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The AOGHS 2008 Energy Education Conference & Field Trip, Nov. 12-14 4/22/2008 The third annual AOGHS Energy Education Conference & Field Trip, Nov. 12-14 -- in partnership with the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) -- will bring together leading energy education workshop practitioners.  more... Cantankerous Combustion 3/22/2008 From the March 2008 "Petroleum Age" newsletter: America's first auto show -- in 1900 -- where manufacturers presented 160 different vehicles and gave driving and maneuverability demonstrations on a 20-foot-wide wooden track in Madison Square Garden. A 200-foot ramp tested hill-climbing power.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 395 KB) Industry Statistics 1/16/2008 This unique collection of statistics – including historical data – is published by the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA). It is a useful tool for students, teachers, researchers and industry professionals.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 194 KB) Centennial Issue 1/4/2008 "No official act could give me greater pleasure than to dedicate this stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the petroleum industry. The American people have great reason to be indebted to this industry. It has supplied most of the power that has made the American standard of living possible." -- U.S. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, Aug. 27, 1959  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 256 KB) Paraffin Goes to School 12/13/2007 Introduced in 1903, Crayola crayons today are sold around the world. The key petroleum ingredient, paraffin, is delivered to the Crayola factory in Easton, Pa. Read the history of this colorful product in our Sept. 2007 "Petroleum Age."  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 199 KB) Astrobleme Museum a Big Hit 11/21/2007 In northern Oklahoma, the Ames Astrobleme Museum, which opened Aug. 18, 2007, is an open-ended, A-frame structure featuring high-tech panels that describe an ancient meteor crater -- and the geological significance of the impact, according to the man who discovered oil there, Harold Hamm of Enid, Okla.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 192 KB) Petroleum Museum Survey - American Association of Professional Landmen 10/12/2007 The historical society continues to promote energy education programs of community oil and gas museums -- and new partnerships with industry organizations. The American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) seeks your input as part of an initiative to increase awareness of the role of landmen in the industry. Please print and complete this brief survey.   more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 98 KB) Products Made from Petroleum 8/4/2007 The Pulse of Earth Science is the 10th anniversary theme for the annual energy education initiative from the American Geological Institute (AGI). The AGI classroom calendar features student activities for each month.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 310 KB) Historical Society News & Events 7/9/2007 A summary of the latest news, events and features in the AOGHS March and June 2007 issues of the "Petroleum Age" quarterly newsletter.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 502 KB) Energy Education Experts Share Ideas 6/5/2007 Leading energy educators shared strategies and enjoyed a classroom demonstration by the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City. The OERB program, extensive panel discussions that surrounded it, and a field trip to the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Geoscience Center in Tulsa were among the highlights our 2007 Energy Education Conference & Field Trip, May 31 to June 2.   more... AOGHS 2007 Conference Schedule 4/30/2007 In case you missed our historic gathering, here is a PDF of the schedule of events for the recently concluded Energy Education Conference & Field Trip in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 538 KB) Recollections of the Late Lloyd N. Unsell 3/17/2007 The U.S. oil and natural gas industry has lost one of its greatest advocates and historians. Lloyd N. Unsell, past president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America -- and the only recipient of the Lone Star Steel Chief Roughneck Award who was not an oil or gas producer -- passed away April 7, 2007, at age 84. In 2004, AOGHS proudly posted Lloyd's introduction and first chapter of his fascinating "recollections" -- the insights of a man who will be long remembered by his industry. AOGHS expresses its deepest sympathy to the Unsell family. Lloyd was the very first member of this historical society.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 929 KB) Lloyd N. Unsell Memoir: Chapters 2-5 3/16/2007 Our second installment of the serialization of the late Lloyd Unsell's memoir. Here is part two (chapters two through five) in a dozen easily printed pages that will take you to the late 1940s -- and the heart of Oklahoma's oil patch.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 312 KB) Publications Debut at Convention 9/23/2004 9:16:33 AM AOGHS in the news -- The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) promotes society publications during the June 2004 75th anniversary meeting in Colorado Springs.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 651 KB) AOGHS News & Events 1/11/2004 A look at efforts to promote museums & oil patch history during October's association meetings.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 113 KB) The Oilmen of Oblong, Illinois 1/2/2004 A new AOGHS museum profile, this time featuring the outstanding effort to build the Illinois Oilfield Museum and Resource Center.