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Geophysical history of the Ten Section oil field, Kern County, California
Joseph C. Waterman
Geophysical history of the Ten Section oil field, Kern County, California
Geophysics (July 1947) 12 (3): 402-405
Geophysical history of the Ten Section oil field, Kern County, California
Geophysics (July 1947) 12 (3): 402-405
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Abstract
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.
ISSN: 0016-8033
EISSN: 1942-2156
Coden: GPYSA7
Serial Title: Geophysics
Serial Volume: 12
Serial Issue: 3
Title: Geophysical history of the Ten Section oil field, Kern County, California
Author(s): Waterman, Joseph C.
Pages: 402-405
Published: 194707
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
DOI:
10.1190/1.1437332
Accession Number: 1949-017720
Categories: Economic geology of energy sources
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: abs., p. 490
N32°30'00" - N42°00'00", W124°30'00" - W114°15'00"
Source Note: Geophys. Case Histories, 1948, p. 551-553, illus. incl. index map, 1949; abs., Oil and Gas Jour., p. 123, Mar. 29, 1947.
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States. Reference includes data supplied by Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
Update Code: 1949
