# Appendix 9_1

Sample Comment:
oil analyzed twice (USGS lab number 00049052/sample 2), north area = Hopkins area, Phacoides sandstone of Curran (1943) rests directly on Kreyenhagen Formation


Sample Comment:
oil analyzed twice (USGS lab number 98018005/sample 1), north area = Hopkins area, Phacoides sandstone of Curran (1943) rests directly on Kreyenhagen Formation


Sample Comment:
from same well and overlapping perf interval as USGS lab number 98018001/sample 7


Sample Comment:
from same well and overlapping perf interval as lab number 00049055 or sample 4


Sample Comment:
Phacoides sandstone of Curran (1943) rests directly on Kreyenhagen Formation


Formation Name:
Monterey Formation/Reef Ridge Shale Member

Metadata:
latitude and longitude from GPS, pool reservoir from L. Magoon


Sample Comment:
collected oil and condensate (USGS lab number 02026012/sample 13) from well


Sample Comment:
collected oil (USGS lab number 02026011/sample 12) and condensate from well


Formation Name:
Etchegoin Formation/Reef Ridge Shale Member of Monterey Formation


Formation Name:
Reef Ridge Shale Member of Monterey Formation


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from GPS, pool from L. Magoon


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state, API from state

Sample Comment:
collected from abandoned well north of main field by Calif. DOGGR, name and API assigned by DOGGR


Metadata:
latitude, longitude, and API from state; isotope pristane/phytane data from reference

Sample Comment:
recollected oil from same well as USGS lab number 02026045/sample 29


Sample Comment:
recollected oil from same well as USGS lab number 02018007/sample 28


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from GPS (NAD 27 datum)

Sample Comment:
abandoned well; collected from vertical string


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state; oil gravity and isotope data from reference


Sample Comment:
former 1Y area now part of Welport area, formerly 1st McKittrick pool, formerly Reef Ridge formation


Sample Comment:
changed reservoir from Point of Rocks Sandstone Member of Kreyenhagen Formation to Temblor Formation based on CDOGGR (1998)


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from GPS, formation from operator

Sample Comment:
from tank of seven wells but only two pumps running (YF DT 72 and YF DT 54)


Sample Comment:
reported as oil well, not gas and condensate, but saturated/aromatic isotope value is high


Metadata:
latitude, longitude, API, and section/township/range from state

Sample Comment:
previously called Canfield Ranch field and well KCL B 3D, but no such well name; changed field to Fruitvale based on KCL B 30 and correlation of chemistry to Chanac Formation reservoir oils


Sample Comment:
oil melted plastic cup; same pad as KCL 51 114-7 (sample 50)


Sample Comment:
all wells in section bottom in Santa Margarita Formation; oil from tank battery


Sample Comment:
redrill hole completed in Kreyenhagen Formation (CDOGGR, 1998) but oil sample from original hole (Chevron sample 30856) at 14,000 feet, which is Vaqueros/Temblor Formations ( cross-section, PS-AAPG, 1989)


Sample Comment:
fractured shale production (PS-AAPG, 1959); oil recollected and analyzed (USGS lab number 80065103/sample 171)


Sample Comment:
immediately overlying Whepley shale of Dodd and Kaplow (1933)


Sample Comment:
from oil and gas separator for 6 oil wells on the Monte Cristo lease


Sample Comment:
repeat analysis of Chevron oil sample 30930 (USGS lab number 80065065/sample 196)


Sample Comment:
new field and pool names from state; condensate


Sample Comment:
closely related to sample 74 from tank battery of same lease


Sample Comment:
from tank battery of Glide lease, from up to ten wells, closely related to sample 73 from specific well in lease


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from GPS, formation from operator (formation changed by L. Magoon)


Sample Comment:
another oil sample with overlapping perf interval (USGS lab number 80065101/sample 215)


Formation Name:
Kreyenhagen Formation or Zilch formation

Sample Comment:
possible wrong well ID, suspect zone is Zilch formation of Loken (1959) because API number 04019054070002 was plugged back to 5018-5102 ft


Sample Comment:
appearance like condensate but it isn't condensate; from separator of 2 wells


