Oil and Gas Ads
Oil and Gas Vintage Ads
We have many unique, old and very collectible petroleum industry magazine advertisements, which include seismic exploration, well drilling, well pumping, processing, pipeline construction, petroleum refining, storage, transportation and product marketing. A few of the companies represented with many ads spanning over the years are Allis-Chalmers, Baker Oil Tools, Baroid, Byron Jackson, Cooper-Bessemer, Erle P Halliburton, Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company, Humble Oil Refining, Lane Wells, S. R. Dresser, Schlumberger, Thornhill-Craver, and Warren Petroleum. Many companies are no longer in business. Some people buy an ad because the company name is the same as theirs, or their father or grandfather used to work there. Many of our ads are proudly displayed, hanging on an executive office wall. Yet other advertisements are used for legal or genealogical research Makes a sensational gift and memento!
Baker Hughes, one of the world's largest oilfield services companies, was formed when Baker International and Hughes Tools Company merged in 1987. Baker Hughes is the combination of many companies dating back to the early 1900s. They have acquired numerous oilfield pioneers including Brown Oil Tools, CTC, EDECO, Elder Oil Tools, Milchem, EXLOG, Eastman Christensen, Drilex, Teleco, Tri-State, Wilson, Chemlink, Petrolite, Western Atlas, and BJ Services Company. Divisions of Baker Hughes include Hughes Christensen, Baker Atlas, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids, and INTEQ. Production and Completions Groups are Baker Oil Tools, Baker Petrolite, Centrilift, BJ Services Company and many more.
Original vintage oil and gas magazine ads display wonderfully when matted and framed.
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1950 Vintage Ad Oil Vaporsphere Fixed Roof
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY more. Vaporsphere prevents evaporation losses from fixed roof tanks storing crude oil or gasoline. It is a spherical steel shell with a flexible, hemispherical membrane in the inside. Shown is a view of the Yankeetown, Florida marketing terminal of the Citizens Oil Company. This unique 1950 petroleum and gasoline storage industry magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. less
$19.00 $14.25
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1953 Vintage Ad Oil Field Welding Pressure
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY more. Field Welding Supervision pays off where pressure is necessary. Hortonspheroids shown were built for the Sunray Oil Corporation at Snyder, Texas, for the storage of natural gasoline. This unique 1953 old petroleum products storage industry magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. less
$20.00 $15.00
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1953 Vintage Ad Oil Hortonspheroids West
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY of Chicago, IL more. Hortonspheroids Built at a West Coast Refinery. Union Oil Company Refinery at Wilmington, California as 80,000 bbl Hortonspheroid. This unique 1953 petroleum refinery storage equipment magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. less
$18.00 $13.50
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1953 Vintage Ad Oil Welds Storage Tanks
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY of Chicago, IL more. Welds on a Pressure Storage Tank Have to Be Good! Hortonspheres are designed especially for the storage of volatile hydrocarbons with a working principle based on the fact that no loss can take place unless vapor escapes. The Chicago Bridge & Iron Company Field Welding Supervisor helps the Foreman Make Sure They Do. Unique 1953 old petroleum storage equipment magazine advertisement. less
$11.00 $8.25
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1954 Vintage Ad Oil Hortonspheroids Built
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY of Chicago, IL more. You Can Be Sure Your Hortonspheroids Are Built to Specifications. Welding experts assist the foreman and crew on the job. Unique 1954 old petroleum storage tank industry magazine advertisement. less
$18.00 $13.50
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1954 Vintage Ad Oil Making Hay Sun Shines
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY of Chicago, IL more. Making Hay While the Sun Shines. Hortonspheres Used to Store Butane in the Summer for Blending in the Winter at the Richfield Oil Corporation Watson Refinery in Wilmington, CA. Unique 1954 old petroleum products storage industry magazine advertisement. less
$20.00 $15.00
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1954 Vintage Ad Oil Prevent Evaporation
