San Clemente oil field

Journal Article · Fri Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1971 · Sum. Oper. Calif. Oil Fields; (United States)

OSTI ID:6767221

Lang, H R

San Clemente oil field is in S. Orange County, 4 miles north of the City of San Clemente. San Clemente oil field is significant because it contributed the first oil production in California south of the Los Angeles Basin. In a stratigraphic sense, it is radically different from any field in the Los Angeles Basin. The dominant structural feature is the northerly trending Cristianitos fault. A doubly plunging, elongated, anticlinal fold has been formed on the W. side of the fault, probably resulting from fault movement. The structure east of the fault is interpreted to be a generally southeasterly-dipping homocline. Oil accumulation is a combined result of updip fault closure, decrease in permeability updip and laterally, plus structural closure on the plunging anticline. The San Clemente oil field, although abandoned, is significant because it demonstrates the potential for oil production south of the Los Angeles Basin.

• OSTI ID: 6767221
• Journal Information: Sum. Oper. Calif. Oil Fields; (United States), Journal Name: Sum. Oper. Calif. Oil Fields; (United States) Vol. 58:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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