GEOPHYSICAL HISTORY OF THE TEN SECTION OIL FIELD, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Geophysics ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 402-405
Author(s):  
Joseph C. Waterman
Keyword(s):  
San Joaquin Valley ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Kern County ◽  
Upper Miocene ◽  
History Of ◽  
Well Data ◽  
Oil Company ◽  
Made In

The Ten Section oil field, generally regarded as the first geophysical oil field discovery in the San Joaquin Valley of California, was found by Shell Oil Company, Incorporated by means of a reflection seismograph survey made in 1934–1935. The discovery well, Shell Oil Company, Incorporated’s K. C. L.-Stevens A-1, was completed in June, 1936. A map presenting results of reflection shooting before discovery and one from well data with contours on the top of the productive Upper Miocene “Stevens” sand are shown.

GEOPHYSICAL HISTORY OF THE WASCO OIL FIELD, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Geophysics ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-175
Author(s):  
E. L. Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Oil Field ◽  
Kern County ◽  
Additional Work ◽  
History Of

The reflection seismograph surveys which led to the discovery of Wasco oil field were started in 1934. Some additional work was done to outline the structure in 1935. Subsequent to discovery in 1938 a detailed reflection seismograph survey was made for the purposes of aiding development and securing type seismograph data.

EARLY REFLECTION SEISMOGRAPH EXPLORATION IN CALIFORNIA

Geophysics ◽  
1945 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-33
Author(s):  
Henry Salvatori
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Method ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Limited Applicability ◽  
First Results ◽  
Geologic Maps ◽  
History Of ◽  
Well Data ◽  
Made In

The first major attempt to employ the reflection method in California was made in 1931. The first results were disappointing, but by the early part of 1932 a prospect near Merced was successfully mapped. The correlation method was found to have limited applicability and the dip method was generally adopted. Most of the early work was performed with wide spacing of stations and lines since very close control was not considered necessary to discover the larger structural features which were then of greatest interest. As a result of this early reflection work several important oil fields were discovered among which are the Wilmington and Rio Bravo fields. A brief history of the discovery of these two fields is given and the seismic maps are compared with the later geologic maps compiled from well data.

GEOPHYSICAL HISTORY OF THE VILLE PLATTE OIL FIELD, EVANGELINE PARISH, LOUISIANA

Geophysics ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-180
Author(s):  
Paul R. Warren
Keyword(s):  
Oil Field ◽  
History Of ◽  
Productive Area ◽  
Oil Company

The brief pre‐discovery geophysical activity by Continental Oil Company in the area of the Ville Platte Field consumed twenty‐five working days and consisted of a reflection seismograph survey employing symmetrical setups far removed from the shotpoints. After discovery a gravity meter survey revealed a gravity minimum almost coinciding with the seismograph structure and the productive area.

GEOPHYSICAL HISTORY OF MAMOU FIELD, EVANGELINE PARISH, LOUISIANA

Geophysics ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-508
Author(s):  
D. Ray Dobyns ◽  
W. B. Roper
Keyword(s):  
Historical Record ◽  
Torsion Balance ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Average Production ◽  
Engineering Company ◽  
History Of ◽  
Petroleum Company ◽  
Oil Company

This paper presents a chronological historical record of the geophysical activity in the area near the town of Mamou, Louisiana which subsequently led to the discovery of the Mamou Oil Field. The successive stages of geophysical exploration were: 1. Mechanical seismograph refraction survey by North American Exploration Company (German company) in August 1926 for Magnolia‐Union Sulphur‐Harry Hanszen. 2. Torsion balance survey by Shell Oil Company in 1934. 3. Magnetometer survey by Atlantic Refining Company in 1936. 4. Torsion balance survey by Atlantic Refining Company in 1936. 5. Gravity meter survey by Magnolia Petroleum Company the latter part of 1942 and early part of 1943. 6. Three weeks’ seismic work by Petty Geophysical Engineering Company for Magnolia Petroleum Company in June 1943. 7. A few weeks’ work by General Geophysical Company for Cities Service Oil Company in June, 1943. 8. Detailed seismic survey by Independent Exploration Company for Magnolia Petroleum Company from November, 1943 to June, 1945. The discovery well, Magnolia’s No. 1 J. B. Morein, was completed December 28, 1945 through perforations from 11,520 feet to 11,530 feet, producing 208 barrels of 46.3 gravity oil and 770 MCF gas per day through 8/64 inch choke. There are three producing horizons in the upper part of the Wilcox group. The first, or Morein stringer, is approximately 5 feet thick and lies about 18 feet above the second, or Morein sand, which has 19 feet average production thickness. The third, or Deshotels sand, has an average productive thickness of 10 feet and is approximately 230 feet below the Morein sand. Twenty producers and five dry holes were drilled. The field has been unitized and is being water‐flooded. Total production of the field to January 1, 1954 was 2,498,373 barrels. December, 1953 production was 20,604 barrels.

