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Title: Tular Lake Field, Kings County, California - a significant onshore development

Abstract

The Tulare Lake field is located in Kings County, California, on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and 10 mi east of the Kettleman Hills (North Dome) field and 30 mi souuheast of the city of Coalinga. The field was discovered by Husky Oil Co. (Marathon) in October 1981 with the completion of the Boswell 22-16, Sec. 16, T22S, R20E from sands in the Burbank formation of Oligocene geologic age. Chevron USA offset the Husky discovery well with the completion of the Salyer 678X, Sec. 8, T22S, R20E, in May 1983. Both Chevron and Husky have continued an orderly development of the field, and to date Chevron has 9 producing wells and Husky 10 producing wells. Production is found in the Burbank formation at a vertical depth below 12,800 ft. The entrapment of hydrocarbons is caused by a low amplitude, seismically subtle, anticlinal fold trending northwest/southeast. Isochore maps of the Burbank formation show that stratigraphy is important in the distribution of the four producing sand intervals. Oil gravities form the sands vary 39/sup 0/ API to 51/sup 0/ API and the GOR ranges from 1050 to over 5500. As of January 1, 1984, the field has a cumulativemore » production of 1.7 million bbl of oil and 3.5 billion ft/sup 3/ of gas.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Chevron USA Inc., Concord, CA
OSTI Identifier:
5992579
Report Number(s):
CONF-8505215-
Journal ID: CODEN: AAPGB
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 69:4; Conference: AAPG-SEPM-SEG Pacific section meeting, Anchorage, AK, USA, 22 May 1985
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; CALIFORNIA; OIL FIELDS; GEOLOGY; ANTICLINES; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GEOLOGIC TRAPS; RESERVOIR ROCK; TERTIARY PERIOD; CENOZOIC ERA; FEDERAL REGION IX; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; MINERAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RESOURCES; USA; 020200* - Petroleum- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration

Citation Formats

Lindblom, R G, and Waldron, J M. Tular Lake Field, Kings County, California - a significant onshore development. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
Lindblom, R G, & Waldron, J M. Tular Lake Field, Kings County, California - a significant onshore development. United States.
Lindblom, R G, and Waldron, J M. 1985. "Tular Lake Field, Kings County, California - a significant onshore development". United States.
@article{osti_5992579,
title = {Tular Lake Field, Kings County, California - a significant onshore development},
author = {Lindblom, R G and Waldron, J M},
abstractNote = {The Tulare Lake field is located in Kings County, California, on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and 10 mi east of the Kettleman Hills (North Dome) field and 30 mi souuheast of the city of Coalinga. The field was discovered by Husky Oil Co. (Marathon) in October 1981 with the completion of the Boswell 22-16, Sec. 16, T22S, R20E from sands in the Burbank formation of Oligocene geologic age. Chevron USA offset the Husky discovery well with the completion of the Salyer 678X, Sec. 8, T22S, R20E, in May 1983. Both Chevron and Husky have continued an orderly development of the field, and to date Chevron has 9 producing wells and Husky 10 producing wells. Production is found in the Burbank formation at a vertical depth below 12,800 ft. The entrapment of hydrocarbons is caused by a low amplitude, seismically subtle, anticlinal fold trending northwest/southeast. Isochore maps of the Burbank formation show that stratigraphy is important in the distribution of the four producing sand intervals. Oil gravities form the sands vary 39/sup 0/ API to 51/sup 0/ API and the GOR ranges from 1050 to over 5500. As of January 1, 1984, the field has a cumulative production of 1.7 million bbl of oil and 3.5 billion ft/sup 3/ of gas.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5992579}, journal = {Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 69:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1985},
month = {Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1985}
}

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