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Oil/Water Exploration by Harold White When you’re drilling a well on a mountain high above the land around the base of the mountain, the job seems futile, hopeless, impossible to get a well in a short drill like 500 feet. It looks like we would have to drill to the valley floor, plus the average well depth in the valley or more. When I was asked to locate a well up there, I met with the man near the top of the mountain. We just stood there for awhile. What a view it was looking out over the town, the Willamette River, and forested mountain. I asked where he wanted to have a well. He said it was my job to find the spot, so I asked where his property boundaries were. He indicated there was another 600 feet to the top boundary, over one way to a big tree, then the other way to a big rock with a tree on top, then down across a road and way out there. He told me they were going to sell the top logged-off area and wanted to find a drill site as close to the top as possible. So, while standing there, I told him over to the south about 400 feet and uphill about 100 feet is where I would drill the first well. The second one was the other way, down by a rock. He wanted to know how I knew when I hadn’t even been over there. He wanted to walk to the spot, so we did. He asked if I still believed it was the spot. I said yes, and he said to get the drill and get started. I drilled the well in the next few days. It was about 100 feet deep and produced 90 gallons per minute. We also drilled the second well, and it was about 140 feet deep and made 15 gallons per minute. There are a lot of dry wells in the Willamette Valley over 400 feet deep. With the Willamette River, the McKenzie River, and all the tributaries that make them, a person would think it would be hard to get a dry well in the valley. Drilling is like that. If you miss the under- ground creek, you have a dry well. This seems to hold true for any fluid - oil and gas included. The statements and comments in this article are based on information and references believed to be true and factual. If you have any questions or comments, please forward them to me in care of WWDR . Harold Harold White may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com 2",/ # / 4%,/#03())$ ',+$ 5 ),4"$+1$/ ),,- -2*- *,#2)$0 /$ 3 () !)$ %,/ !,1' /$0(#$+1( ) +# ",**$/"( ) &/,2+# ),,- '$ 1(+& +# ",,)(+& 0601$*0 ,*- 1(!)$ 4(1' 1'$0$ -2*-0 ),4"$+1$/0 " + !$ ",+ %(&2/$# 4(1' ,/ -2*- 2+(10 1, * 1"' #(% %$/$+1 ), # /$.2(/$*$+10 /,#2"10 (+")2#$ ),4"$+1$/0 7 $,1'$/* ) ),0$# ,,- (11(+&0 7 $-) "$*$+1 2*-0 7 ,0$ (10 +# ""$00,/($0 7 /( !)$ -$$# 2*-0 --- *+ )#)('-()$* !(& )(%#'" +)""+ ,'.*,+ -'"/ 0 . 1 1 1 1 51 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JANUARY 2016