Interviewer(s): T. Priest. Houston, TX

Affiliation: University of Houston/History International

Miner Long working for Shell shortly after he graduate with a degree in physics from Oberlin College in 1948. He took Shell's geology training course and ended up on a seismic crew. He went back to school and did work at John Hopkins in geology, and after graduating in 1953 he rejoined Shell as an exploration geologist. He served as in Denver, Tulsa, Pittsburgh, Houston, Lafayette, and New Orleans during his career. He joined the offshore division in New Orleans in and took part in the 1967 lease sale. Shell tapped him to be chief geologist for offshore in 1968, and he served in that post ion until 1976. He became Shell's fist general manager of geology in 1977 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1984.