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nal Rupp -Ferguson Oil Company. Kenny's back-
ground included service as a Naval Officer on the
USS Lexington. This experience stood him in good
stead when Kenny, Bob and another local oilman,
Jack Benedict were in New York City for a meeting.
They were staying at the Plaza when a major fire at
the hotel occurred. They were on the 10th floor be-
yond the reach of the ladders. Kenny, having been a
Fire-Control Officer on the Lexington led them with
towels on their faces down 10 floors to safety.
In 1965 Bob joined Pickrell Drilling where he
worked with Dan Bowles. During this period Ralph
Ruwwe did most of their wellsite work, although
Bob recalls one occasion where he was the wellsite
geologist on a well in Kiowa County. The well was
finished at 2:00 AM and Bob with no sleep headed
home to Wichita. He stopped for gas in Kinsley,
Kansas and realized that he was headed for Colo-
rado. He said he felt like "wrong way Corrigan!"
From 1967 until 1976 Bob worked for Oasis Petro-
leum (O.A. Sutton) as Chief Geologist. He was
hired by Exploration Manager, Elbie McNeil and
worked with Bill Romig. Dick Grant did most of the
company's wellsite work. While Bob was at Oasis,
the company made a triple completion in Summer
County from the White Cloud, Mississippian and
Simpson. In the same pool we treated the Simpson
Sd. with a nitroglycerin blast resulting in being 25
BOPD.
Bob formed Euwer Petroleum in 1976 serving as
President, owner, and managing partner. The com-
pany participated in over 200 wells in the period
from 1976 to 1985 mostly through multi-million
drilling funds. Some of the company's partners were
Rains and Williamson, Parrish Oil, and Bergman
Drlg. Co.
Professional organizations have benefited from
Bob's activities and wide ranging experience. He
served the Kansas Geological Society in many posi-
tions during his 35 year career spent in Kansas. In
1966 he was President of the organization and during
his tenure initiated the KGS Type Log Program. He
was also Vice-President in 1965 and a Board Mem-
ber from 1963 thru 1967. He has served the AAPG
as a member of the DPA, Delegate to the House of
Delegates, and Mid-Continent Section Representa-
tive. While in Wichita, he was Vice-Chairman and
Chairman of the Society of Independent Professional
Earth Scientists (SIPES). In 1980-81, Bob was
President of the Wichita Petroleum Club. He is a
past member of the Oklahoma City Geological Soci-
ety and the Ft. Worth Geological Society.
Bob was the author of numerous professional
papers. Of particular note is the "Mississippian
Combination Trap, Bindley Field. , which was pub-
lished in the March 1977, AAPG Bulletin. Bob co-
authored this paper with W.J. Ebanks and D.E.
Nidine-Zeller. This paper received the A.I. Levorsen
best paper award at the 1975 AAPG Mid-Continent
Meeting. Wallace Pratt in a letter to the University
of Kansas takes note of this paper in which he states
"Bill Hambleton's organization has published in the
current issue of the AAPG Bulletin an excellent re-
port on the occurrence of oil in Hodgeman and Ness
Counties."
Other papers include "Glick Field, Kiowa, Com-
manche Counties, Kansas", AAPG Memoir 9, Vol. 2
1968 Natural Gases of North America. This paper
was also published in the KGS, Kansas oil and Gas
Fields, 1965. In addition Bob authored "Pre-
Pennsylvanian Subcrop of the Mississippian Osage"
on the flanks of the Central Kansas Uplift. This pa-
per was presented at the 1963 AAPG Mid-Continent
Meeting in Oklahoma City. It was later published in
"The Hindsight, Kansas Exploration Activity" 1963.
and the "Oil and Gas Journal" March 2, 1964.
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