plan development charts maps and graphs of location.

1984-08/
1984-11-08

4

5

14

1st revised general order no.30 regarding abandonment of facilities, under N.M. Natural Gas Price Protection Act, case no.1900.

1984-09/
1984-07-13

4

5

15

Incoming and outgoing correspondence between Blackwood and Nichol Co, and Bureau of Land Management, Farmington, New Mexico.

1984-11/
1984-12-17

4

5

16

Letters of agreement recommended at NEBU Advisory Committee meeting.

1984-11/
1984-11-30

4

5

17

NEBU Fruitland pictured cliff evaluation meeting summary and map.

1985-04-02

4

5

18

Application for permit to drill, deepen, or plug, survey reports, maps, and diagrams.

1985-04/
1985-05-14

4

5

19

Correspondence regarding gas purchase agreement with El Paso Natural Gas Co.

1985-05/
1985-10-23

4

5

20

Energy and Mineral Department submittal of required pit registration forms.

1985-06-17

4

5

21

General partners mtg. Minutes and agendas incoming correspondence.

1985-09/
1985-11-15

4

5

22

Correspondences between Blackwood and Nichol Co. Edmundson and Associates Inc. regarding Fruitland Pictured Cliffs.

1985-10/
1985-11-12

4

5

23

Miscellaneous correspondence from various companies and color maps.

1985-10-23/
1989-12-04

4

5

24

NEBU production reports (Pb=14.73 psi) measurement days.

1985

4

5

25

NEBU recommended plan of development incoming and outgoing correspondence for 1986.

1985-12/
1985-12-13

4

5

26

NEBU recommended plan of development maps and info regarding drilling.

1985-12-27

4

5

27

Preliminary investigation of coal-bed methane potential in the NEBU San Juan County, New Mexico by: K.E. Bowman Ph.D, consultant geologist.

1983/1985

4

5

28

Complete research investigation; general overview of coal-bed methane within NEBU San Juan County, New Mexico.

1983/1985

4

5

29

Chart of accounts NEBU production, maintenance and info regarding site security plan.

Undated

4

5

30

Manual for back pressure test for natural gas wells, State of NM, New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission.

Undated

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

5

6

1

J.B. Morgan Co., “The Manometer and its Uses,” handbook.

1930-01/
1938-01-01

5

6

2

American Meter Co., metrie metal works bulletin E-7, covering “Open flow Compacities of Wells.”

1930

5

6

3

Youngstown oil country, tubular goods. The Continental Supply Company.

1942-09/
1947-09-01

5

6

4

American Cast Iron Pipe Company, “American Pipe Manual.” 11th edition.

1944

5

6

5

Electric log interpretation and Electric well logging; by Hubert Guyod, well logging consultant.

1944/1945

5

6

6

University of Oklahoma bulletin, proceedings of the 1945, Southwestern Gas Measurement, short course issue.

1945-03/
1945-04-19

5

6

7

Wilson Jones 3 ring black binder containing Haliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. technical guide.

1945-12-01

5

6

8

Brown Well Services of West Texas, “What Keeps your String Together?”

1945

5

6

9

Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. cementing technical guide and information.

1945-12-01

5

6

10

Rockwell manufacturing Co. “The Orifice Meter” measurement of flow of gas and liquids, 5th edition.

1946-03-01

5

6

11

Mississippi Oil and Gas engineering committee, factual data No.27 report on oil and gas reservoirs, serial no.0460.

1946-12-31

5

6

12

Natural Gasoline Supply, men’s association catalog.

1946

5

6

13

HOMCO, Houston Oil Field Material Company, Inc. data book.

1948

5

6

14

State of Arkansas oil and gas commission factual data 54, engineers report of oil and gas reservoirs under state control, catalog.

1949

5

6

15

Reed Roller Bit Co. Reed rotary drilling tools, catalog no. 50/51.

1949/1950

5

6

16

National Tank Co. Tulsa Oklahoma, “It’s a National Handbook,” 1st edition.

1950

5

6

17

The Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. miniature technical guide, catalog No.206-V1.

