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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Eastland Oil Company of Midland is celebrating |
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the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, A privately held exploration and production |
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company, the business traces its roots to the A. M. Donnelly |
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Drilling Company, established by Arthur Matthew Donnelly; he began |
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his career about 1891, working for the Standard Oil Company and |
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operating a gas distribution system in upstate New York; following |
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the turn of the century, he set out for Oklahoma with his family; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The company drilled wells in Kansas and Oklahoma |
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before establishing its first Texas wells in Denton County in 1914; |
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that year, it also contracted with Mid-West Oil to drill in the |
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Artesia Field in New Mexico; four years later, it began operations |
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in Eastland County, where it discovered the Martin Field; |
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A. M. Donnelly then incorporated the firm as the Eastland Oil |
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Company; and |
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WHEREAS, Eastland moved its headquarters to Fort Worth in |
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1924; after World War II, George Donnelly Jr., a geologist, opened |
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an office in Monahans; he mapped much of the Permian Basin and |
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initiated the company's efforts in the development of numerous |
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fields across the region; in 1977, Eastland Oil relocated to |
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Midland; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Eastland Oil operates more than 60 wells in |
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West Texas and eastern New Mexico; through the years, the company's |
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leadership has demonstrated its commitment to the industry through |
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important roles in such institutions as the Bureau of Economic |
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Geology, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
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Foundation, and the Petroleum Museum; current president Robert R. |
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"Robin" Donnelly represents the fourth generation to guide the |
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firm, and his son, Garrett Donnelly, has served as vice president |
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since 2018; and |
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WHEREAS, The Eastland Oil Company has made significant |
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contributions to the Permian Basin over the course of its long |
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history, and it stands as an inspiring example of the success that |
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can be realized by hardworking, visionary entrepreneurs in the Lone |
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Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby congratulate the Eastland Oil Company on its centennial and |
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extend to all those associated with the firm sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the company as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |