1959 Press Photo The Tulane university mineral & tidelands law conference

Participants in the Tulane university mineral and tidelands law conference Friday included C. Ford Currier (left) and Morgan J. Davis. Currier, division attorney of the Ohio Oil Co., Shreveport, and Davis, president of the Humble Oil and Refining Co., Houston, addressed the gathering. The pressure of surplus world supplies of petroleum has created serious problems for the United States oil industry, Morgan J. Davis, president of the Humble Oil and Refining Co., Houston, said Friday at Tulane university.

Photo is dated 1959.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.