Word: mesa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drilling is the work of independent operators Their names-Houston Oil & Minerals Mesa Petroleum; Sanchez-O'Brien and Denver's Davis Oil are some of the "hot" outfits-are unknown to the public. But last year Davis, for example, discovered more onshore gas and oil wells in the U.S. than Exxon. Lately the big firms have begun to drill more too. So far this year Shell has sunk 59 wells in the U.S., compared with only...
...first coal slurry pipeline was used in London in 1914. Currently, the only one functioning in the U.S. is the Black Mesa Pipeline, which runs 273 miles from Kayenta, Ariz., to the Mohave Generating Station in southern Nevada. But since pressures are sure to mount on the nation's coal delivery system, four other slurry pipelines are in various planning stages, all in the West or Southwest...
Some of the works on Carter's list appear to be more vulnerable than others. The Fruitland Mesa Dam in west-central Colorado, for instance, is designed in part to irrigate 11,940 acres and provide supplemental water for another 6,310 by damming the Gunnison River. The most direct beneficiaries of the $87 million project would be some 60 farms and ranches. In effect, these would be heavily subsidized by the Government, since they are expected to pay back only $3.8 million. (About 84% of the project's total cost would be reimbursed by fees charged...
...York Mets Pitching Ace Tom Seaver cadged $2 each from a pickup team of ballplayers to buy baseballs for early-March makeshift practice sessions. Like a youthful playground gang, a group of Oakland A's slipped through a hole in the fence of their sealed ballpark in Mesa, Ariz., to sneak in a little illegal batting practice...
With so much going for it, Aztec became a ripe candidate for takeover by other companies. The first attempt came on Jan. 2: Mesa Petroleum offered Aztec shareholders $22 a share. Aztec executives resisted, saying that the offer was too low. Aztec solicited other suitors, among them Southland Royalty Co. and Houston Natural Gas, which between them shoved the bidding to $32. Then Houston dropped out, leaving Aztec to Southland, a Fort Worth oil and gas distributor with annual revenues of $65 million. At week's end at least 90% of Aztec's shares had been tendered...