The initial drop in Texas production was pretty subtle:

  1.  3.452 mbpd
  2.  3.444
  3.  3.357
  4.  3.248
  5.  3.153
The initial drop in Texas production was pretty subtle (with dates this time):

1972:   3.452 mbpd

1973:    3.444

  1.   3.357

  2.   3.248

1976:    3.153
Westexas, did you ever receive any response to your letters to Dallas Morning News and Startlegram?
I traded some e-mails with one journalist, but nothing official.