James Calhoun Tanner (February 27, 1926 – December 5, 2019) was an American journalist who covered the oil and gas industry for The Wall Street Journal for many years.
[4] In 1954, Tanner sold the newspaper to James Gresham and joined the Dallas office of The Wall Street Journal.
[6] Tanner covered the oil and gas industry as a staff reporter for the Journal.
[8] He received the Frank Kelley Memorial Award for excellence in journalism from the American Association of Professional Landmen in 1968 for the article "Food from Fuel", which tells the story of T. W. Murray's rise to prominence in the oil industry.
[9][10] In 1981, Tanner was appointed Vice President in charge of the newly created international publications division of the Petroleum Information Corporation, where he edited Petroleum Information International, a global energy newsletter.