ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
The authors express their thanks to the many 
parties who have contributed data presented in 
this Bulletin. Listed below are individuals and 
companies that have drilled four or more wells 
in New York State since the publication of New 
York State Museum and Science Service Bulletins 
373 (1959) and 390 (1963): Appalachian Basin 
Gas & Oil, Inc.; Ashland Oil & Refining Co.; Wm. 
L. Bentley; E. F. Blair; Bradley Producing Corp.; 
C.G.S. Management; Consolidated Gas Supply 
Corp. (formerly New York State Natural Gas 
Corp.); R. Cordner (Lenco & Comaco); R. Dawley 
(Dawley Brothers); Donovan, Inc.; George Drury; 
W. Duchscherer & Assoc.; Eason Oil Co.; Fairman 
Drilling Co.; Felmont Oil Corp.; Flanigan Bros.; 
C. E. Fralich; D. W. Franchot & Co., Inc.; C. 0. 
Fulton; Genegantslet Gas & Oil Co., Inc.; Ginell 
Oil & Gas Assoc.; Great Lakes Gas Corp. (F. L. 
Stead); Gulf Oil Corp.; Hammerstone Oil Co., 
Ltd.; R. W. Harding; C. R. Hammond; Humble 
Oil & Refining Co.; International Salt Company; 
Iroquois Gas Corp.; Joyce Pipeline Co.; Chester 
E. Kabel (Geo. F. Kabel, Inc.); G. Kroh; Midwest 
Oil Corp.; Lee Minter; Minard Run Oil Co., Inc.; 
Morton Salt Company; Murphy Corp.; Parsons 
Bros.; Pennzoil-United (formerly South Penn 
Oil Co.); Professional Petroleum Exploration; Re¬ 
liance Oil Corp.; Reserve Gas Co., Inc.; R. K. Petro¬ 
leum Corp.; J. F. Schoellkopf IV; John Swan et al; 
Sylvania Corp.; Texaco, Inc.; Thropp Oil and Gas 
Corp. (J. Thropp); Transamerican Petroleum 
Corp.; Union Oil Co. of California; United Pro¬ 
ducing Co., Inc.; Ventura Oil Co.; E. Warner 
(Warner Bros.); H. Dean Weaver; Weaver Oil & 
Gas Assoc. (0. D. Weaver); C. D. Whorton; Wyckoff 
Development Corp.; W. H. Young, Jr. 
The Bureau of Mineral Resources, New York 
State Department of Environmental Conserva¬ 
tion, gathered much of the well data acquired 
since 1966. The State Geological Survey has 
used much of this data for subsurface mapping 
and stratigraphic studies. 
Ross P. Sangster assisted in assembling well 
records during the time he was employed in the 
Wellsville office of the Geological Survey. 
The Electronic Data Processing Division of 
the New York State Education Department 
planned the computer system for storage of sub¬ 
surface information, keypunched oil and gas 
well records, and programmed. Edwin Albrecht 
set up the format of data storage and the division 
of tasks into separate programs to comprise 
the oil and gas system. Thomas J. Dwyer and 
Frederick Curtis wrote many of the initial com¬ 
puter programs for oil and gas projects. 
Nancy Wright, nee Austin, formerly of the New 
York State Geological Survey, transferred the 
well information from the files to punch cards 
and then to magnetic tape. 
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