Gary Willingham

Congratulations to November's winner (several correct answers this month) - Gary Willingham with Noble Energy.

Gary Willingham Vice President,Strategic Planning and

The winner, who will be chosen semi-randomly from all correct answers, will receive a $50 gift certificate to a nice restaurant. Answer to December's QuizThe 80's TV sitcom that became the source of well names for a San Andres play in West Texas as recently as 2 years ago was "Mash" (e.g., Radar and Hot Lips wells). Answer to November's QuizBecause of the moose head outline of the peripheral well locations in a field in eastern Montana, many of the Bakken horizontal wells in the field have been named after the characters in the late 50's & early 60's cartoon series, "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" (e.g., Chainsaw, Whiplash, Natasha and Peabody).Congratulations to November's winner (several correct answers this month) - Gary Willingham with Noble Energy.              2-Jan-04 6:00 PM January - Then and Now The Rest of the Yarn The babyamong eight children, Little Sollie showed an inventive turn early, repairing machinery on his father's 240-acre Michigan farm.After attempts at college and selling dry goods, he decided his future lay in rebuilding the oil industry of West Virginia, previously destroyed by the Confederacy.His first attempt, Peninsular Petroleum Co., failed in 1866 after shipping only 240 barrels of oil, but he did not give up that easily.Over the next 11 years, he moved his family nine times before he was able to develop producing interests near Millerstown, Pennsylvania.There he became a member of the school board and began his political life.When oil prices dropped below $1 a barrel, his angered partner decided to burn down the rig on their one producing well.Failure again starred him in the face, but again he did not give up.This time he shifted his sights to oilfield equipment.His innate inventiveness and knack for improvisation soon led to a packer for separating oil from water.
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Congratulations to November's winner (several correct answers this month) - Gary Willingham with Noble Energy. http://spegcs.schipul.net/en/art/?13 noemail@spegcs.schipul.net Sat, 03 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT