Show CALI FORNIAS OIL RECORD IN 1902 the following statement of the oil production of california during me past pasi year and of the existing conditions in the producing fields is absolutely reliable and can be depended upon as correct that the figures I given are correct can be judged from th the e fact that in january of last year this paper made a similar statement for the year 1901 which statement was practically identical with that made by the united states geological survey and the state mining bureau both of which proved the correctness ness of the statement published in the pacific oil reporter nearly nine months before the following figures contain neither exaggeration or guess guesswork work and are of great value as a basis upon which to form intelligent judgments producing production producing fields wells bals santa maria 5 Co alinga 19 midway 2 sunset 7 24 mckittrick 37 kern river summerland newhall santa paula and ventura los angeles whittier 76 fullerton brea canyon 98 puente 45 total 2152 average daily production for the year owing to lack of market and transportation facilities there are now shut in and not being pumped the following number of wells in the district santa paula 13 sunset 50 coalinga corlinga Co alinga 55 midway 16 kern river mckittrick 40 total wells are now being drilled in producing fields as follows newhall santa kern river 28 paula and ven mckittrick 8 tura 23 sunset 10 puente 3 santa marla maria 3 los angeles 11 midway 11 summerland 2 Co alinga 5 total whittier 12 fullerton brea can 22 stocks of oil in and reservoirs barrels the production of the state varies in gravity from 9 degrees beaume the lowest gravity in the sunset field to 38 degrees B the highest gravity in the newhall field the depth of producing wells ranges from feet at Surn summerland merland to 2500 feet at fullerton pacific oil reporter san francisco |