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June 2001
Los Angeles Basin
Section Newsletter
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Letter from the Chair . . . John Jepson
Summer
is just around the corner and with it comes vacations, barbecues, long days and
family fun. Summer is also the time we usually take a break from SPE
activities, but not this year. This summer we are planning two field trips for
July and August. Please take a look at the notices on the inside for more
details.
Our July trip to the Urban Oil Fields of Los Angeles will
visit the location of the first well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field. The
well was hand dug by Edward Doheny and Charles Canfield in 1892. Their well led
to the first Los Angeles oil boom and Doheny went on to become one of the
wealthiest and most controversial men of the early twentieth century. His
influence with government in the 1920’s was responsible for the Teapot
Dome scandal. The trip will also visit the San Vicente and Packard
Drill Sites operated by Stocker Resources. I highly recommend the visit to
these two sites to see how modern drilling operations take place in an urban
environment. This trip is open to engineers, geologists and science teachers.
Cost for this trip will be $60
Our August field trip
will visit the facilities of Edison ESI in Westminster. This is a facility
that builds and maintains a wide variety of electrical equipment from 250-ton
turbines to electrical transformers. Edison always puts on a first class event
and a barbecue lunch will be provided. There is no cost for this trip.
One
thing we are not looking forward to this summer are the warm temperatures,
power disruptions and blackouts. How will your company cope? Are there any
strategies other companies are using which could benefit you? Will
power
disruptions change the need for contract services and oil field equipment?
Come
to the next Petroleum Technology Forum on June 12 at the Long Beach
Petroleum Club and find out how THUMS Long Beach Co. is planning to deal with
the changing power situation. Details on Page 3.
A sad note that I must report to you this month is of the
passing of our Honorary Chairman, Dr. Bruce Davis on May 23.
Many of you know Bruce, as he was an adjunct professor at USC and a 28-year
veteran of Chevron Petroleum Technology Co. in La Habra.
Bruce had been selected to be the section
chairperson this year, prior to the discovery of his illness last July. During
his memorial service several friends mentioned that he was a chemist to the
end, that he strived to understand the complex chemistry of his disease and the
chemotherapy treatment. He called his cancer treatments “Bruce’s
Last Experiment”.
Dr. Bruce Davis’ contributions to the
petroleum
engineering profession and to the section will
be greatly missed.
Bruce was always fond of saying,
“Cheers”. Let’s take this to heart and we’ll see you
at the forum meeting on the June 12th.
John Jepson
Section Chairperson
2001 Awards Winners
High school scholarships and Legion of Honor Awards will
be presented at Petroleum Technology Forum on June 12th. High school scholarships will be given to Patti Lopez and Shweta Thakur. Ms. Lopez is the daughter of Victor Lopez,
production supervisor for St. James Oil Company. Ms. Thakur is the daughter
Ganesh Thakur of Chevron Research Company.
Legion of Honor Awards will also be presented during the
June Forum. Congradulation to the following SPE members for maintaining their
membership for 50 years.
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John
F. Bergquist
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Richard
J. Aseltine
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Henry
J. Welge
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Joshua
M. Tharp Jr.
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Orhan
Salman
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Downs
McCloskey Jr.
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John
D. Lindner
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Don
E. Evert
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Phillip
G. Cook
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William
S. Bachman
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Please
join us June 12th to recognize the achvements of these award winners.
URBAN OIL FIELDS OF
LOS ANGELES
July 26
A combined field
trip for the SPE and Los Angeles Geological Society
This field trip will
introduce you to the historical oil fields of the Downtown Los Angeles. We
will visit the 100-year-old wells in the Los Angeles City oil field, then
view the oil seeps near Wilshire Blvd. on our way to the La Brea Tar Pits
and the Salt Lake Oil Field. Lunch will be at the Farmers Market. In the afternoon
we will visit Stocker Resources’ San Vicente and Packard Drill Sites
in the Beverly Hills Oil Field.
Transportation
will be by bus from the Long Beach Petroleum Club. Alternate pick up points
will be available. Cost for the trip will be $60 for professionals and $10 for
teachers. Attendance is on a first come first served basis. Register today to
be assured a spot.
Deadline for registration
will be June 29.
For
more information contact:
John
Jepson, (714) 816-6847 jjepson@consrv.ca.gov
Ed Santiago, DOGGR (714)
816-6847, esantiag@consrv.ca.gov
Thais Montenegro de McComb, (714) 962-1723, tmontenegro@prodigy.net
Don Clarke, Long Beach Oil
Properties, 562-570-3915, doclark@ci.long-beach.ca.us
SPE
PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY
LUNCHEON FORUM
DATE: Tuesday, June 12, 2001
TIME: 11:30 am
– Social
12:00
pm – Lunch
12:30
pm – Presentation
PLACE: Long Beach Petroleum Club
3636
Linden Avenue
Long
Beach
COST: $15.00 General Admission,
$5.00 Students
RESERVATIONS: Not Required
SPEAKER: Frank Komin, President of THUMS Long Beach Company
TOPIC:
Impact of the California Energy Crisis on the Long Beach Unit
Operations
The Long Beach Unit in the Wilmington Field is the largest
producing operation in the Los Angles Basin, producing roughly 36,000 barrels
of oil per day, 40% of the oil production in the Los Angeles Basin.
In his presentation, Mr. Komin will be discussing:
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Cost and production impacts of power interruptions on Long Beach
Unit operations
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Short term contingency plans aimed at minimizing detrimental
impacts
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Longer term solutions including a possible Unit owned power plant
Biography:
Frank graduated from the University of Kansas in 1978 with a
BS degree in Petroleum Engineering. Following graduation, he joined Arco and
has worked in a number of domestic assignments including engineering,
operations and management positions in the mid-continent, Offshore Gulf Coast,
Permian Basin, Alaska North Slope and the Los Angeles Basin. Frank joined Oxy
in April 2000 as Manager of Production and Development for Thums Long Beach
Company. He was appointed to his present position of President and General
Manager of Thums in February 2001. Frank has been a member of SPE since 1976
For
additional information, please contact:
Tom Hoy, Long Beach Dept. of Oil Properties (562) 570-3943, tohoy@ci.long-beach.ca.us
Brenan Campbell, THUMS (562) 624-3536,
Brennan_Campbell@oxy.com
Thais Montenegro de McComb, (714)962-1723, tmontenegro@prodigy.net
John
Thompson, The Gas Company (310) 578-2689,
jathomp12@earthlink.net
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Let’s
play golf! Golfers at last years SPE Charity Golf Classic are awaiting the
shotgun start. This year’s tournament is set for June 8th.
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