1950

5

6

18

The National Supply Company, miniature technical guides.

1951/1955

5

6

19

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30 mineral resources, oil and gas operating regulations, U.S. Dept. of Interior.

1951-01-04/
1956-07-01

5

6

20

Specialty Shooting Company, miniature technical guide, on oil and gas shooting.

1952

5

6

21

The Permian Basin Oil Directory, Burmass Publishing Co. 5th edition.

1952

5

6

22

The Oil and Gas Journals.

1952

5

6

23

The Independent Eastern Torpedo Co. miniature technical guides.

1953/1954

5

6

24

Baash-Ross Tools Company, “what keeps your string together?” catalog.

1953/1958

5

6

25

The Power of Gas, a complete manual on oil production by gas lift, by: C.V. Kirkpatrick.

1953

5

6

26

Drilling mud data book, Baroid Sales Division, National Lead Company, no. 2999.

1954

5

6

27

Christenson Diamond Products, core bits catalog.

1955-04-01

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

5

7

1

World Oil special report FAQ’s about air and gas drilling, reprint by Philip L. McLaughlin.

1955

5

7

2

Well Completions Inc., air drilling info, pamphlet, articles, and news paper photos.

1955-11-17/
1959-05-01

5

7

3

Johnston Testers, practical drill stem testing manual, 2nd edition catalog.

1956-01-15

5

7

4

Oil country tubular products, National tube division, U.S. Steel Corp., catalog and handbook.

1956

5

7

5

U.S. department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management standard field tables, 8th edition.

1956

5

7

6

Air and Gas Drilling articles from various clippings in regards to air and gas drilling.

1956/1957

5

7

7

The Wheatley Pumper, pump and valve MFR catalog pamphlet.

1956/1962

5

7

8

Aquaness Dept., Atlas Powder Company, “Afrox,” foaming agents report, information, and charts of how to overcome water invasion.

1957

5

7

9

Air and Gas Drilling… special report by Bill Raimer Associate editor magazine articles.

1957-04-01

5

7

10

Mission Manufacturing Co. Slush pump maintenance manual 1st edition catalog.

1957

5

7

11

Halliburton Oil Well Co. a method for fracturing treatment design catalog.

1957

5

7

12

“Wilson Jones” 3 ring binder containing technical guides, Halliburton, Great Lakes Corp.

1957/1962

5

7

13

Oil Well Supply Division, miniature technical guide.

1957

5

7

14

The Petroleum Engineer Drilling and Producing fundamentals of rotary drilling oil and gas production.

1957/1958

5

7

15

Baroid News Bulletin; information regarding oil drilling.

1957-01-01/
1960-12-01

5

7

16

Macwhyte wire rope catalog G-16, tables of data and helpful information, 4th edition.

1957-09-01

5

7

17

Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. Howco cementing tables and technical guide section no. 122.

1958-05-01

5

7

18

Prevention and control of blowouts, W.M. Cameron and Co. catalog.

1958-08/
1958-08-05

5

7

19

W.M. Cameron and Co. oil field division services and supply catalog.

1958

5

7

20

Keuffel and Esser Co. solar ephemeris and surveying instrument manual.

1958

5

7

21

The Four Corners Directory, Burmass Publishing Co. catalog of oil companies, 1st edition.

1958

5

7

22

Well completions air and gas drilling advertising pamphlet.

1958/1959

5

7

23

Rocky Mountain Sales and Services, directory, 4th edition.

1958

5

7

24

Oil Fields Rentals Inc. drilling tools equipment rental info catalog.

1958-10-01

5

7

25

The National Supply Co. miniature technical guides.

1958

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

5

8

1

Rocky Mountain Oil Reporter, newsletter/magazine.

1959-01-01

5

8

2

Western Testers, Delasso Loos' records handbook of NEBU.

1959-05/
1959-06-02

5

8

3

Boorum and Pease Co. black binder containing well record note sheets.

1959

5

8

4

Jones and Laughlin Supply Division Tulsa, miniature technical guide.

