Naval Petroleum Reserve-1: Data Inaccuracies Complicate Production and Ownership Issues

摘要

The report presents an examination of whether the rate of oil production at the Naval Petroleum Reserve (NPR-1) located at Elk Hills in Kern County, California, meets the requirements of Public Law 94-258. Congressional action opened NPR-1 to full production in 1976 and required that oil be produced at the maximum efficient rate (MER). The study reviewed DOE computer reports of cumulative production from the start of production until October 1986, and further analyzed this data by individual well, including allocation factors and production totals. Well histories and logs for the two major producing pools were also reviewed and analyzed.