GEOPHYSICAL HISTORY OF THE NORTH COLES LEVEE OIL FIELD, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Geophysics ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-413
Author(s):  
Joseph LeConte
Keyword(s):  
Field Work ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Kern County ◽  
Reasonable Accuracy ◽  
Geophysical Field ◽  
Contour Map ◽  
The North ◽  
Reflection Data ◽  
History Of

The North Coles Levee oil field was discovered in November 1938. The location for the discovery well was based on data obtained from a reflection seismograph survey run early in the same year. A contour map, based on these reflection data, was prepared after several months of geophysical field work and interpretation. This map outlined the structure with reasonable accuracy as shown by comparing it with the present subsurface contour map constructed from electric‐log correlations in over one hundred wells which have been drilled in the field as of December 1946.

scholarly journals Exxon: Transforming Energy, 1973–2005

2015 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 761-766
Author(s):  
Mira Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
American History ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Standard Oil Company ◽  
The University ◽  
Oil Company ◽  
Made In

Four giant volumes (plus a companion one on Humble Oil) appeared between 1955 and 1988 on the history of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) and its successor (as of 1972) Exxon Corporation. These well-documented volumes took the story to 1975. As related by the publisher and author of this book, about four years after the 1999 megamerger of Exxon and Mobil and the formation of ExxonMobil, the merged unit gave a collection of its historical files—containing some four million documents—to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History (DBC) at the University of Texas at Austin. When the document transfer was made, in 2003, William Hale, a thirty-year Exxon/ExxonMobil manager (most recently in the public relations department) suggested that it was time for a fifth volume of Exxon history. ExxonMobil's top management approved, and in 2005 the DBC asked Joseph Pratt to write it. He agreed, and the book under review, which covers the period 1973 through the merger to 2005, was written by Pratt “with the assistance of William Hale” and published by DBC.

CASE HISTORY OF THE SOJOURNER OIL FIELD HASKELL COUNTY, TEXAS, A GEOCHEMICAL CONFIRMATION

Geophysics ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 574-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. R. Ransone
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Geochemical Survey ◽  
History Of ◽  
Petroleum Accumulation ◽  
Local Geology ◽  
Well Data

Petroleum accumulation at the Sojourner field, Haskell County, Texas, was found in a lower Pennsylvanian sand pinch out. The prospect was first recognized as anomalous on a reconnaissance geochemical survey, leased, and then detailed by reflections, on the basis of which the discovery well was located. Since the field has been completely developed, the prediscovery predictions of the geochemical and reflection surveys can be compared with the subsurface known from well data. Pertinent maps are shown together with a discussion of the local geology and field development.

A history of botanical collections in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-291
Author(s):  
P.S.M. PHIRI ◽  
D.M. MOORE
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Peak Activity ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Made In

Central Africa remained botanically unknown to the outside world up to the end of the eighteenth century. This paper provides a historical account of plant explorations in the Luangwa Valley. The first plant specimens were collected in 1897 and the last serious botanical explorations were made in 1993. During this period there have been 58 plant collectors in the Luangwa Valley with peak activity recorded in the 1960s. In 1989 1,348 species of vascular plants were described in the Luangwa Valley. More botanical collecting is needed with a view to finding new plant taxa, and also to provide a satisfactory basis for applied disciplines such as ecology, phytogeography, conservation and environmental impact assessment.

Chasing Angels: The Sweet Wine Angelica

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-78
Author(s):  
hank shaw
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
The Real ◽  
Mission Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
Sweet Wine ◽  
Made In

Portugal has port, Spain has sherry, Sicily has Marsala –– and California has angelica. Angelica is California's original wine: The intensely sweet, fortified dessert cordial has been made in the state for more than two centuries –– primarily made from Mission grapes, first brought to California by the Spanish friars. Angelica was once drunk in vast quantities, but now fewer than a dozen vintners make angelica today. These holdouts from an earlier age are each following a personal quest for the real. For unlike port and sherry, which have strict rules about their production, angelica never gelled into something so distinct that connoisseurs can say, ““This is angelica. This is not.”” This piece looks at the history of the drink, its foggy origins in the Mission period and on through angelica's heyday and down to its degeneration into a staple of the back-alley wino set. Several current vintners are profiled, and they suggest an uncertain future for this cordial.

Not as It Is Written

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-100
Author(s):  
Benjamin Houston
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
International Exhibition ◽  
Black Experience ◽  
American Perspective ◽  
History Of ◽  
Black Life ◽  
Made In

This article discusses an international exhibition that detailed the recent history of African Americans in Pittsburgh. Methodologically, the exhibition paired oral history excerpts with selected historic photographs to evoke a sense of Black life during the twentieth century. Thematically, showcasing the Black experience in Pittsburgh provided a chance to provoke among a wider public more nuanced understandings of the civil rights movement, an era particularly prone to problematic and superficial misreadings, but also to interject an African American perspective into the scholarship on deindustrializing cities, a literature which treats racism mostly in white-centric terms. This essay focuses on the choices made in reconciling these thematic and methodological dimensions when designing this exhibition.

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