Home browse collections pacific section of aapg bookpublication petroleum geology of. Cardo entrix, 2012, hydraulic fracturing study pxp inglewood oil field. Engineering geology and geotechnical engineering aspects of. First a general survey of this area was made and then a geologic map with all field data plotted was prepared.
It explains the background to production geology in the context of oil field subsurface operations. At the inglewood oil field to the south, a complete section is encountered. The messla oil field is the most recent addition to the list of 20 giant fields discovered within the prolific sirte basin of libya. Inglewood oil field structure map and geologic cross sections. The nisz is designated as an alquist priolo earthquake fault zone, though only the portions that can be mapped at the.
Petroleum geology of the santa maria basin assessment province, california for the 1987 national assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources by caroline m. Subsurface geology of sentous zone development, inglewood oil. City council authorizes amortization study for the inglewood oil field. Babies born in the inglewood oil field communities between 1990 and 1997 were slightly more likely 1. L geology, soils, and seismicity downtown inglewood and fairview heights 4. Today, the inglewood oil field continues to be a steady source of domestic oil and natural gas and is one of the most productive oil fields in the entire l. The varied disciplines of geology explore the history of the earth itself in hopes of understanding in greater detail where oil comes from and where more oil might be found, as well as the best ways to retrieve oil and utilize it once it has been retrieved. Berryman contributions to economic geology geological survey bulletin 32d a complete sequence of pliocene rocks cored in naval petroleum reserve no.
Evidence for coseismic subsidence events in a southern. Venice and inglewood map title in upper and lower margins. The long beach field is one of many prolific oil fields along the newport inglewood fault zone, which includes the enormous huntington beach oil field on the south, the seal beach oil field, the long beach field, and to the northwest of that the dominguez, rosecrans, and inglewood fields the main portion of the long beach field is an anticlinal structure paralleling the fault zone, with. The basin is also connected to an anomalous group of eastwest trending chains of mountains collectively known as the california transverse ranges. This oil field is operational and produced 512,000 barrels bbl of oil and 332,000 cubic feet cf of gas in 2006. The baldwin hills inglewood oil field occupies an irregularly shaped area that extends diagonally across the trend of the hills along the axis of the faulted inglewood anticline and covers approximately 700. Summary of geology and petroleum plays used to assess. Abstract petroleum geology of coastal southern california, 1987 pages 4149. In recent years, residents within the vicinity of the oil field reported noise, odor, vibration, health, safety and. It is also believed to be an extension of the oak ridge. Limb defects are not known to be caused by exposure to benzene or other petroleum products.
L5 metis environmental group transit oriented development plan draft program eir july 1, 2016 4. The dominguez oil field is a large oil field underneath dominguez hills near carson, california and the california state university, dominguez hills. The award was presented to the getty oil company for the vickers lease in 1982. Hydraulic fracturing at inglewood oil field squarespace. There are many ways the field of geology contributes to the petroleum industry. Technical memorandum california state water resources. The petroleum geology of the cretaceous formations in abu dhabi, united arab emirates m. Initially, this field was the site for oil development and then later, gas storage in. Engineering geology and geotechnical engineering aspects. One of the largest of these fields is the inglewood oil field in the baldwin hills. Pdf on dec 31, 2015, jaehong ko and others published petroleum geology of the united arab emirates find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
Subsurface correlations were made by use of the electrical logs schlumberger and the subsurface structure was studied. Oil field production geology geoscienceworld books. The inglewood oil field iof inglewood oil field specific plan project an oil reservoir that is defined by various surface, subsurface, ownership and rights boundaries most tangible to the community is the surface field boundary of the oil field, which is the visible working area at ground surface. Many studies related to the baldwin hills have been made in the last 30 years owing to heavy oil production, land subsidence, and seismic hazards. Discovered in 1924 and in continuous production ever since, in 2012 it produced approximately 2.
Inglewood fault line over thousands of years is the recent expression of millions of years of burial and deformation of the sedimentary rocks, which overall provided a subsurface environment that allowed and natural gas to form at depth, and to collect beneath the inglewood oil field, wilmington oil field, and. The field, discovered in 1971, lies in the southeastern part of the sirte basin approximately 40 km north of the supergiant sarir oil field. Geology, soils, and seismicity technical memorandum. Therefore, activities associated with oil and gas development in the baldwin hills do not affect. Faulting faults are fractures or lines of weakness in the earths crust. Remaining recoverable petroleum in ten giant oil fields of. Technical adviser inglewood oil field, baldwin hills sngscpuc avondaleglen elder neighhd. Sediments of the baldwin hills have been considerably warped and faulted. Faults that allow landmasses to move horizontally past each other are strikeslip faults e.
