Discovery of Kettleman North Dome

Discovery of Kettleman North Dome (HM19QN)

Location: Avenal, CA 93204 Kings County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 0.549', W 120° 7.207'

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On October 5, 1928, about four miles northeast of here, Milham Oil Company's Elliott Number One blew in out of control, thus discovering the giant oil and gas reservoir underlying the North Dome of Kettleman Hills. To date this field has produced approximately one half billion barrels of oil and two and one half trillion cubic feet of gas.

Here displayed is one of the original well control heads, or Christmas tree, which is indicative of the tremendous pressures and productive capacities of these early oil wells, some of which were capable of producing in excess of thirty thousand barrels of oil and one hundred and twenty million cubic feet of gas each day.
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HM NumberHM19QN
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Year Placed1958
Placed ByKettleman Hills Historical Association
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 12:48pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10S E 759561 N 3988800
Decimal Degrees36.00915000, -120.12011667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 0.549', W 120° 7.207'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 0' 32.94" N, 120° 7' 12.42" W
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Area Code(s)559
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1040 Skyline Blvd, Avenal CA 93204, US
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