tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360614506818167717.post7142188999190012595..comments2024-01-27T16:00:39.065-08:00Comments on History of the Earth: July 8. Rangely Oil & Gas FieldRichard Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360614506818167717.post-75644103454145165112017-03-07T16:10:32.937-08:002017-03-07T16:10:32.937-08:00Good book about this Field-The Raven at Rangely: A...Good book about this Field-The Raven at Rangely: An illustrated history of Raven Oil and Refining CoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360614506818167717.post-80701614956800207262015-01-15T15:48:28.028-08:002015-01-15T15:48:28.028-08:00I grew up in Rangely in the 1960's. The first ...I grew up in Rangely in the 1960's. The first Weber well, Raven A-1, was drilled 1932-33 and then capped until WWII, but shallow wells had been producing out of the Mancos Shale (much closer to the surface) since not long after 1900. The Weber field -- about 500 wells initially -- was unitized in 1957 and put on secondary recovery -- i.e., converting a number of the wells to "waterflood injection" to aid production of the remaining oil producing wells. The CO2 recovery began, as stated, in the 1980's and continues to this day. Deep wells were drilled in a "boom" in the '40's and '50's on a 40-acre spacing plot, spaced out like a checkerboard ... and "infill wells" were added in the 1960's as the fifth "dot" in the middle of each four-well square. The town of Rangely sits on the eastern edge of the field, which is located in a bowl-like valley; a scenic peak know as "Mellen Hill" marks the field's western edge. It measures about ten miles by five miles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360614506818167717.post-89433440563526789432014-10-08T23:58:14.936-07:002014-10-08T23:58:14.936-07:00It is nice post of oil & gas field. Rangely i...It is nice post of oil & gas field. Rangely is one of the biggest oil fields area in the United States. Thanks for Sharing<br /><br /><a href="http://www.expscout.com" rel="nofollow">Oil and Gas field reports</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00189886667885762439noreply@blogger.com