The Pincher Creek structure lies in the southern part of the Foothills Belt of Alberta. Seismograph operations started in the area of the structure in 1943 as a part of the survey being carried on in the region and has been carried on periodically into 1953. The shooting was partly by the refraction method.

The discovery well is the Pincher Creek No. 1, LSD 15, Sec. 24, T. 3, R. 29 W. 4. Subsequently successful wells, the Marr No. 1 and the Bonertz No. 1, were drilled 7½ and 4½ miles, respectively, and in that order northwest of the discovery. The Schrempp No. 1 was drilled low on the structure in an attempt to find oil but only had a short section of the pay zone above the gas-water line. The Huddleston No. 1 is the most recent completion. It has modified somewhat previous ideas of the nature of the structure and has made a local change in the extent of the reservoir.

The pay zone is in Mississippian dolomites and limestones with a stratigraphic sequence similar to that at Turner Valley. The gas is in intergranular porosity zones and in general permeability occurs as the result of fracturing in the reservoir. Most of the entire productive section has been cored with consequent good control of reservoir factors.

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