Ten Section Field, Kern County, California

The Ten Section field is approximately 10 miles southwest of Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif. (Fig. 1). There is no surface evidence of the existence ofthe Ten Section structure, which subsurface exploration has shown to be agently folded, anticlinal dome. Regionally, this field occurs as a fold in thedeeper beds of the gently rolling floor of the San Joaquin Valley. It is on theeasterly slope of the valley, its position with relation to the axis of thissyncline not having been determined. The field was discovered by Shell Oil Co. with the completion of well Stevens A-I, on June 2, 1936, at a depth of 7888 ft.