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 1.27 MB) Barret Homestead: Now a B&B 12/18/2000 In 1866, at a depth of 106 feet, Lyne Taliferro Barret brought in the first oil well in Texas. This and other tales are in the year-end issue of "The Petroleum Age," now in the mail to our members. Here, we present a small promotion of Barret's 1848 homestead, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and today a bed and breakfast in East Texas.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 262 KB) The First Lone Star Discovery 1/7/1999 From Petroleum Age No. 3, a look at the 1866 oil strike near Nacogdoches, Texas.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 1.30 MB) Petroleum History Institute 2005 International Symposium 1/6/1999 Join oilfield historians, AOGHS and others interested in preserving petroleum history at PHI's international symposium, April 6-9 at the Radisson Hotel on Waterfront Place in Morgantown, W. Va. Events include technical sessions, an awards reception and dinner -- and a day-long field trip to the Oil & Gas Museums in Parkersburg and Burning Springs, W. Va.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 388 KB) Museum News & Events 4/7/1995 Oil and Gas Museum news and community events for the summer of oil patch tourism.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 206 KB) AOGHS Museum News December 2005 9/26/1994 The American Oil & Gas Historical Society has made remarkable progress in educating the public. A growing number are expressing interest in the dramatic heritage of U.S. exploration. Through public outreach and education, AOGHS today maintains a communication network linking individuals committed to oil patch preservation.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 343 KB) AOGHS Museum News March 2006 9/25/1994 As our International Oil History Symposium approaches, the March 2006 issue of the Petroleum Age quarterly newsletter offers details -- and includes articles on oilfield technologies that have changed the industry.   more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 527 KB) Oil History Symposium Program 9/24/1994 Here is the program for our April 20-23 International Oil History Symposium in Wichita and El Dorado, Kansas. Call (202) 857-4785 or register on-site for this special gathering of AOGHS and Petroleum History Institute members and guests. Our three-day program includes a guided tour of the Frontier Oil Refinery, educational sessions and the Kansas Oil Museum, and motor tour of historic oilfields hosted by the Kansas Geological Survey.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 225 KB) AOGHS Museum News & Events 3/10/1994 A summer update on historical society and community oil museum news, including efforts to open new oil and natural gas history education centers. (347k PDF file)  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 347 KB) An Oleaginous History of Wax Lips 3/7/1994 When Ralphie Parker and his 4th-grade classmates dejectedly hand over their wax fangs to Mrs. Shields in "A Christmas Story," a generation may be reminded of what a penny used to buy at the local Woolworth's store. But there is far more to these paraffin playthings. The history of Wax Lips is the holiday feature of the society's December newsletter. Learn how paraffin, a byproduct of petroleum distillation, quickly found its way from refinery to marketplace in the form of candles, sealing waxes...and peculiar American candies.  more... Adobe Acrobat document, (size: 196 KB)

Energy Educators to Meet in Houston, Nov. 12 to 14, 2008           Azerbaijan Plans Oil Museum U.S. Museums Host Delegates    The visiting delegation included (left to right) Teymur Mahmudov, Human Resources Department of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR); Amina Malikova, Head of International Relations Department of the Museum Center; Xalik Mammadov, Vice President of SOCAR on Human Resources, Regulations and Information Technologies; Azada Huseynova, Head of the Museum Affairs Department at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism; and Jalil Huseynov, Deputy Principal of the Academy of Arts.   The Azerbaijan Republic is creating a new oil history museum, park and energy education complex for its capital Baku – and U.S. oil and gas museum directors and energy educators are playing a role in this historic undertaking.   On Feb. 13, the Azeri delegation, hosted by the American Oil & Gas Historical Society, completed 10-day mission to museums and leading energy education institutions in Texas and Oklahoma. Sponsored by the state oil company, SOCAR, five delegates met with museum directors, exhibit designers, and other energy education experts.   SOCAR Vice President Xalik Mammadov led the fact-finding delegation, which traveled more than 1,000 miles.   After meeting with the Houston-Baku Sister Cities Association leadership on Feb. 4 in Houston, the delegation held discussions with representatives of the:   §       Wiess Energy Hall, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX; §       Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; §       Raindrop Turkevi House, Houston, TX §       Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum, Galveston, TX; §       Texas Energy Museum, Beaumont, TX; §       Spindletop/Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont, TX; §       Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX; §       Museum Arts, Inc., Dallas, TX; §       Oklahoma City Petroleum Club, Oklahoma City, OK; §       Oklahoma Historical Society History Center; Oklahoma City, OK §       Devon Energy Oil and Gas Park, Oklahoma City, OK; §       Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Geoscience Center, Tulsa, OK; §       Phillips Petroleum Company Museum, Bartlesville, OK; §       Oklahoma City Museum of Fine Arts, Oklahoma City, OK.   