Elk Hills marks a milestone

Journal Article · · Pacific Oil World; ()

OSTI ID:6075878

Rintoul, B

The Department of Energy produced the 500 millionth bbl of oil from Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 on October 25, 1980, over 61 years after the discovery of the Elk Hills Field. The cumulative production from the Elk Hills reserve represents slightly more than one-third of the original recoverable reserves. Production from the field can be broken down into 4 periods: discovery (1919) until World War II, 160,784,135 bbl; World War II, 27,640,279 bbl; post World War II until open up in July 1976, 112,204,119 bbl; and post open up, 199,291,467 bbl. Current production rates are 165,000 bpd of oil, 400,000 gal/day of liquid gas products, and approximately 200 MMCFD of gas. The field is the top producing field in the state.

• OSTI ID: 6075878
• Journal Information: Pacific Oil World; (), Journal Name: Pacific Oil World; () Vol. 73:11-12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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