Arthur Sidney Huey Papers, 1890-1981

Arthur Sidney Huey, a petroleum geologist, was born 29 July 1909 in Columbus, Kansas to Sidney Breeze and Lottie Mae (Driscoll) Huey. He attended high school in Los Angeles and received an AB degree in geology from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, in 1932. In June of 1940 he received a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Huey worked as a geologist for Shell Oil Company from 1936-1948, performing district research work in Montana and San Joaquin Valley, California. He resigned to accept a position as Chief Geologist with Hancock Oil Company in Long Beach, California. From 1956-1959 Huey served as Manager of Foreign Exploration for Hancock, where he developed exploration in such countries as Venezuela, Kuwait, Bolivia, and various oil fields in California. In 1959 Huey became Chief Foreign Geologist for Signal Oil and Gas Company, a company that merged with Hancock Oil Company. During his tenure with Signal, Huey developed exploration in Iran, Argentina, Venezuela, Kuwait, Bolivia, Guatemala, the North Sea, and Tunisia.

In 1966 Huey resigned from Signal to work as an independent consulting geologist and served as special adviser on exploration for the Israeli Ministry of Development. From 1968-1970 he served as President and Director of Oil Securities and Metals, Inc., and from 1970-1973 he was Director of Petroleum Exploration and Development Company (PEDCO), a Bermuda corporation bought out by British banking interests in 1974. In 1980 he became vice-president of CEMCO until his retirement in 1983.

Arthur Huey married LaVerne Brunson of Ft. Worth, Texas in 1940. They had two children: daughter Shaun (Charlsie), b. 1943, and son Raymond, b. 1944. Huey died in December 1984 after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease.