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October 27, 2009
Francis Smith, Oil Finder, is a novel situated in the petroleum industry in New Orleans in the early 1960's.Francis returns to New Orleans from a period of duty as a geologist in Libya with the intentions of finding a wife.He quickly meets a student at Tulane University and a romance begins.He reports for his new assignment with Stumble Oil Company and is handed the task of evaluating a new lease that covers a half million acres of south Louisiana marshland.The program to explore this acreage results in a wildcat well that is drilled into a deep, dangerous, abnormal pressure section in the search for gas.Francis discovers that a number of employees are stealing from Stumble Oil and has to make a decision as to what to do about this.Each of these themes is followed to its conclusion against the background of New Orleans and its surrounding area.
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  • Paperback: 230 pages
  • Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (October 27, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1439248338
  • ISBN-13: 978-1439248331
  • Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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