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  SANTA 
  MARIA 
  OIL 
  DISTRICT, 
  CALIFORNIA. 
  

  

  highly 
  productive. 
  The 
  conditions 
  affecting 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  oil 
  have 
  

   been 
  discussed 
  Tor 
  individual 
  areas 
  and 
  those 
  places 
  enumerated 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  conditions 
  seem 
  favorable 
  for 
  its 
  accumulation. 
  

  

  There 
  arc 
  52 
  oil 
  companies 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  district; 
  11 
  of 
  these 
  

   own 
  all 
  the 
  producing 
  wells. 
  Of 
  the 
  174 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  94 
  are 
  

   productive, 
  55 
  are 
  drilling, 
  and 
  25 
  are 
  abandoned. 
  The 
  total 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  up 
  to 
  January 
  1, 
  1907, 
  was 
  9,117,076 
  barrels; 
  the 
  

   production 
  ior 
  1906 
  alone 
  was 
  4,906,513 
  barrels. 
  

  

  