Sample Comment:
three samples from same well; pool name uncertain but likely 54-8U, 54-8M or 54-8L


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state; lease name and section/township/range from oil donor


Sample Comment:
sample dipped from cellar with plastic cup


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state, formation from DOG field map


Metadata:
latitude and longitude are approximate; lease name and section/township/range from oil donor


Sample Comment:
no official field name, west of Semitropic and north of Buttonwillow fields


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state, corrected well number from reference (Hopkins 8-61X)


Metadata:
unknown source for latitude and longitude


Sample Comment:
table 13 of Kaplan and others (1988) shows different well name (PSP 4-D) from same section


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state based on well AOQ 227 location


Metadata:
latitude, longitude, and operator from state; well location unknown, used API number 04019000850000 for latitude and longitude

Sample Comment:
may be same oil as US Bureau of Mines COA 58027 (see appendix c)


Sample Comment:
best guess of well identification is API number 0401921419 based on matching field area, depth, formation, oil gravity, and operator


Sample or Data Source:
Alimi and Kaplan 1997, Kaplan and others, 1988


Metadata:
latitude, longitude, and operator from state; well number uncertain, alternate choice is API number 04019000550000


Metadata:
latitude, longitude, operator, and formation from state; well number uncertain, alternate choice is API number 04019050920100


Metadata:
latitude, longitude, operator, and formation from state


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state; Nickel and Vanadium date from USGS lab analysis of USGS lab number 02018016

Sample Comment:
fractured shale production (PS-AAPG, 1959), oil reanalyzed as USGS lab number 02018016, and oil recollected and analyzed (USGS lab number 02026044/sample 62)


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state; using guessed well API number based on only well in section with production in 1994

Sample Comment:
well ID uncertain, possibly API number 0401905793


Sample or Data Source:
Seifert and Moldowan, 1978, Seifert 1977


Metadata:
latitude, longitude, field, and corrected well number from state; pool from L. Magoon

Sample Comment:
reference lists sample at Cymric field as well name 585-R-72 and COFRC 25322; Chevron database shows sample COFRC 25321 is a different well number (585R 7Z) and COFRC 25322 is a different well name (SEC 7Z 587) but well 7Z 587 total depth too shallow (869


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from GPS of oil sample 69 (USGS lab number 00049029)

Sample Comment:
repeat analysis of Chevron oil sample 30930 (USGS lab number 00049029/sample 69)


Sample Comment:
added pool name based on well name and depth


Sample Comment:
added pool name based on well name, location and depth


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state, pool from L. Magoon, formation from CDOGGR (1998) cross-section


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state using guessed well API number based on production in 1995 and well number match

Sample Comment:
well ID uncertain, possibly API number 0402921728


Sample Comment:
another oil sample with overlapping perf interval (USGS lab number 00049036/sample 83)


Metadata:
well number unknown; use API number 04019056360000; latitude, longitude, operator, and formation from state for that well


Sample Comment:
Nozu sand of Kasline (1942) is within the Round Mountain Silt


Sample Comment:
same as USGS lab number 00049032/sample 99 with different perfs


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state; called Elkhorn Hills field by reference


