Inventor Name
Ranney, Leo
Repository
University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
Dept. 3924
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
307-766-4114
http://ahc.uwyo.edu/default.htm
Physical Description
27.9 cubic feet
Summary
Leo Ranney (1884-1950) worked as a consulting engineer in Texas and Oklahoma from 1920-1925. In 1925 he developed the Ranney method of using horizontal wells to extract oil from exhausted fields. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey bought out his patent and made him president of Ranney Oil and Mining Company, a subsidiary of Standard Oil from 1930-1938. Ranney later worked as a consultant on oil production to the Australian government. papers include correspondence (1884, 1893, 1915-1950); subject files on oil well drilling (1922-1947); maps of California; miscellaneous blueprints; newspaper clippings; reports on oil wells and oil well drilling (1926-1948); miscellaneous records relating to the Ranney Oil and Mining Company (1926-1949); 2 scrapbooks; 1 photograph album; and photographs of oil well drilling.