The Northwestern Oil Basin of Borneo: Far East

H. P. Schaub , A. Jackson

AAPG Special Volumes

... in the field and four rigs were continuously employed on exploration wells. OCCURRENCE OF OIL IN THE BASIN Commercial production of oil has so far been...

Prudhoe Bay Discovery! Forty-year Memories

H.C. “Harry” Jamison

Alaska Geological Society

.... Of course I knew we had been lucky, but I also knew that our good luck was based on ten years of excellent exploration, land acquisition efforts...

The Status of Geothermal Exploration in Hawaii: 1982

M. C. Gardner

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... acquired the Opihikao leasehold and drilling rigs and tools for deep-well exploration in 1980 by merger with Water Resources International and Geothermal...

What Oilfields?: Onshore Oil in the UK

Michael Quentin Morton

GEO ExPro Magazine

.... The Defence of the Realm Act, which allowed the government to enter land for the purpose of oil exploration, lapsed. This was not exactly what Lord Cowdray had...

A Review of Little Knife Field Development, North Dakota

MARTIN D. WITTSTROM, JR., MARVIN E. HAGEMElER

Montana Geological Society

... The 1-27-2B Federal Land Bank on the east flank of the structure is making approximately 95% water on pump at a subsea...

Report of a Meeting on the History of On-Shore Hydrocarbon Use in the UK (Or From Oil Shales and Seeps to 'Shaleopolis' and 100 Roughnecks!) 21 April 2007, Weymouth, UK

Anne O'Connor

Petroleum History Institute

... quadruple production. Southwell was authorised to conduct negotiations with American war officials to secure the assistance of American rigs, which were...

Deep Sand Development in Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Jack Gaddess

AAPG Bulletin

... mapped the surface geology in all of Tioga County and for 50 miles in all directions. More than 1,000,000 acres of land has been leased in this area...

Extended Abstract: Reducing Environmental Tradeoffs along the Texas Coastal Areas

Richard C. Haut, Tom Williams

GCAGS Transactions

... explored that includes various indicators related to air, water, land, human health and biodiversity. The goal is to develop specific methodologies...

AAPG Memoir 76, Chapter 16: Pore Pressure ahead of the Bit: An Integrated Approach

Nader C. Dutta, William H. Borland, W. Scott Leaney, Richard Meehan, and W. Les Nutt

AAPG Special Volumes

...), radiating energy upward toward the surface and downward ahead of the bit. At the surface for land wells, and at the sea floor for offshore wells...

Extended Abstract: The White Point Gassers, San Patricio County, Texas

Jeff A. Spencer

GCAGS Transactions

... Point gassers, San Patricio County, Texas: Oil-Industry History, v. 16, p. 111–122. Walraven, B., and M. K. Walraven, 2005, Wooden rigs—Iron men...

Petroleum Developments in Far East in 1951

George F. Barnwell

AAPG Bulletin

... were dry. In exploration drilling 26 rigs were reported to have drilled 33 wells. There were 5 discoveries; 4 in South Sumatra and 1 in Netherlands...

Developments in Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles in 1963

Jerry M. Shelby

AAPG Bulletin

... with 200 wells (95 oil and 50 gas) and a 73% success ratio. Rigs in the county were kept busy digging for oil and gas in the SW. Logan, Como-Elwood, SE...

Developments in Louisiana Gulf Coast in 1963

Norman E. Smith , J. S. Eldred

AAPG Bulletin

... extended more than 2 miles, several rigs were active, and an extensive town-lot leasing campaign was in full swing. Accumulation appears to be structurally...

Tomorrow's Explorers; #120031 (2009)

Arthur R. Green

Search and Discovery.com

... to Slide 10 (page 11) Slide 11. Rigs are moving into water depths beyond 7,000 feet and drilling to great depths. What a time to be an exploration...

Challenges and Solutions Associated with Drilling Deviated Wells in Alternating Soft-Hard Formations … A Case Study from Onshore KG Basin, India; #42309 (2018)

Rahul Talreja, Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Amol Nakhle, Koka Raj Kumar, Ankit Kakrania

Search and Discovery.com

..., positional, and geographical complications, directional wells were planned from a land site. This article investigates three lost-in-hole incidents and other...

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS DURING 1996

Search and Discovery.com

Oil and Gas Developments in Central and Southern Africa in 1982

Harry J. McGrew

AAPG Bulletin

... by the international oil companies. Several small projects required the acquisition of relatively small amounts of land. A notable exception was in Gabon where Tenneco...

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS AND A SMALL TOWN NEWSPAPERS COVERAGE OF A LOCAL OIL BOOM THE RACCOON BEND OIL FIELD, AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS

Jeff A. Spencer

Petroleum History Institute

... land reportedly blew out around the year 1919 (Fig. 2). Sulphur water was reported in some water wells. There were hard, mineralized, sandstones...

New Mexico State Land Office: Connecting with King Permian

Marilyn Gruebel

West Texas Geological Society

...New Mexico State Land Office: Connecting with King Permian Marilyn Gruebel 2017 30 31 The New Mexico State Land Office administers 9 million acres...

Comparison of National and Private Petroleum Company Exploration Techniques, Philosophy, and Success

A. A. Meyerhoff

CSPG Bulletin

.... It is true that pipe is manufactured in Canada, Italy, France, Mexico, Japan, West Germany and other countries; that drilling rigs are manufactured...

Petroleum Developments in Europe in 1951

F. E. Von Estorff

AAPG Bulletin

..., and Sullivan rigs, all of which were in continuous operation throughout 1951. The Emsco accounted for 9,303 feet of hole, temporarily abandoning...

Early History of the Caddo-Pine Island Field

C. Lane Sartor

Petroleum History Institute

.... leased a tract of land one mile south of the original discovery, and in April, 1905, while drilling the #2 Caddo Oil and Mining Co. well to 830 feet...

Oklahoma and the World Energy Crisis

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... some land, oil spills have polluted some waters, and automobile exhausts have fouled the air in some areas. So the problems of energy...

Editorial and Meeting Report - Wichita, Kansas 2006

William R. Brice - Editor

Petroleum History Institute

..., KS - APRIL 20-23, 2005 - Brice Figure 25. Operating drill rigs, Cable-tool (left) and Rotary Rig (right) in an outdoor exhibit at the Butler County...

The Significance of the Pinedale Field

Thomas Meyer, Mark Longman

AAPG Special Volumes

... was only 10% developed when the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) process was started in 2005. The SEIS was one of the first Bureau of Land...