[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10329-10330]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CONGRATULATING BILL CLINE

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
congratulate Bill Cline for receiving the 2014 Colonel Edwin Drake 
Legendary Oilman Award, presented by the Petroleum History Institute.
  The award is named after the famed Colonel Edwin Drake who, in 1859, 
drilled the first commercial oil well in the world, beginning the oil 
industry in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The award honors a lifetime of 
achievement within the oil and gas industry.
  Mr. Cline is no stranger to the oil industry. Following his 
grandfather Willard Cline, he owns and operates Cline Oil in Bradford, 
Pennsylvania. The company operates hundreds of small wells in the same 
oil patch that once produced over 80 percent of our Nation's oil. These 
small wells pump out several barrels a day, slowly churning day and 
night. Cline's well number one has been producing oil for over 140 
years.
  It is because of the tireless efforts and ingenuity of men like Bill 
Cline and his family that America has led

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the world in energy production and will continue to be a leader for 
generations to come.
  Congratulations, Bill, on this very well-deserved award.

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