CASE HISTORY OF WILD GOOSE GAS FIELD, BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Abstract

The discovery well of the Wild Goose gas field was drilled and completed in 1951 on a structure located by a reflection seismograph survey conducted in 1950. An additional seismograph survey was made subsequent to discovery to define the structure better for further development. The illustrations include two seismic cross sections, a contour map based on the original seismic reflection data, an aeromagnetic map, a structure contour map, and an electric log of the discovery well. The producing sands are in an interval between the Forbes shale of Upper Cretaceous age and the overlying Capay shale of Eocene age.