Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for PATTERSON BALLAGH CORPORATION of Los Angeles, CA. This Battle Scarred Stabilizer Proves an Interesting Fact. In Ventura California Sexton No. 1 of the Prairie Oil and Gas Company drilled by the Taft Well Drilling Company, was equipped with three stabilizers on a 5 inch drill pipe. They had a twist off. Two of the stabilizers came out of the hole with the pipe and one remained in the hole on a stand at the drill collar. Bettis Drill Stabilizers. Unique 1930 old oilfield petroleum well drilling equipment industry magazine advertisement.