The U.S. oil industry displays two varieties of sand, dry oil-loss sand and oil-soaked Simpson sand, to demonstrate the efficacy of geological methods in finding oil deposits. – Vintage Photograph

The U.S. oil industry displays two varieties of sand, dry oil-loss sand and oil-soaked Simpson sand, to demonstrate the efficacy of geological methods in finding oil deposits.The U.S. oil industry displays two varieties of sand, dry oil-loss sand and oil-soaked Simpson sand, to demonstrate the efficacy of geological methods in finding oil deposits.

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olja “PORTRAIT OF AMERICA” – No. 83 8 AMERICA’S PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES POUR OUT FUEL ND LUBRIC NTS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS A goology oxport of one of the large oil companics of the U.S. displays two varictics of sand from an oil drilling district. The hand on the lo2= holds dry, oil-loss sand, whilo the ono on the right holds sand rich and dark with oil. The lattor oil-soaked sand, called “Simpson sand”, is the goal of all sockors of oil and finding the sand in a tost-boring indicatos that if a woll is sunk at that place the chancos of “striking” oil are good. No longor do oilwell drillcrs in the U.S. roly on “hit or miss” mothods of drilling for oil. Goologists mako caroful suryoys o2 the surface of the ground to detect thoso goological characteristics which indicato the prosonco of oil doposits bonoath. Tho industry’s high officiency has rosultod in the production of omormous quantities of oil, a great part of which today propols and lubricates the plancs, navies, and mochanized oquipmont of the United Nations armod forcos. 29550 F F APPROVED BY APPROPRI TE U.S. AUTHORITY