— the exception being some wells drilled from piers in the Ventura County area. 

 The only condition under which an off-shore well could be drilled was in the 

 case of an existing well draining a pool that extended onto State property. The 

 Huntington Beach Field in Orange County, California, is a well-known example 

 of this type of development. At Huntington Beach hundreds of wells have been 

 drilled from closely spaced locations along the beach and have bottomed in the 

 prolific reserves under the ocean. 



Figure 32-6 illustrates one of the new wells which are being drilled from 

 locations on the shore, but which will bottom under the ocean. This well, located 

 near Montalvo in Ventura County, California, was drilled to develop a pool 

 which extends from the shore outward under the Pacific. 



Occasionally, in areas other than the tidelands, it is necessary to drill a well 

 from a location which is not directly above the petroleum reservoir, because (1) 

 the pool being developed is located under a residential area or other urban 

 development and the factors of noise and zoning regulations must be considered ; 

 (2) the desired well site is under a river, swamp, or other natural obstacle 



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Figure 32-6. A typical on-shore location for a well which will bottom under the Pacific 

 Ocean in the background. Location is in Ventura County, California (Courtesy Stan- 

 dard Oil Company of California) . 



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