Sitton, Pete 1981-09-21

Pete Sitton discusses his work during the Permian Basin oil booms of the 1920s and 1930s.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Pete Sitton

Additional Parties Recorded: None

Date: September 21, 1981

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Richard Mason

Length: 1 hour

Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Drilling rigs, From rotary to cable tool (1920s), Derricks, Drilling, Production, Construction materials, Double, Triple, Standard, Wink, Texas, Rig builders’ strike (1936), Winkler County, Texas, Oil fields, Pyote, Texas (1928), Monahans, Texas, Hobbs, New Mexico, Hendrick Well, Oil prospecting, Surface features, Fort Worth, Texas, area, Wasson Oil Field (1930s), George Livermore, Well drilling (1940s), Rotary rigs, Cable tool rigs, Mud control, Water control, Differences in rotary and cable tool drilling, Oil wells, Changes, Oil field workers (early), Misconceptions about oil.

Tape 1, Side 2: Cable tool rigs, Operation, Sand pumps, Odessa, Texas, Arrival (1932), Midland Airfield, Midland-Odessa area, Population, Roughnecking (1937), Lubbock, Texas (1953), Drilling activity, Past vs. present, West Texas, Oil boom, Rigs, Wages (1936).

Range Dates: 1920s-1981

Bulk Dates: 1920s-1953

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