Calder Field, Kern County, California: ABSTRACT

Abstract

The Calder field is located in Secs. 23 and 26, T. 29 S., R. 25 E., Kern County, in the south-central part of the San Joaquin Valley, approximately 12 miles west of Bakersfield. Discovery was made by the General Petroleum Corporation upon the completion of K.C.L.-Calder No. 38-23, on May 5, 1949. Initial production was 280 barrels per day of 34.8° gravity oil cutting 0.8% through a 17/64-inch bean with 475 pounds pressure over packer and 404 M.c.f. of gas from the interval 8,815-8,835 feet. End_Page 2378------------------------------ Production is from sands in the uppermost part of the Stevens sand zone of upper Miocene age. Three productive wells and two dry holes have been drilled since discovery. Accumulation is believed to be due principally to stratigraphic trap conditions formed by the lensing-out of individual sand members. The cumulative production of the Calder field, to August 1, 1950, is 78,895 barrels. End_of_Article - Last_Page 2379------------