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INISKIN PENINSULA –WEST SIDE OF COOK INLET Wells drilled on the Iniskin Peninsula (data from Miller et al., 1959 and Alaska Prospector, Valdez newspaper) Company Year Total Depth Alaska Petroleum Co. 1 1900?, 1902‐1903 1,050+ ft. Alaska Petroleum Co. 2 1904 450 ft. Alaska Petroleum Co. 3 1904 900 ft. Alaska Petroleum Co. 4 1906? ‐‐ Alaska Oil Co. 1 1902 600+ ft. Alaska Oil Co. 2 1903 ‐‐ Iniskin Drilling Co. I.B.A. 1 1938‐1939 8,775 ft. Iniskin Unit Operator Inc. Beal 1 1954‐1955 9,745 ft. Alaska Consolidated Oil Co.‐ Antonio Zappa No. 1 1958‐1961 11,231 ft. The goal of the Havenstrite’s effort was to reach the Upper Triassic (based on favorable signs his geologists saw at Puale Bay), but they never succeeded in getting below the Lower Jurassic Talkeetna Formation.
OIL SEEPS ON THE INISKIN PENINSULA LEAD TO EARLY EXPLORATION Oil seeps in Well Creek and Bowser Creek area, Iniskin Peninula, west side of Cook Inlet Martin and Katz (1912), USGS Bulletin 485 report: “First indications of oil were said to be taken from this area by a Russian named Paveloff in 1882. Claims were subsequently saked in 1892 by Edelman from Kenai. His claim was at the head of the creeks entering Oil and Dry bays, but were subsequently abandoned. In 1896 Pomeroy and Griffen staked claims at Oil Bay and next year organized the Alaska Petroleum Company, which began work in 1898. The Alaska Oil Co. was organized in 1901 and in 1902 began drilling at Dry Bay. The first well at Oil Bay was begun in 1898 and is said to been drilled to a depth of over 1,000 feet. Had good oil (50 barrels per day at 700 ft.) and gas shows, but no major recovery. Several subsequent wells were drilled by both companies.”
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Page 21 and 22: CROSS-SECTION OF “EAST FIELD”
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Page 29 and 30: ALL CONSIDERING, PRODUCTION AT THE
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