Azerbaijan’s history of oil and related technologies – the earliest in the world – deserve international recognition, explained SOCAR Vice President Xalik Mammadov.       In 1846—more than a decade before the United States made its famous oil discovery in Titusville, Pennsylvania—Azerbaijan drilled the world’s first oil well in the fields of Bibi-Heybat, near Baku. By 1901, when the equally famous gusher came in at Spindletop Hill in Beaumont, Texas, the Baku region produced more than half of the world's oil.    On Feb. 4, the first day of the delegation’s U.S. visit, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of the oil museum in Baku. The decree “is linked with rich tradition of oil industry of Azerbaijan, its significance in strengthening independence and sustainable growth of country’s potential and invaluable contribution” in world history.       Above, Xalik Mammadov, Vice President of SOCAR on Human Resources, Regulations and Information Technologies and Jalil Huseynov, Deputy Principal of the Academy of Arts, met with Paul Bernhard of the Houston Museum of Natural Science on Feb. 5. Below, the delegation met with Oklahoma Historical Society President Robert Blackburn (far left) at the Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City, on Feb. 9.       More about the international delegation’s visit to U.S. oil museums will be featured in the March 2008 issue of the historical society’s quarterly newsletter, the Petroleum Age.   New Date for AOGHS Energy Education Conference   Thanks to a partnership with nation’s largest association representing independent oil and natural gas producers, the date of the American Oil & Gas Historical Society (AOGHS) 2008 annual energy education conference has been moved from summer to the fall.   The third annual AOGHS Conference & Field Trip will be held Nov. 12 - 14, 2008, in Houston, Texas -- immediately following the Nov. 10-12 Annual Meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) at the Westin Galleria. “IPAA, an organization founded in 1929, has generously offered to assist the society with registration and other important details of the conference, which continues to grow," notes Bruce Wells AOGHS executive director. "IPAA member participation also adds a new and key element to our mission of sharing energy education ideas and strategies.” State and national experts from Pennsylvania to California will gather to share their latest techniques and workshop strategies for improving energy education, especially about petroleum exploration and production (June 2007 Petroleum Age). Oil and gas museum directors will share experiences about exhibits, outreach and community events. The AOGHS conference will include a Nov. 14 a motor coach field trip to oil museums in Galveston and Beaumont. “This national conference is designed for those professionals who ‘teach the teachers’ and will include panel discussions, demonstrations, and a tour of the Wiess Energy Hall at the Houston Museum of Natural Science,” Wells explains. “Our outstanding participation at the 2007 conference in Oklahoma City – including leaders from the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, the National Energy Foundation, Derricks to Desks, and the state energy education programs – promises an even greater exchange of ideas in Houston, the world's energy capital.” Energy education program practitioners, oil and natural gas museum directors, and representatives from the Oil 150 Steering Committee of Oil City, Pa., will discuss new partnership possibilities for the petroleum industry's sesquicentennial next year. Nov. 14 field trip will feature demonstrations at the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum in Galveston, and two energy museums in Beaumont. Conference sponsors include the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), the American Petroleum Institute (API), and the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. For a preliminary conference schedule and participation information, call (202) 857-4785 or e-mail Bruce Wells at bawells@aoghs.org.   Industry Statistics For more than 75 years, "The Oil & Gas Producing Industry in Your State" has collected comprehensive data about the U.S. petroleum exploration and production industry in the 33 producing states. Published by the Independent Petroleum Association of America (www.ipaa.org), the latest edition uses 2004 data. Updated information for 2005 and 2006 will be published in 2008. "The Oil & Gas Producing Industry in Your State" retails for $75 per copy. However, as part of an expanded public education effort, IPAA is offering complimentary copies to new and renewing American Oil & Gas Historical Society (AOGHS) members – while the supply lasts. This unique collection of statistics – including historical data – is a useful tool for students, teachers, researchers and industry professionals. To request a copy, e-mail AOGHS Executive Director Bruce Wells at bawells@aoghs.org or call (202) 857-4785. To subscribe or inquire about other IPAA economic and statistical reports, contact the IPAA information services dept., at (202) 857-4722, or e-mail flawrence@ipaa.org. In addition to "The Oil & Gas Producing Industry in Your State," compiled in collaboration with the Houston firm IHS, IPAA publishes other statistical summaries. Founded in 1929, the Washington, DC-based association represents 6,000 independent producers, who produce 68 percent of domestic oil and 82 percent of the natural gas.

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