NGPSA wishes to acknowledge the work of those

individuals who contributed their talents and literally

thousands of hours of time to the writing, editing,
reviewing, and assembling of the information in this
revised edition. Many, though not all, of those in-
dividuals are listed in the roster of the Editorial
Committee. NGPSA also is indebted to processing
and service companies that made available both
personnel and valuable technical information for
this edition,some of which has not been published
previously.
It would be futile to try to recognizeall indi-
viduals and companies who made extraordinary
contributionsto this book. However, at the risk of
omitting some deserved recognition, certain con-
tributions must be acknowledged:
—James C. Norris, Brown & Root, Inc., who
organized the overall effort as Chairman of the Edi-
torial Committee.
—Harold F. Dawe, Stearns-RogerCorp.,who
undertook the thankless but essential, job of sched-