Identifier: califoilgasyield00wattrich (find matches)
Title: Oil and gas yielding formations of California
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Watts, William Lord, b. 1850
Subjects: Natural gas Petroleum
Publisher: Sacramento, A.J. Johnston, superintendent State printing
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ern River oil-field. CHAPTER 3. KERN RIVER OIL-DISTRICT. 7.3.1. During the past twelve months an extensive and promisingoil-field has been developed near the Kern River on the eastern side of theSan Joaquin Valley in Kern County. (See Fig. J and Photo No. 28.) It isinteresting to note that the initial developments in this field were madein a township to which attention had been drawn by the CaliforniaState Mining Bureau, on account of the evidences of petroleum thereincontained. Indeed, the outcrop of bituminous sand which led to thedrilling of the first well in the Kern River oil-field was described, andits position noted, in the Vllth Report of the California State MiningBureau, page 63, and in Bulletin No. 3 on The Oil and Gas YieldingFormations of the Central Valley of California. The Kern River oil-field, as far as it has been developed, comprisesan area of about 12 square miles, and is situated partly in T. 28 S.,R. 27 and 28 E., and partly in T. 29 S., R. 28 E., M. D. M. Within
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KERN RIVER OIL-DISTRICT. Ill this area in August, 1900, about 130 wells had been drilled, and many-others had been commenced. These wells are drilled in groups, andsome of the groups are nearly a mile apart. The depth of these wellsvaries from 450 to more than 1000. The formation penetrated is:First, alluvium or drift, which in few places exceeds 50 in thickness;then a stratum of blue clay from 25 to 350 thick; beneath the blueclay is a water-sand from 10 to 100 in thickness; beneath the water-sand the formation consists of alternate strata of clay and sand. Thewell records show that most of these sands contain oil, and that in someinstances they aggregate a thickness of more than 300. The recordsshown in the accompanying table give an idea of the formation pene-trated in the Kern River oil-field. TABLE OF WELL RECORDSShowing Formations Penetrated in the Kern River Oil-Field. Reed Crude Oil Co. Reed Crude Oil Co. Petroleum CenterOil Co. Independent Oil andDevelopment Co. Sec. 34, T. 2

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