1959

5

8

5

B.J. Service, oil well cementing part.2, slurry design, a technical bulletin catalog.

1960

5

8

6

Four Corners Rocky Mountain Oil Directory, Burmass Publishing Co. 3rd edition.

1960

5

8

7

Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp. seamless oil country and casing and tubing catalog.

1961-06-01

5

8

8

Fishing Basin Tools Inc. rental tools price list catalog info.

1962-08-01

5

8

9

Four Corners Rocky Mountain Oil Directory, Burmass Publishing Co. 6th edition.

1963

5

8

10

Baroid News Bulletin information regarding oil drilling.

1961-01-01/
1963-12-01

5

8

11

Henderson Four Corners Petroleum Directory, pamphlet.

1963/1966

5

8

12

Southwestern Pipe Inc. producers of light well electric wield line pipe and oil country integral joint tubular products, catalog.

1964-06-01

5

8

13

Armco, Seamless oil country tubular products catalog.

1965

5

8

14

Baker Oil Tools Inc. petroleum equipment and services, tubing tables.

1965-01-01/
1967-02-01

5

8

15

Vinson Supply Co. macaroni and specialty tubing catalog.

1966-01-01

5

8

16

Henderson Four Corners Petroleum Directory pamphlet.

1966/1969

5

8

17

Miscellaneous collection of business pamphlets.

1968-04/
1970-04-01

5

8

18

Association of Oil Well Servicing Contractors (AOSC) basic data manual.

1972-01-01/
1978-04-01

5

8

19

Halliburton Services, technical manual (brown binder).

1972-03-01

5

8

20

“Drillco” drilling assembly handbook revised edition.

1974

5

8

21

Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies (COPAS) accounting procedures joint operations bulletin no.13.

1975-10-01

5

8

22

State of New Mexico oil conservation commission rules and regulations catalog.

1976-01-01

5

8

23

Baker Oil and Tool Services Inc. technical information.

1977

5

8

24

Halliburton Services, cementing table’s technical guide, section no.122.

1978-02-01

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

5

9

1

Northeast Pipeline Corp. conservation table temperature and pressure measurement dept, pamphlet.

1979-04-01/
1980-06-01

5

9

2

B.J. Hughes, decimal book technical guide.

1980

5

9

3

Northeast Pipeline Corp. well log codes, measurement dept. pamphlet.

1981-08-01/
1983-03-01

5

9

4

Texas Iron Works catalog.

1982/1983

5

9

5

Land and Marine Rental Company drilling completion, and production equipment, catalog.

1984-05-01

5

9

6

B.J. Titan Services, engineering handbook of technical information.

1987-10-01

5

9

7

Black ring binder by Wilson Jones, notekeeper for San Juan division static spring chart, etc.

Undated

5

9

8

National Cementers, engineering handbook, AMCO.

Undated

5

9

9

Smith Energy Services, “the new force” tubing casing and various drilling  information.

Undated

5

9

10

Cardinal Chemical Inc. engineering hand book Odessa, Texas regarding chemicals and capacity etc.

Undated

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

5

10

1

World Oil, production notebook, ideas and methods catalog.

Undated

5

10

2

The Chemical Treatment of Drilling Fluids catalog, by P. E. Chaney, W. F. Oxford Jr., and Fred Chisholm.

Undated

5

10

3

The Oil and Gas Journal (3 catalogs).

Undated

5

10

4

Super compressibility tables deviation FPV factors for orifice meter measurement, New Mexico Oil and Conservation Commission.

Undated

5

10

5

Dowel, pipe tally record, blank record sheet pamphlet.

Undated

5

10

6

Welex Inc., originators of jet perforating, service handbook

Undated

5

10

7

Dowel Inc., engineers handbook technical guide (black).

Undated

5

10

8

Dowel Inc., engineers handbook technical guide (black).

Undated

5

10

9

Dowel Inc., engineers handbook technical guide no. 62504 (orange).

Undated

5

10

10

Dowel Inc., engineers handbook technical guide no. 63196 (orange).

