I have been reading “Wildcatter” oilmen, and how they would prospect for oil at times uncertain if there was any oil to be found. What I would like to know, is how did they try to discover oil in the first place?
Would they dig a hole and try to hit oil? Would they just set up an oil rig and start drilling into the ground?
Could this be done by one person, or two? Or would you need an entire crew to do it?
I imagine alot of people when they bought an oil plot, staked all their money on it and could’nt afford a crew.
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What’s reflected on the surface can indicate what’s in the subsurface. See that hill over there? There’s a good chance whatever created that hill on the surface created a subsurface “hill” or dome as well. This is known as a trap and can hold accumulated oil and gas. Let’s drill around that hill and see what we get.
Get some gas bubbles in that water well you dug? Maybe there’s more if we dig deeper, let’s drill around that area the farmers keep getting gas cut water.
Or, the old tried and true wildcat method of riding around on your horse until your hat fell off and drilling a well where it landed.
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