Geology And Technology Of The California Oil Fields PDF Download

Excerpt from The Sunset-Midway Oil Field California, Vol. 1: Geology and Oil Resources It is commonly supposed that the geologist is concerned with only the first of these prob lems, and that once the position of the new field is pointed out his duties are ended. But in reality the efficient handling of any pool depends upon the geologist as much as upon the engineer or the well driller, especially such pools as those which occur in the feebly con solidated sedimentary beds of the Tertiary The proper interpretation of the well records and the correlation of these data with the areal geology depend upon the geologist more than upon anyone else, and his work should afford the comprehensive picture of the under ground conditions that is so essential to the petroleum operator. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.