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ZIEGLAR, DONALD L.
Retired, Windsor, CA.

Abstract: A Historic Review of Petroleum Exploration and Production Ideas, Concepts, and Technologies

Data resulting from exploration and production activities since the Drake oil discovery in 1859 have required the development of rational, scientifically based explanations for the plethora of new observations and measurements that were being made. Answers about the when, where, why and how aspects of hydrocarbon accumulations provided conceptual guidelines to focus activities but also generated new questions which resulted in the development and applications of new methodologies and technologies. Subsurface mapping and graphic display techniques were and are essential to illustrate and communicate conclusions to colleagues, company managers, and investors. Until the early 1900s geologists associated with federal and state geological surveys and with university geological departments were in the forefront of developing basic concepts, techniques and technologies. After that, the geological and geophysical groups within individual oil and gas companies continued seeking better answers to old questions and new answers for the new questions which resulted from the applications of new technologies. Looking at the "roots" of some of these basic concepts and methodologies in a historic time frame provides useful lessons about the applications of science to exploration and production activities.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90928©1999 AAPG Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas