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the problems in achieving it entirely.
too began to drop.
"I don't think you can blame actually got only about 80 per-
Energy Department figures were.
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By DR.CHARLES CRABTREE
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slow oil movement through
pipelines; and heavy rain can
bog down trucks hauling oil
from some wells on dirt roads.
However, some industry offi-
president, receives each week
a thick sheaf of colored pages
of charts and figures titled
Department
figures.
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company data that some of
them provided.
Groping for explanations,
most of them guessed bad
weather was to blame; some
cited mechanical problems or
questioned the statistics.
Others rejected the weather
theory or just shook their heads
in puzzlement.
Analysts say the stage was
set for the current shortage in
1977 when U.S. companies built
stockpiles to record levels in
anticipation of a world oil price
increase. Then in the fall and
winter of 1978, unexpected,
record gasoline demand drew
these inventories down to near-
show up.
The Department of Energy's
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were quite surprised to find,
upon checking, that their own;
company’s production had de-
clined more than normal last
winter.
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emergency use and making
special allocations to priority
users including farmers.
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line produced in April and May
amounted to 95 percent of year-
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This column deals with
questions concerning dentis-
try and dental care. Readers
are invited to send written
questions to Dental Care, P.O.
Box 358, Dublin, Texas 76446.
iyDoctor Crabtree: How do
diseases of the rest of the body
affect dental treatment and
what are some of these
diseases?
Dear Reader: Some system-
ic diseases or conditions do not
interfere with dental treat-
ment while patients with other
systemic diseases require
special care and or medicat-
ion depending on the disease
The patient with untreated or
uncontrolled diabetes or high
blood pressure would be
managed differently than if
the systemic conditions were
under treatment.
An important prerequisite
to dental treatment is a
complete medical history to
determine known systemic
conditions, whether or not
each disease is being manag-
ed, stage of development or
cure, and what medication the
patient U taking--------------
$ Absolutely no minimum
balance required
Open at 3 p.m.
From Sun. June 24 - July 4
Dublin Hwy - So.-377
A few of the most common
diseases that do require
special consideration in per-"
forming dental treatment are
listed below.
1. Ai Leukemia - First signs
of this disease may be evident
in the mouth. Causes in-
creased susceptibility to infec-
tion.
1 B> Diabeties - This patient
will respond well to dental
treatment if the diabetes is
controlled. The oral structures
are more susceptible to injury
or infection, and all local
irritants. Requires short den-
tal appointments, frequent
preventive visits to prevent
calculus and other local
irritants from accumulating,
patient should avoid irritants
such as smoking and use of
ale hol.
In some cases diabeties
would require prescribing
antibiotic (pre-operative) to
protect against infection dur-
ing dental treatment.
(C) High blood pressure -
May need to postpone elective
procedures until blood pres-
sure is controlled. Many—
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showed up in
mestic production, and yet that winter, “But I don’t know what cials discounted weather
patients have undiagnosed
hypertension. Before dentis-
try is begun for a new patient,
the blood pressure reading
should be taken: For patients
with elvevated blood pressure
a special anesthetic is
necessary. Also extra precaut-
ions are necessary to control
bleeding and to minimize
tissue trauma.
1 D> Coronary heart disease
- For patients taking anticoag-
ulant medication the special
care is much like the care
given for elevated blood
pressure. Also prescribed
medication must be compat-
able to other medication the
patient is taking.
(E1 Rhematic heart disease
- Patients with history of
rehmatic heart disease are
susceptible to severe infect-
- ions if the heart valves have
been damaged. Thesevatients
require special preventive
care so that their dentistry
may be performed without
incident. ' "
These are but a few of the
special conditions that affect
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have gotten our hands on it," president of Texaco Inc., said
Company officials agree the domestic production would
situation called for all-out do- have, been expected to rise last
of Energy’s take three to four months to
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unsupported by evidence and
that other causes might ex-
plain the dip.
