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                                                                  H.R. No. 846



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The team of Harvey Yates, Martin Yates III, Saint 
Clair Peyton Yates, and John Yates is being inducted into the 
Petroleum Hall of Fame on April 14, 2005, at the Petroleum Museum in 
Midland; and
	WHEREAS, The Petroleum Hall of Fame recognizes individuals 
and teams who have made significant contributions to the 
development of the petroleum industry and impacted their 
communities through civic and social involvement; and
	WHEREAS, For 75 years, the Yates brothers have developed oil 
and gas properties in New Mexico, working collectively for Yates 
Petroleum, while cultivating their own independent enterprises; 
their father, Martin Yates, Jr., discovered the first commercial 
oil well in the southeast corner of the state, and seven decades 
later, the brothers have participated in some of the largest and 
most significant fields in New Mexico; and
	WHEREAS, After Harvey Yates made his first discovery in 1939, 
he founded HEYCO, a drilling company with its headquarters in 
Roswell; he was a board member of the Independent Petroleum 
Association of America (IPAA) and the First National Bank of 
Artesia and held offices in the Independent Petroleum Association 
of New Mexico (IPANM), the Geological Society, the Boy Scouts, and 
the Rotary Club; before his death in April 1999, he received the 
Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States Wildcatter of 
the Year award; and
	WHEREAS, Harvey's younger brother, Martin Yates III, known as 
Bitsy, started his own production company, MYCO, after he 
discovered a productive field in New Mexico with his father that 
sparked a drilling boom; he worked with his brother, Saint Clair, as 
a roustabout at Illinois Camp, north of Carlsbad, and the two men 
eventually became successful independent operators, nicknamed the 
Gold Dust Twins; Bitsy Yates was a member of IPAA and worked with 
numerous oil companies as well as with the Artesia Little Theater 
and the Artesia Broadcasting Company before his passing in 1985; 
and
	WHEREAS, Saint Clair Peyton Yates, known as S.P., perfected 
air-drilling techniques at the Empire Abo field and worked with his 
brother, John, discovering a technique to handle the overproduction 
of water in the Dagger Draw wells; he successfully drilled hundreds 
of wells and, in 1959, founded Yates Drilling Company, which he now 
serves as vice president and director; until 1988, he served as 
president of Yates Petroleum, and now works as the company's chair 
and director; and
	WHEREAS, The persistence and determination of John Ashby 
Yates in his quest to find oil enabled operators to learn how to 
produce oil from the water-laden reservoir of Dagger Draw field, 
which in turn led to the growth of Yates Petroleum in the late 1980s 
and the 1990s; he has served on the National Petroleum Council and 
is a member of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, IPANM, the 
American Petroleum Institute, the Roswell Geological Society, and 
IPAA, which named him its Chief Roughneck of the Year; he has also 
been inducted into the All American Wildcatters Association; and
	WHEREAS, The Yates brothers' achievements as industry and 
community leaders have distinguished them among the members of 
their profession, and they are indeed deserving of this prestigious 
award; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby honor the team of Harvey Yates, Martin Yates 
III, Saint Clair Peyton Yates, and John Yates on its induction into 
the Petroleum Hall of Fame and recognize its members' outstanding 
professional accomplishments and civic contributions; and, be it 
further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for members of the Yates family as an expression of high 
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                        Craddick

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 846 was adopted by the House on March 
31, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House