Section 1: leasing -- process\ land -- state selection of\ Marshal, Tom -- state geologist\ Marshal, Tom -- background\ statehood act -- navigable water\ navigable water -- state land\ navigable water -- controversial\ statehood act -- clarification of navigable water\ lease sale -- first one\ lease sale -- location of\ Colville -- first lease sale\ lease -- bidding method\ British Petroleum -- responsible for\ Sinclair -- responsible for\ wells -- location of\ wells -- exploration of\ state lease sale -- first one\ British Petroleum and Sinclair -- bidding of\ acquisition of leases\ lease sale -- second\ Richfield -- bidding\ Humble -- bidding\ Sinclair -- withdrew\ bidding -- strategy of\ oil -- location of\ bidding -- certain structures\ British Petroleum -- smaller bid\ bidding -- location of area\ bidding -- goal of\ bid -- on flank acreage \ flank acreage -- benefits of\ British Petroleum -- acquired a productive field\ field -- type of\ field -- good oil potential\ bid -- process of\ bid -- highly competitive\ leases -- prior to drilling\ leasing -- acquiring the rights|

Section 2: structure -- looking for\ outcrop -- location of\ outcrop -- oil sands\ oil sands -- limited oil\ well -- informational purposes only\ field trips -- number of\ transportation -- type of\ airplane -- cargo\ airplane -- C-130 Hercules\ C-130 -- description of\ Richfield -- approval of C-130 lease\ first flight -- location of\ trips -- length of\ rig -- assembly of\ rig -- transportation of\ airplane -- benefits of\ barge -- difficulties with\ wildcat well -- challenges of\ wildcat well -- building of\ airstrip -- building of\ airstrip -- first one\ airstrip -- location of\ drill rig -- flown in\ wild cat drilling -- winter operation|

Section 3: wild cat well -- definition of\ wild cat well -- highly risky\ Susie well -- location of\ Susie well -- specific uses of\ British Petroleum -- Colville drilling\ information -- secrecy of\ leases -- Prudhoe Bay\ Prudhoe Bay -- well rig\ rig -- disassembly of\ rig -- relocation of\ rig -- transportation of\ Prudhoe Bay -- wild cat well structure\ transportation -- type of\ equipment -- transportation of\ well -- date of spudding\ airstrip -- winter type\ airstrip -- C-130 strip\ surface pipe -- depth of\ drilling -- summer shut down\ drilling equipment -- duration of in operation\ winter -- drilling activity\ oil samples -- analysis of\ geologists -- well site\ oil samples -- indicators\ oil samples -- testing of\ oil samples -- process\ Humble\ Richfield\ Exxon\ well-site geologists -- with specific companies\ information -- secrecy of\ drill stem test -- process of\ oil samples -- limited sharing of|

Section 4: wells -- drilling process\ subsurface -- controlling of\ wells -- drilling with mud\ mud -- purpose of\ mud -- mixture of\ high pressure gas -- reasons for blow-outs\ mud -- drilling uses\ drill stem test -- first uses of\ drill stem test -- process of\ mud -- weight of\ subsurface -- flow control\ drill hole -- pressure control\ drill stem test -- standard testing of hole formation|

Section 5: drilling -- process\ information -- certain secrecy\ communication -- methods of\ wild cat well -- description\ drill reports -- daily\ drill reports -- public to secrecy\ communication -- radio\ radio -- for public information\ air traffic controller -- 'ham radio operator'\ information -- confidential\ gas -- signs of\ information -- secrecy\ transportation -- of confidential information \ transportation -- type of\ communication -- phone\ phone -- private\ drill stem test -- reporting method\ well-site -- no phones\ well-site geologist -- responsible for\ drill crew -- positions\ drill crew -- responsibilities\ communication -- process\ Magoffin, Jim -- Interior Airways\ Jacobs, Bob\ planes -- type of\ location -- transportation to\ office -- location|

Section 6: employment -- enjoyment of\ drill stem test\ oil wells\ production test -- first to be there\ oil -- plentiful\ drill site -- field geologist\ geology -- differences in\ geology -- production of\ geology -- development\ geology -- fieldwork\ confirmation well -- location of\ ARCO base camp\ confirmation well -- depth of\ subsurface -- formation of\ discovery well -- definition of\ confirmation well -- quantity of oil\ oil -- plentiful\ rock -- formation of\ core bed -- description of\ well -- second on\ core bed -- process of\ core bed -- results of\ cores -- depth of\ cores -- unconsolidated\ second well -- completion of\ data -- analysis\ consulting firm -- independent\ information -- editing of\ information -- purpose for editing\ information -- provided an analysis\ oil -- largest discovery of\ analysis -- impact of\ headline news -- reporting of\ news -- largest oil field in North America\ oil fields -- comparison of\ geology -- excitement of\ geology -- development work\ geologic map -- excitement of|

Section 7: Richfield corporation\ Exxon Oil -- employment of\ Humble -- became Exxon\ career -- influences\ geology -- fieldwork\ fieldwork -- unlimited funding\ mapping -- field\ office -- location of\ home -- outside of Alaska\ employment -- in Alaska\ winter -- home\ summer -- employment\ rank exploration -- excitement in\ employment -- changes in\ employment -- differences in industrial to public\ United States Geological Survey -- employment of\ fieldwork -- mapping\ Gulf of Alaska -- mapping\ Gulf of Alaska -- logistics of location\ career -- change in\ family -- immediate\ family -- background\ Alaska -- working in\ employment -- travel\ family -- acceptance of career|