The baldwin hills are the highest of the hills along this fault zone, reaching a height of 511 feet 153 meters m above mean sea level. With the increasing number of presalt discoveries of supergiant fields, the santos basin is very important for future exploration. Today, these activities operate in the midst of dense urban development. Pursuant to california code of regulations ccr title 14, division 2, chapter 4, section 1722 k, the state supervisor of oil and gas may establish field rules for any oil and gas pool or zone in a field when sufficient geologic and engineering data is available from previous drilling operations. At the time of the failure of baldwin hills dam in 1963, the field had more than 600 producing wells, and the closest wells were located within 700 feet of the reservoir structure. Spr is led by a team of seasoned industry professionals with extensive experience in urban oil field operations, who have spent a majority of their careers. Engineering geology and geotechnical engineering aspects of redevelopment of the huntington beach oil field, california david c. Hydraulic fracturing at inglewood oil field environmental. Mar 20, 2017 the only longterm estimate of paleoearthquake recurrence for the newport inglewood fault is from near the huntington beach oil field, where 26 used continuous cone penetrometer borings to locate. A new report is the first step, not the last word fifteen months after a hardwon settlement provided for important environmental protections, research studies and monitoring of the inglewood oil field and adjacent communities, compliance with the agreements provisions has been significant. Oil was discovered in the venice area in 1930, which initiated an oil boom along the coast. Surface and subsurface geology of montebello hills. The state of california native american heritage commission provided comments.
Geological survey usgs scientists recently assessed the remaining recoverable oil in 10 oil fields of. Newport inglewood fault zone, the paramount syncline1, the dominguez anticline2. In addition, the potrero and dominguez oil fields are located to the west of the project area. The inglewood oil field was discovered in 1924 and covered approximately 1,200 acres when fully developed. Today, oil extraction continues in the baldwin hills, with more limited production at scattered locations throughout the watershed. Geology and petroleum american association of petroleum. Purchase of an open document does not constitute license for republication in any form, nor does it allow web posting without prior written permission. Starting in 2010, oil companies became interested in redeveloping the field using modern extraction technologies.
The geologic section at the reservoir site may be briefly summarized as follows. Oil field is located in the northeast portion of the west adams cpa, as shown in figure 4. Lithologic characteristics of pliocene rocks cored at elk hills, kern county, california by william m. Oil was discovered in the baldwin hills in 1924 by standard oil, and the oil field was operated by chevron successor company to standard oil, followed in 1992 by stocker. Its primary geologic feature is a neogene basin whose foundations were controlled by cretaceous subduction and late cretaceouspaleogene terrane accretion. In the following paper a report of both surface and subsurface geology of the montebello oil field is given. The faults and folds associated with the newport inglewood uplift form structural traps for the major oil fields along the newport inglewood fault zone.
We had some issues with the readability of the diagrams for nontechnical audiences. The present basin is a coastal lowland area, whose floor is marked by elongate low ridges and groups of hills that is located on. Hills, torrancewilmington oil fields, newportinglewood zone and anaheim nose. Keeping the baldwin hills clean and green for generations to come pdf. The current production volumes from the inglewood field are 8,700 barrels per day bpd oil, 300,000 bpd water, and 5,700 thousand.
Lithologic characteristics of pliocene rocks cored at elk. The petroleum geology of the precretaceous in abu dhabi is a subject of another. It also gives practical guidelines as to how a production geologist can analyze the reservoir geology and fluid flow characteristics of an oil field with the aim of improving hydrocarbon recovery. Over the past century, more than 400 million barrels of oil have been produced from the inglewood oil field. The pdr gas field underlies most of the pdr and mdr area. Isaacs1 openfile report 89450 c this report is preliminary and. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. It was a major oil producer from 1923 through 1960. Petroleum geology of coastal southern california, 1987 pages 4149. Research paper the petroleum geology of the cretaceous. It was discovered in 1936 by a threeway venture between honolulu oil company, devonian oil company, and cascade petroleum company.
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