Natural Resources, Petroleum, 1947-1949

Mineral Industry Survey on crude petroleum and petroleum products; national stripper well survey; copy of hearings on problems of American small business regarding oil supply and distribution; memo on domestic oil industry and national defense; data on petroleum production; copies of H.R. 566 and S. 6 which called for production of synthetic fuels to prevent shortages of petroleum and petroleum products; copy of final report on oil supply and distribution problems by Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business; correspondence from Department of the Interior on royalties; excerpts from Independent Petroleum Association publication on petroleum import problems; Bureau of Mines report on injection rates and pressures for water flooding mid-continent oil sands.