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Description

California Oil Industry 

 A chart illustrating the expanding oil and gas industry of Kern County, California. This chart shows the status of wells and pipelines, their given names, and the company that owns the well. 

The annotations, including green lines and notes about local buildings, would appear to be illustrating pipelines or roads.  We note a City Park, School and houses annoted in pencil in the southeast corner.

The chart is quite detailed in displaying the different states of wells. Broadly, they fall into uncompleted and completed with specific designations for if they are abandoned, drilling, idle, or producing, including:

  • Uncompleted drilling
  • Uncompleted idle
  • Uncompleted abandoned
  • Completed producing
  • Completed idle
  • Completed abandoned
  • Water
  • Uncompleted abandoned converted to water
  • Completed abandoned converted to water
  • Gas
  • Gas abandoned

Many oil wells are depicted throughout the map. This region appears to be one of the most profitable areas of Kern with hundreds of wells either producing or planned depicted throughout the area. 

Condition Description
Manuscript annotations in pencil that name specific streets or buildings. Wear and toning where folded. Minor foxing as pictured.