Historic Midland
An illustrated history of the Midland County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of the Midland County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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ADVANCE<br />
CONSULTANTS<br />
CORPORATION<br />
❖<br />
Victor “Vic” Frigon, president and founder.<br />
“42 Years...1956-1998”<br />
Victor (Vic) Frigon, president and founder<br />
of Advance Consultants Corporation, began his<br />
geological career after graduation from Wichita<br />
State University in 1949 with a degree in<br />
Petroleum Geology and a minor in<br />
Engineering. After service in the Corps of<br />
Army Engineers during World War II he<br />
worked as a geologist and obtained valuable<br />
experience in the Permian Basin between 1949<br />
and 1956. In 1956 he founded Advance<br />
Engineering Company of <strong>Midland</strong>.<br />
One of the first hydrocarbon logging companies<br />
to realize the potential of computers,<br />
Advance introduced computerized drafting to<br />
assist loggers who often were too busy to properly<br />
examine samples. LogView for Windows<br />
provides the means for its clients to view, print,<br />
and manipulate the hydrocarbon log. For field<br />
use, Advanced designed XpresLog, which<br />
increases the productivity of its geologists/loggers<br />
with multitasking capabilities. Advance<br />
also created software, which provides graphical<br />
presentation of wells which are drilled horizontally.<br />
The company has also produced innovative<br />
gas traps and introduced innovative sensor<br />
technology to the hydrocarbon logging industry.<br />
Office hours are 24 hours a day for Advance<br />
clients. For fast, secure transfer of data from<br />
the location to the office, there is LogBox for<br />
Windows, whereby information retrieval is as<br />
simple as accessing the program and typing in<br />
a password. The company is also one of the<br />
first to offer Internet email retrieval of logs.<br />
Frigon has never forgotten, however, that<br />
technology, no matter how advanced, is only as<br />
good as its user. Advance personnel have the<br />
experience to back up the technology. Every<br />
geologist/logger associated with Advance has a<br />
track record and a specialty in specific geologic<br />
strata, and this specialty is considered in<br />
assigning employees to jobs.<br />
The philosophy of the 42-year-old company<br />
has never changed. Advance Consultants<br />
Corporation still gives the best of what there is<br />
to the oil industry.<br />
116 ✦ HISTORIC MIDLAND
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