Local subsidence of the Goose Creek oil field

Date

1926

Authors

Pratt, W.E.
Johnson, D.W.

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Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Abstract

In 1918, Gailard peninsula, the center of the Goose Creek Oil Field, on Galveston Bay, began to subside. The geology of the field and the nature of the subsidence are discussed. It is concluded that subsidence was caused by the extraction of oil, water, gas, and sand from beneath the surface.

Description

pgs. 577-590

Keywords

subsidence, land loss, estuaries, oil, geology, petroleum engineering, oil and gas fields, petroleum

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