﻿OIL 
  OF 
  THE 
  SANTA 
  MARIA 
  DISTRICT. 
  

  

  115 
  

  

  those 
  found 
  in 
  Bulletins 
  Nos. 
  31 
  and 
  32 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  State 
  Min- 
  

   ing 
  Bureau. 
  The 
  analyses 
  of 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  oil 
  contained 
  in 
  these 
  

   bulletins 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  H. 
  N. 
  Cooper, 
  and, 
  together 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  

   oils 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  California 
  districts, 
  are 
  copied 
  in 
  the 
  

   table 
  below. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  definite 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  ultimate 
  composi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  oil 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  a 
  table' 
  by 
  P. 
  W. 
  Prutzman 
  a 
  showing 
  

   the 
  incidental 
  constituents 
  of 
  California 
  crude 
  oil. 
  This 
  author 
  

   states 
  that 
  a 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  oil 
  of 
  17° 
  (probably 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  group 
  

   of 
  Western 
  Union 
  wells) 
  contained 
  0.43 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  nitrogen, 
  no 
  sul- 
  

   phur, 
  and 
  8.37 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  asphaltene. 
  The 
  freedom 
  of 
  the 
  Santa 
  

   Maria 
  oil 
  from 
  sulphur 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  chief 
  and 
  valuable 
  characteristics. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  6 
  contains 
  analyses 
  of 
  four 
  oils 
  from 
  the 
  Santa 
  

   Maria 
  district, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  analyses 
  of 
  twelve 
  other 
  California 
  

   oils 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  comparison. 
  The 
  oil 
  of 
  analysis 
  No. 
  3 
  in 
  the 
  

   table 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  average 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  Santa 
  

   Maria 
  field. 
  

  

  Following 
  the 
  table 
  are 
  distillation 
  tests. 
  

  

  Chemical 
  analyses 
  of 
  California 
  petroleum. 
  

   [By 
  H. 
  N. 
  Cooper, 
  chemist. 
  Samples 
  collected 
  by 
  Marion 
  Aubury, 
  field 
  assistant.] 
  

  

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  c3 
  

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   6 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  company. 
  

  

  County. 
  

  

  District. 
  

  

  Gravity. 
  

  

  Specific 
  

   gravity 
  

   of 
  crude 
  

   at 
  15° 
  C. 
  

   (about 
  

   60° 
  F.). 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  Western 
  Union 
  Oil 
  Co 
  

  

  Santa 
  Barbara 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   do 
  

  

  Western 
  Union 
  . 
  . 
  

   Carreaga 
  

  

  ° 
  B. 
  

   20 
  

   34.6 
  

   27.6 
  

   16.2 
  

   14.9 
  

   13 
  

  

  16.5 
  

   18.5 
  

   20.7 
  

   23 
  

   27.3 
  

   28.9 
  

   31.3 
  

   34.1 
  

   35.1 
  

   37.3 
  

  

  0.9337 
  

  

  ? 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  .8508 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Pinal 
  Oil 
  Co 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  

  .8882 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  Union 
  Oil 
  Co. 
  of 
  California 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Lompoc 
  

  

  .9574 
  

  

  f> 
  

  

  Sea 
  Cliff 
  Oil 
  Co 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Summerland 
  

  

  Kern 
  River 
  field.. 
  

  

  Middle 
  field 
  

  

  McKittrick 
  

  

  W 
  rattier 
  

  

  .9665 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  King 
  Refining 
  Co 
  . 
  .' 
  

  

  Kern 
  

  

  .9792 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  I. 
  W. 
  Shirley 
  

  

  Los 
  Angeles 
  

  

  Kern 
  

  

  .9559 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  Southern 
  Pacific 
  Oil 
  Co 
  

  

  .9425 
  

  

  q 
  

  

  Home 
  Oil 
  Co 
  

  

  Los 
  Angeles 
  

  

  Orange 
  

  

  .9291 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  Brea 
  Canyon 
  Oil 
  Co 
  

  

  Fullerton 
  

  

  .9147 
  

  

  n 
  

  

  Los 
  Angeles 
  Pacific 
  Rwy. 
  Co 
  

  

  Ventura 
  

  

  Santa 
  Paula 
  

  

  Adams 
  Canyon. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Coalinga 
  

  

  .8900 
  

  

  i? 
  

  

  Union 
  Oil 
  Co. 
  of 
  California 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  .8814 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  California 
  Oilfields 
  (Limited) 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Fresno 
  

  

  .8680 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  Home 
  Oil 
  Co 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  .8530 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  Los 
  Angeles 
  Pacific 
  Rwy. 
  Co 
  

  

  Ventura 
  

  

  Timber 
  Canyon. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Pico 
  Canyon 
  

  

  .8481 
  

  

  16 
  

  

  Pacific 
  Coast 
  Oil 
  Co 
  

  

  Los 
  Angeles 
  

  

  .8307 
  

  

  

  

  

  a 
  Bull. 
  California 
  State 
  Mining 
  Bureau 
  No. 
  32, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  224. 
  

  

  b 
  For 
  a 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  used 
  in 
  obtaining 
  the 
  data 
  recorded 
  in 
  this 
  table 
  the 
  

   reader 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  Bull. 
  California 
  State 
  Mining 
  Bureau 
  No. 
  31, 
  p. 
  1; 
  idem, 
  No. 
  32, 
  1904, 
  table 
  cpp. 
  

   p. 
  230; 
  or 
  to 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Survey 
  No 
  309, 
  1907, 
  pp. 
  205-208. 
  

  

  