Houston Chronicle (subscription) | Oil tycoon gives Blue Bell a major boost Houston Chronicle (subscription) One originates, according to legend, in the $40 borrowed by wildcatter Sid Richardson from his sister in the 1930s, a loan that led to discovery of the Keystone oil fields of West Texas and to the Bass family fortune. The other is rooted in a small ... Blue Bell gets help from oil tycoon Oil Billionaire Sid Bass Bails Out Blue Bell |