Oil company executives
unanimously denied they had
deliberately depressed
domestic production Indeed,
many said they had not
noticed the dip, although it
- companies when asked why do- production, and it does not
' mestic production dropped. Government regulations dic-
They said storms can hamper late the distribution of gasoline
offshore production; extreme that leaves refineries,
cold can cripple machinery and assigning 5 percent to states for
- weekends. In May, panicked
RING TOSS - Roy Andrews shows finesse as he is tossing a ring in a contest against relatives at the motorists began lining up for
W.T. Wier family reunion at Stephenville’s city park Saturday. Jim Massey, left, wah hes at Andrews blocks in the early morning
and a teammate win a close battle over Massey and his teammate. About two dozen relatives of Wier outside stations.
were present for the reunion. (E-T Staff Photo by Jim Crawley) Oil company executives say
ures form a nearly flat line. It most accurate data is also
was just such a graph that Edd based on state conservation
Grigsby, administrative officer agency reports, but it comes
for Phillips Petroleum Co., out much later.
pulled from his briefcase when Ironically, the state con-
asked by AP reporters about servation agencies get their
they first saw trouble coming parture from the normal de- the APfrom state agencies that relsof gasoline could have been
last fall. cline in domestic crude oil pro- monitor oil production and in produced from December
“The beginning of the duction as old wells are ex- individual production figures through May, even allowing for
Iranian problem was in hausted faster than new ones supplied by eight major oil normal seasonal fluctuations.
September or October of 1978,” are developed. companies — a surprise to Many industry officials gen-
said H. Laurence Fuller, “I hadn’t noticed that. I some of their executives erally blame this on the partial
president of Standard Oil Co. of hadn’t seen that,” said Kenneth “I'd be surprised if ours replacement of Iranian ‘light"
Indiana (Amoco). “We had W Haley, an economist for dropped more than normal," crude -0il with Arabian
begun to recognize a problem Standard Oil Co. of California Card said But when a subordi- ‘heavy,’ which yields a lower
.at that time and would have {Chevron > nate brought him Texaco's sta- proportion of gasoline.
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Id be surprised if ours dropped more than
normal, Card said. But when a subordinate
brought him Texaco s statistics, Card found
they also showed a drop.
FIREWORKS *
FOR SALE . By I he Associated Press The answer is in a much mis-
T . How can a nation searching understood statistic produced
Good Supply Of * for the causes of its gasoline by the American Petroleum In-
eurmina Bottle‘Rockets a shortage fail to notice a 5- sbtute, the oiTindustry’s Wash-
Sparklers and Bottle Rockets 7 month-long drop in domestic ington lbbyinig arm
vj crude oil produc tten? How can Using data compiled by the
a drop that apparently reached Department of Energy from;
K 540,000 barrels a day escape the state conservation agencies,
.++4 attention of even top oil com- The Associated Press found
pakexec utives? tht domestic production
“N..Ser,l<o
At the headquarters of Conti- themselves. But the top in-
nental Oil Co., Samuel dustry executives pay so much
Schwartz, senior vice attention to the instutute’s sta-
Iran’s 6 million-barrel-a-day institute statistics in
production and its more recent interviews.
2 million-barrel-a-day But Edward Murphy, chief of
shortfall. the institute’s statistical
• Each week, the American department, explained how the
Petroleum Institute publishes figure is produced. He said the
■ estimates of domestic produc- institute gets reports of produc-
tion for the previous week, tion from state conservation
These statistics showed agencies three or four months
production in October at 8.89 after the production occurs and
million barrels a day and in adjusts them for normal de-
February at 8.72 million cline in the old oil wells of the
barrels a day — a drop of only lower 48 states to estimate cur-
170,000 barrels a day, less than rent production. Thus any un-
one-third of the drop in the usual production dip would
tistics, Card found they also
showed a drop. But they concede the lower •
Bad weather was the most gasoline production should re-
common explanation from oil suit in higher heavy fuel oilg
But just then, when gasoline
stocks are normally rebuilt,
both Iranian and U.S. crude oil
production plunged and U.S.
refineries began producing less
gasoline per barrel of oil. -
By March, the shrinking
gasoline output reached dis-
tributors, who began limiting
deliveries to service stations.
In April, with even less
gasoline to sell, stations began
closing evenings and
— October at 8.83 million barrels. American Petroleum ent Petroleum Association of allocatiorrrules favor rural and
But then it sank — down to 8.73 Institute’s production America, which represents nu- western service stations over
million barrels in November, to department. merous oil producers. those in urban and eastern
8.65 million in December, to Some oil executives first said “Production should not be a centers. Thus, New York City,
8.46 million in January and to figures compiled by the in- seasonal thing," said Larry Washington, D.C., Miami and
8.29 million in February. stitute. Big Oil's trade associ- Goldstein, analyst for the Pet- Los Angeles were hit
Industry analysts forecast a- ation, did not show the dip. But roleum Industry Research particularly hard by the supply
still-unconfirmed rebound to the usually used institute Foundation, which is partially squeeze.
8.69 million in March and 8.62 statistics for the period are financed by industry. The allocations can trigger
million in April. forecasts based on production Some oil company officials panic buying before they take
The drop in production from three or four months before, noted there was also a dip in effect.
Decemberthrough April cost not actual production figures, crude oil production in the win- “Once you announce that al-
the nation 22.8 million barrels And the executives conceded ter of 1977-78. But that dip was location. I'm afraid that in-
of oil, enough to produce 11 the final Energy Department smaller although the 1977-1978 creases demand right there,"
million barrels of gasoline at figures, which reflect 'actual winter was also severe. said Joe T. McMillan of Exxon
normal refining rates. There production and did show the industry critics claim the U S.A.
are 42 gallons in a barrel. dip, were the most reliable. gasoline situation was created The companies say they see
In interviews, oil executives The dip also showed up in fig- to boost industry profits, no way they could have pre-
conceded this drop was a de- uresgathared independently by Whatever the cause, the vented the shortage. "The pet-
crude oil shortages have forced i oleum system never was de-
refineries to run below normal signed to have a great deal of
levels. This year, refineries slack," said Samuel Schwartz,
Ah ■ ■ ■ | ■ ■ a ■ have been running at about 85 Conoco senior vice president.
I pggpiA AnI ApAP Ilf AMT UMM AT I A percent of capacity compared "It is a system without huge
n I II I I III I II I IIII WW Km ||| |I Illi II I | I _ «© II to a maximum practical figure stocks r exc ess capacities to
“ " •“ “ “ “ “ “ “ - ■ ■ ■ ■ “ “ ■ ““ “ of about 92 percent, produce oil or refine oil. If the
, , . . . More significantly, the pro- dislocation is very large as in
dropped from 8.83 million bar- "Industry Statistical Data,” portion of gasoline produced the case of the Iranian dis:
rels a day in October to 8.29 prepared for top company from each barrel of oil has de- ruptions, the system is over-
million in February. executives. For domestic clined. Since November, .the taxed."
But the institutes statistic production, it gives the gasoline yield has dropped "It is extremely difficult to
obscured the U.S. production institute's weekly estimate. - from 50.6 percent of each bar- know when if ever we will
drop even from knowledgeable Unfamiliar with how the rel of oil to about 46 percent, have adequate availability of
oil company executives at the American Petroleum Institute If refineries had maintained crude oil which is the principal
same time that average Amen- calculates its production the 1977-78 average yield of 48.4 limiting factor in the system ”
cans were distracted by the to- figure, even chief economists of percent, 115 million more bar- Schwartz said
tai shutdown last winter of several oil companies cited the
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individual begun to buy crude if we could Annon Card, senior vice
show that in 1978 U.S. crude oil “I guess we don't follow pro- this decline on the weather," cent to 85 percent.
production averaged 8.7 million duction statistics that closely," said Melvin L. Mesnard, statis- Government officials ac-
barrels a day and peaked in said Roy Carlson, head of the ties director for the Independ- knowledge/ these federal
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