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Map of Kern River Oil Field Kern County, California . . .
Publication Place / Date
San Francisco & Los Angeles / 1956
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26.3 x 33 inches
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California Oil Industry -- Annotated To Show Pipelines

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. Some recognizable names and companies appear on this map, namely the Hershey Family Oil Trust, the Standard Oil Company, and Shell Oil. These industry titans are joined by smaller competitors who own wells in various stages of operation in the area.

The annotations, which appear in several different colors, would appear to be illustrating pipelines or possibly roads.

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
Original colored outline of roads. Some annotations in black pen and pencil relate names and numbers associated with areas of the map. Offsetting and toning where folded.
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