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  SANTA 
  MARIA 
  OIL 
  DISTRICT, 
  CALIFORNIA. 
  

  

  Oil 
  companies 
  and 
  wells 
  in 
  Simla 
  Maria 
  district 
  Continued. 
  

  

  

  Field. 
  

  

  Oil 
  wells. 
  

  

  Company. 
  

  

  Produc- 
  

   tive. 
  

  

  Aban- 
  

   doned. 
  

  

  Drilling. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Union 
  Oil 
  Co.— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Pox 
  lease 
  

  

  Santa 
  Maria 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  

  1 
  

   1 
  

   1 
  

  

  2 
  

   5 
  

  

  i; 
  

  

  Hartneil 
  lease 
  

  

  "l 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  Hill 
  lease 
  

  

  Lompoc 
  

  

  Santa 
  Maria 
  

  

  .. 
  ..do 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  1 
  [obbs 
  lease 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  Newlove 
  

  

  

  5 
  

  

  Wise 
  & 
  Denigan 
  

  

  Lompoc 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  

  8 
  

  

  Waldorf 
  well. 
  ... 
  

  

  Santa 
  Maria 
  

  

  l 
  

   3 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  1 
  

  

  Western 
  Union 
  Oil 
  Co 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  

  

  20 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  31 
  

  

  Yakima 
  Oil 
  Co. 
  (Lucas) 
  (Associated 
  Oil 
  

   Co.). 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  94 
  

  

  26 
  

  

  55 
  

  

  174 
  

  

  WELL 
  DRILLING. 
  

  

  The 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  district 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  deepest 
  oil 
  

   producers 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  reaching 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  over 
  4,400 
  

   feet. 
  Except 
  at 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  wells, 
  where 
  rotary 
  drills 
  have 
  heen 
  

   used 
  to 
  penetrate 
  the 
  soft 
  sands 
  and 
  shales 
  near 
  the 
  surface, 
  all 
  of 
  

   the 
  drilling 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  with 
  the 
  standard 
  rig. 
  The 
  casing 
  used 
  

   ranges 
  in 
  diameter 
  from 
  12 
  to 
  16 
  inches 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  down 
  to 
  4| 
  inches, 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  wells, 
  it 
  is 
  believed, 
  even 
  smaller, 
  at 
  the 
  bottom. 
  The 
  

   cost 
  of 
  the 
  deeper 
  wells 
  runs 
  in 
  general 
  from 
  $12,000 
  to 
  $20,000, 
  

   but 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  deepest 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  cost 
  even 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  

   latter 
  figure. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  texture 
  of 
  the 
  shale, 
  it 
  is 
  usually 
  possible 
  to 
  

   carry 
  the 
  hole 
  down 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  below 
  the 
  casing 
  

   without 
  danger 
  of 
  caving. 
  Wherever 
  the 
  w 
  r 
  ells 
  penetrate 
  the 
  soft 
  

   Fernando 
  beds 
  for 
  any 
  considerable 
  distance 
  much 
  trouble 
  is 
  expe- 
  

   rienced, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  the 
  drilling 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  

   comparatively 
  easy. 
  

  

  PRODUCTION. 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  of 
  oil 
  in 
  the 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  region 
  has 
  been 
  increas- 
  

   ing 
  rapidly 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  years, 
  but 
  the 
  figures 
  of 
  actual 
  

   production 
  do 
  not 
  fully 
  indicate 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  

   district. 
  Lack 
  of 
  storage 
  capacity, 
  inadequate 
  transportation 
  facili- 
  

   ties, 
  and 
  the 
  low 
  price 
  of 
  crude 
  petroleum 
  are 
  factors 
  which 
  have 
  

   kept 
  down 
  the 
  amount 
  produced 
  and 
  marketed. 
  Well 
  drilling 
  has 
  

   been 
  going 
  on 
  steadily 
  ever 
  since 
  the 
  field 
  was 
  opened, 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  

   companies 
  have 
  pushed 
  their 
  production 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  limit 
  for 
  any 
  

   length 
  of 
  time. 
  

  

  Nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  oil 
  so 
  far 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  has 
  come 
  from 
  

   the 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  field. 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  including 
  the 
  

   Santa 
  Maria, 
  Lompoc, 
  and 
  Arroyo 
  Grande 
  fields, 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  five 
  

   years 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  