Charles C. Roripaugh papers, 1944-1989.

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Charles C. Roripaugh papers, 1944-1989.

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Papers contain manuscripts of reports written for Shell Oil Company on seismic prospecting for oil, as well as research notes, seismic surveys, charts and graphs, field conference guidebooks, and biographical information. Also included are photographs of Shell's offshore exploration ships: the Phaedra, an offshore seismic vessel; the Eureka, the first self-positioning drill ship; and the Mr. Jake.

2.6 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Roripaugh, Charles C., 1927-1989.

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Geophysicist Charles Clifford Roripaugh, Jr., was born July 13, 1927 in Oceanside, California. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1945 to 1946 with training in aviation electronics. Roripaugh joined Shell Oil Co. as a seismologist in 1949 after receiving his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He was advanced to seismologist party chief in 1953 with responsiblility for data acquisition and interpretation in the Rocky Mountain basins. Named eastern div...

Shell Oil Company

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