Seismic crew activity accounts for approximately 90% of geophysical exploration for oil.

A record of geophysical activity is kept by the Society of Exploration Geỡ physicists and published annually in Geophysics by the SEG.

U.S. and Canadian seimic crew years were computed by dividing the number of annual crew months worked by 12. The total seismic crews in operation fluctuates within any year. Therefore, records are kept in months.

In 1962 seismic crew activity was separated into land and offshore activity since operations on land and water are quite different.

Records of activity in the U.S.S.R. are very poor. It is believed that a Soviet crew and a U.S. crew are not equivalent in many respects. The statistics presented are offered as an indication of how they have expanded their effort to explore for oil.

Other statistics listed were taken from:

Average Price Per Barrel of Crude Oil at the Well 1951-1955-Page 103. Petroleum Facts and Figures, 1956 Edition, American Petroleum Institute. (Source Bureau of Mines; Oil and Gas Journal.)

Average Price Per Barrel of Crude Oil at the Well 1956-1958-Page 47. Centennial Edition of Petroleum Facts and Figures, 1959, American Petroleum Institute. (Source-Bureau of Mines.)

Average Price Per Barrel of Crude Oil at the Well 1959-1968-Page 46, Petroleum Facts and Figures, 1967 Edition, API. (Source-Bureau of Mines.) U.S. Crude Oil Production 1951-1955-Page 6, Petroleum Facts and Figures, 1956 Edition, API. (Source-Bureau of Mines.)

U.S. Crude Oil Production 1956-1968-Page 255, 1969 Commodity Yearbook, Commodity Research Bureau, Inc. 140 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 10005. (Source-American Petroleum Institute (Source Bureau of Mines)). Refineries' in Oklahoma Average Wholesale Price of Regular Grade Gasoline, 80 Octane Research, ¢/Gal.-Page 258, 1969 Commodity Yearbook, Commodity Research Bureau, Inc., 140 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10005. (Source Bureau of Labor Statistics.)

Mr. CURTIS L. MAXEY, 1754 South Darlington, Tulsa, Okla.

AMERADA DIVISION, AMERADA HESS CORP.,

Tulsa, Okla., April 16, 1970.

DEAR MR. MAXEY: Pursuant to your request you have been scheduled as a witness to testify at the hearings on oil import controls being held by the House Subcommittee on Mines and Mining. You made this request, to use your words, as "a non management, non supervisory, non union employee of the petroleum industry for the last 19 years, as a citizen, as a consumer, as a veteran, as a property holder, as a taxpayer, as a disabled veteran, and as a patriot." Since your testimony will be that of a private citizen and not that of a representative of Amerada Hess Corporation-indeed we had no prior knowledge of your request we have deliberately refrained from discussing with you the content of your testimony.

While the company recognizes your right to express your personal views at this hearing, you should be cognizant of the company policy that employees are not at liberty to reveal information with respect to the company which has not already been made public by way of the annual report, proxy statements, press releases or other similar documents.

With best wishes for a pleasant trip to Washington and return, I am
Sincerely yours,

K. M. LAWRENCE.

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE,
New York, N.Y., April 14, 1970.

Mr. CURTIS L. MAXEY, 1754 South Darlington,

Tulsa, Okla.

DEAR MR. MAXEY: With regard to your request to Mr. Speir Collins, the U.S. Bureau of Mines has discontinued collecting retail prices of gasoline in foreign countries. Consequently, we are unable to update the table in Petroleum Facts

and Figures, 1967 edition, for the countries and years you indicated. Unfortunately, no other organization issues comparable data although petroleum publications occasionally contain references to gasoline prices in foreign areas. These are spotty at best.

Perhaps the accompanying table showing the trend in retail prices of regulargrade gasoline in the United States, United Kingdom and Continental Western Europe for the years 1960, 1965 and 1969, prepared recently by the CPA staff, will be of some help to you.

If there is any other information we can provide, don't hesitate to let us know. Sincerely,

V. ANNE EDLUND, Manager, Petroleum Research Section.

(Whereupon, at 12:30 p.m., the subcommittee adjourned, to reconvene at 9:45 a.m., on Friday, April 24, 1970.)

OIL IMPORT CONTROLS

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1970

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINES AND MINING OF THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS.

Washington D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to recess, at 10 a.m., in room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Ed Edmonson (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Mr. EDMONDSON. The subcommittee will come to order for further hearings on oil import control.

Our witness this morning is Mr. Walter Famariss, Jr., president of the American Petroleum Refiners Association.

Mr. Famariss, do you have someone with you?

Mr. FAMARISS. Mr. Arthur A. Steffan, our Washington representative.

Mr. EDMONDSON. We welcome both of you to the committee.

STATEMENT OF WALTER FAMARISS, JR., PRESIDENT, AMERICAN PETROLEUM REFINERS ASSOCIATION; ACCOMPANIED BY ARTHUR A. STEFFAN, COUNSEL

Mr. FAMARISS. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is Walter Famariss, Jr. I am president of the American Petroleum Refiners Association, the membership of which is limited to small manufacturers of petroleum products as defined by the Small Business Administration. I am also president of Famariss Oil & Refining Co. located at Hobbs, N. Mex.

A list of these small business oil refineries showing their respective locations and capacities is attached to the printed copies of my statement. They total 67 plants in 21 States. Their total capacity is 494,095 barrels per day.

Mr. EDMONDSON. Without objection, this three-page list of refineries and their locations will be made a part of the record following your presentation.

Mr. FAMARISS. Thank you, sir.

The testimony we are presenting is divided into three basic parts. First, a brief description of the small business refiner and the role he plays in the overall domestic petroleum picture as it is today under the existing oil import control program.

Second, a discussion of the impact the proposed change to a tariff system would have on the oil industry generally and on small business refiners in particular.