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<br /> First Total Barrels Crude <br />Cou~ Oi scovery Oil Production to 1977 <br />Hockley 1937 742,611,478 <br />Terry 1940 199,228,007 <br />Ga rza 1926 148,916,895 <br />Hal e 1946 B3,137.259 <br />Lamb 1945 15,151.211 <br />Lubbock 1941 13,641,741 <br />Lynn 1950 B,839,858 <br />Crosby 1955 2,221,184 <br />Floyd 1952 71,054 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />- <br /> <br />study counties had the good fortune to have oil within their borders. <br />Many had excellent natural gas fields as well. However, some <br />counties have enjoyed more good fortune than have others, as <br />evident from the following statistics: <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />Source: Texas Almanac. 1978-1979 Edition <br /> <br />The field in Hockley County has been enormously productive, far <br />more than the other counties combined. A large refinery was built <br />in the county in 1939. With this exception. energy fuels. like <br />crops, had in large part been exported during the period ending in <br />1945 and, once the fields were developed. the industry became a <br />much less significant generator of local employment and income <br />than it was during the years of major discovery and development. <br />However, many of the smaller gas fields have been producers for <br />local consumption, and oil and gas development coincided with <br />accelerated irri9ation pumping. Part of the acceleration was <br /> <br />occasioned by the cheapness of fuel. <br /> <br />IV-12 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Arthur D Little.1ncl <br />