Midwest Refining Company
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company and
Pan American Petroleum Corporation
Special thanks to Tom Pardo at BP America, Inc. for allowing
us to use these images and articles from their archives.
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"Hobbs High" in the headline of this article refers
to a geologic feature that led to where the Hobbs Pool was
discovered. "The Hobbs Pool is on a geologic feature geologists refer to as a "high". The high is actually the subsurface topography beginning about 4360' below the surface or 1360' sub sea level. Correcting for the altitude of Hobbs at 3620'. The geologist is looking for a structural "high" for a sand body that could be connected to a source bed (oil). The old timers used topographic maps on the surface to predict these geologic traps underground, where we use seismic and other methods today. It is said that the "Hobbs Pool" aka Greyburg/San Andres zones we actually produce from has produced more oil (per given space of rock) than any reservoir in the world." - Mark Veteto of Me-Tex Oil &
Gas, Inc.
The magazine feature above is from the December, 1927 issue of The Midwest Review, the company magazine of Midwest Refining Company. |
 In October 1929, The
Midwest Review published an article describing what a geologist might
find in the Hobbs, New Mexico area. (click any of the pages below for a larger, readable version) |
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September 1930, The Midwest Review published a report on the activity
in Hobbs.(Click the image for a larger, readable version) |
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August 1954 issue of Horizons Magazine, the company magazine of Pan
American Petroleum Corporation (the successor company of Stanolind Oil
and Gas Company) published an article shown below recapping the history
of the development of the oil industry in Hobbs. (Click any page image for a larger, readable view) |
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Stanolind Oil and Gas Company camp in the 1950's (Click images for a larger version) |
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October, 1957 issue of Horizons Magazine contained an article shown
below detailing the activities of Field Clerk Durward Moorhead in the
Hobbs offices of Pan American Petroleum Corporation. (Click any image for a larger, readable view) |
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