Undated

5

10

11

Chaplin Fulton, pressure regulators installation and maintenance manual.

Undated

5

10

12

Shaffer Tool Works, size book, complete dimensions of casing drill pipe tool joints, tubing and sucker rod.

Undated

5

10

13

Producers Chemical Co. handbook with info regarding drilling and casing.

Undated

5

10

14

Remington Rand, operating instructions for Remington Rand adding machines, catalog.

Undated

5

10

15

W-K-M Valves, bulletin 701, operation lubrication and maintenance.

Undated

5

10

16

Great Lakes Corp. technical data catalog.

Undated

5

10

17

Dresser Atlas Div., Dresser Ind., Inc., perforator performance handbook .

Undated

5

10

18

Smith Dyna-Drill, handbook, 2nd edition.

Undated

5

10

19

The Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp. (CF&I), nails catalog.

Undated

5

10

20

The Western Co. engineers handbook, measurement, and other drilling info.

Undated

5

10

21

B.J. Services Inc., technical information handbooks.

Undated

5

10

22

Viking Pumping Services, technical handbook and pumping information.

Undated

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

6

11

1

Four Corners oil and gas business cards, arranged alphabetically by name of business, A-D. (15 plastic sleeves, holding 10 cards each, total items, 150 business cards).

1950/1969

6

11

2

Four Corners oil and gas business cards, arranged alphabetically by name of business, E-N. (16 plastic sleeves, holding 10 cards each, total items, 160 business cards).

1950/1969

6

11

3

Four Corners oil and gas business cards, arranged alphabetically by name of business, O-X. (16 plastic sleeves, total number of cards 152).

1950/1969

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

7

11

4

Baroid Division National Lead Co. mud calculator.

1957

7

11

5

Big Red Tool, Inc. oil patch flange slide rule.

1982

7

11

6

B.J. Services chemical process calculator (2 items).

1957

7

11

7

Cameron Iron Works Inc. flange calculator (3 items).

1948

7

11

8

Dallas Pipe and Supply Inc. (DPS) API tubing dimensions (2 items).

Undated

7

11

9

Daniel Orifice Fitting Co. Daniel steam-liquid orifice flow calculator.

1955

7

11

10

Equipment Renewal Co. oil patch flange slide rule (2 items).

1978/1985

7

11

11

Great Lakes Carbon Corporation plastic slide rule with instruction manual, manufactured by Parisan Novelty Co., since 1898.

Undated

7

11

12

Johnson Testers, Johnson hydraulic tester (2 items).

1956

7

11

13

The Meriam Instrument Co., conversion table for Meriam fluids.

Undated

7

11

14

Oil Master, production calculator.

Undated

7

11

15

PGAC, MMHO-OHM reciprocator induction log scale overlay (2 items).

Undated

7

11

16

Reed Roller Bit Co., hydraulic calculator for rotary drilling rigs (2 instruction manuals).

1959

7

11

17

The Sonney Orifice Computer, calculator with instruction manual, 3rd edition.

1947-03-01

7

11

18

Special Steels of America Inc., seamless and welded steel pipe dimensions and weights.

Undated

7

11

19

Wire Rope Corporation of America Inc., tone mile calculator.

1969

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

8

11

20

Photos of oil and gas drill site (photos and negatives), site unknown.

1963-01-01

8

11

21

Aerial photos of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, by Aero Exploration Co., Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma.

[196-?]-05

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date

9

12

1

Oversized maps of oil and gas fields, North 30 range 6, 7, 8th West of New Mexico principle meridian.

1881-04-19/
1959-01-19

9

12

2

Oversized maps of oil and gas fields, North 31 range 6, 7, 8th West of New Mexico principle meridian.

1883-03-02/
1962-01-12

9

12

3

Oversized maps of oil and gas fields, NEBU, Blackwood and Nichols, Love, well maps of San Juan Basin oil fields.

Undated

9

12

4

Photo of Blackwood and Nichols NEBU 103 Big A well Services Rig #6.

Undated

9

12

5

Oversized photo of oil and gas well field rig, site unknown.

Undated


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