“Portrait of America” – America’s Petroleum Industries Pour Out Fuel and Lubricants for the United Nations – Vintage Photograph

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This photograph depicts oil drillers at an oilwell in Oklahoma, using tools called “tongs” to screw on or unscrew sections of the drill stem during rotary drilling for oil. The well is being drilled by a “wildcat” organization, independent of major oil companies, with the aim of contributing to the vast quantity of oil being sent overseas to support the U.S. armed forces and the United Nations during the war. The predicted total U.S. oil production in 1944 is estimated to be 1,601,250,000 barrels from thousands of wells like this one.This photograph depicts oil drillers at an oilwell in Oklahoma, using tools called “tongs” to screw on or unscrew sections of the drill stem during rotary drilling for oil. The well is being drilled by a “wildcat” organization, independent of major oil companies, with the aim of contributing to the vast quantity of oil being sent overseas to support the U.S. armed forces and the United Nations during the war. The predicted total U.S. oil production in 1944 is estimated to be 1,601,250,000 barrels from thousands of wells like this one.

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Dimensions: 17.7 x 11.9 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-IMS-04983573/IMS-A16_A-1

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Dolpfalt 00 No. 83 8 “PORTRAIT OF AMERICA” AMERICA’S PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES POUR OUT FUEL AND LUBRICANTS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS At an oilwell in the U.S. Southwest State of Oklahoma oil drillors arc using tools called “tongs” which are clampod on the dril stom to scrow on a new soction of stom or to unscrow the stom, section y scction, aftor tho drilling far bolow the carth’s surfaco is finished. This procedure is common in modern rotary drilling for oil. The wcll pictured here is being drilled by a “wildcat” organization of drillers, which means they are formed in a group indopondont of any of the great oil companies. The woll, if successful, will contributo to the vast quantity of oil boing poured overseas to the U.S. armed forces and the United Nations for the successful waging of the war. The predictablo total of U.S. oil production in 1944, according to a U.S. oil company official, is 1,601,250,000 barrols produced by thousands of wells such as this onc. Somo U.S. oilwolls today are drilled to a dopth of throo milos (4.8 kilometers) undor ground. RETE U.S. AUTHORITY