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY of Chicago, IL more. 30,000 CU FT of Storage Space to Prevent Evaporation Losses From Standing Storage Tanks at a major oil company at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Unique 1954 old petroleum industry storage equipment magazine advertisement. less
$15.00 $11.25
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1955 Vintage Ad Oil Fuel Saving Program
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY of IL more. A Saving Program for a Fuel Terminal. Horton Floating Roofs, Double Deck, Pontoon and Pan. Used at Aviation Fuel Terminals, Inc at Beaufort, NC. This unique 1955 old petroleum products storage tank equipment magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. less
$22.00 $16.50
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1955 Vintage Ad Oil Horton Hemispheroids
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY of IL more. Storage Time in the Green Mountain land. Horton Hemispheroids used for the storage of premium and regular grade gasoline at the American Oil Company Plant, Shelburne, VT. Gasoline received and stored, produced at the company's Texas City Refinery and shipped by ocean tanker and barge to Shelburne. This unique 1955 old petroleum storage tank equipment magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. less
$22.00 $16.50
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1955 Vintage Ad Oil Refinery Structures
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY more. Structures for refineries everywhere. Shown is the vacuum column built for the Esso Standard Oil Company at Baton Rouge, LA. Efficient, high capacity equipment that is necessary to obtain the highest yield from every barrel of crude. This unique 1955 old petroleum refinery process equipment magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. less
$20.00 $15.00
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1955 Vintage Ad Shell Oil Twin Vaporsphere
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY, CB&I, of Atlanta, GA more. Birmingham, AL. Boston, MA. Chicago, IL. Cleveland, OH. Detroit, MI. Houston, TX. Los Angles, CA. New York City, NYC. Philadelphia, PA. Pittsburgh, PA. Salt Lake City, UT. San Francisco, CA. Seattle, WA. Tulsa, OK. and Washington. Twin Vaporspheres Earn Their Keep Early, located at Shell Oil Company's Dominguez Refinery, California. Unique 1955 old petroleum products storage industry magazine advertisement would look fantastic matted and framed. less
$15.00 $11.25
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1959 Vintage Ad Oil Gas Storage Steel Tank
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY more. The Evolution of the Oil Storage Tank. Seven Decades of CB&I Craftsmanship in Steel. Pictured is the Hess Farm Wells at Cherry Tree Run, PA in 1868; the first Hortonshperes built in 1923 used for liquid storage at Port Arthur, TX., 30 ft by 15 ft high pontoon floating roofs built at Wood River, IL., in 1930; 25,000 barrel Hemispheroid, 96,000 barrel tank storing gasoline with a Horton Double Deck Floating roof, and more! Unique 1959 old CB&I petroleum storage tank industry magazine adv less
$19.99 $10.00
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1959 Vintage Ad Oil Horton Fabric Seal
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY more. Horton Fabric Seal on Tank. The closest fitting fabric available for floating roofs, sets new performance standards. This unique 1959 old petroleum storage equipment magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. less
$22.00 $16.50
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1959 Vintage Ad Oil Tank Tower Experience
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY more. Experience in Tanks and Towers Performance, Craftsmanship in steel plate construction. Years of specialized, successful experience behind CBI built structures. Plants were located in Birmingham, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Greenville, PA and New Castle, DE. This unique 1959 old petroleum storage tanks and towers magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. Two page gatefold advertisement. less
$24.00 $18.00
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1959 Vintage Ad Petroleum Chemicals Plant
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY more. Petroleum Chemicals plant at Lake Charles, LA. Completed 46 structures in 4 months. Propane is stored in these vertical blimps shown. This unique 1959 old petroleum storage tank industry magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. less
$22.00 $16.50
Chicago Bridge Iron Company 1962 Vintage Ad Oil Resilient Foam Fabric
Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY of Chicago, IL more. Best All Purpose Seal, The Horton SR-7 Resilient Foam Fabric Seal. CBI floating roof seals. This unique 1962 old petroleum storage tank equipment magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. less
$26.00 $19.50