Sample Comment:
within a mile east of the San Andreas Fault


Sample Comment:
within 2 miles east of San Andreas Fault near Bitterwater field


Metadata:
latitude and longitude from state; corrected lease name from reference


# Appendix 9_3

LITHOLOGY:
Sandstone and shale, sandy shale, shale and siltsi


Changes/Comments:
Lower Miocene Freeman-Jewett based on depth


Changes/Comments:
age was OLIGOCENE, formation was OCEANIC, oil type was O


Changes/Comments:
formation was MIOCENE,R, age was MIOCENE


Changes/Comments:
formation was ALLISON, TEMBLOR, age was MIOCENE


Changes/Comments:
formation was OCEANIC, age was OLIGOCENE, oil type was O


Changes/Comments:
Lower Miocene Freeman Jewitt based on depth


Changes/Comments:
formation was ZEMORRIAN, age was MIOCENE


Changes/Comments:
formation was CARNEROS, VAQUEROS, age was MIOCENE


Changes/Comments:
formation was PHACOIDES, VAQUEROS, age was MIOCENE


# Appendix 9_4

Formation Comment:
near bottom, changed from Domengine Formation


Formation Comment:
near top, possibly Tumey formation cavings


Other Comments:
tested oil from Antelope from 2007 to 3557 ft


Other Comments:
changed from Goose Lake Canal field, near Shafter field


Formation Comment:
Luisian zone, changed from Santa Margarita


Formation Comment:
Relizian zone, changed from Santa Margarita


# Appendix 9_5

Comment_CD:
elevated sulfur content for EK oil type, sample analyzed twice


Biomarker_Comments:
minor noise on 191 chromatogram, possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak


Biomarker_Comments:
possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak


Comment_CD:
condensate, MM oil from same well (no. 12)

Biomarker_Comments:
poor data quality from low biomarker concentrations


Comment_CD:
biomarkers lean, mixed charge? from same source

Biomarker_Comments:
minor noise on all chromatograms from low concentrations


Comment_CD:
oil from abandoned well north of main field

Biomarker_Comments:
noisy tricyclic terpanes, biodegraded steranes (217 chromatogram)


Comment_CD:
biodegradation altered isotopes and biomarkers, outlier isotope values

Biomarker_Comments:
biodegraded pentacyclic terpanes and steranes (191 and 217 chromatograms), bisnorhopane probably coelutes with demethylated hopane


Biomarker_Comments:
biodegraded steranes, outlier (high) oleanane and norhopane


Comment_CD:
abandoned well - collected from vertical string


Comment_CD:
biomarker composition indicates mixture or MM outlier

Biomarker_Comments:
outlier amounts of gammacerane, C28 sterane, and 24 tetracyclic, C19 tricyclic, C22 tricyclic terpanes


Comment_CD:
heavy biodegradation affects biomarker interpretation

Biomarker_Comments:
biodegraded pentacyclic terpanes and steranes (191 and 217 chromatograms), bisnorhopane probably is demethylated hopane


Biomarker_Comments:
steranes may be biodegraded based on high diasteranes


Biomarker_Comments:
steranes may be slightly biodegraded, possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak


Biomarker_Comments:
steranes appear slightly altered, possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak


Comment_CD:
suspect sulfur value too low (should be about 1% S)


Comment_CD:
low confidence in source, condensate, outlier (high) pr/ph value

Biomarker_Comments:
noisy triaromatic steranes (231 chromatogram), low biomarker concentration


Biomarker_Comments:
biodegraded steranes (217 chromatogram), possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak


Biomarker_Comments:
biodegraded steranes (217 chromatogram), possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane coelution


Biomarker_Comments:
possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak, possible mild sterane biodegradation


Biomarker_Comments:
noisy tricyclic terpanes, possible mild sterane biodegradation


Comment_CD:
outlier (high) bisnorhopane value, elevated terrigenous organic matter


Comment_CD:
higher uncertainty in oil type because high maturity and no biomarkers

Biomarker_Comments:
very low biomarker concentration - condensate


Biomarker_Comments:
C19 tricyclic terpane peak small or missing


Comment_CD:
isotopes similar to EK oil type, outlier biomarker composition

Biomarker_Comments:
low biomarker concentration - condensate


Comment_CD:
biodegraded biomarkers and nondegraded n-alkanes indicate mixed charge

Biomarker_Comments:
biodegraded pentacyclic terpanes and steranes (191 and 217 chromatograms), possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak


Biomarker_Comments:
biodegraded pentacyclic terpanes and steranes (191 and 217 chromatograms)


Biomarker_Comments:
biodegraded steranes (217 chromatogram), low bisnorhopane concentration


Biomarker_Comments:
possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak, large oleanane peak


Comment_CD:
source based on saturated isotopes and high maturity, collected as condensate


Biomarker_Comments:
possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak, large oleanane peak, large C19 tricyclic peak


Comment_CD:
high maturity oil, outlier aromatic isotope, C26tet, and pr/ph values

Biomarker_Comments:
C19 tricyclic and C35 pentacyclic identification uncertain


Comment_CD:
isotopes altered by maturity, biodegradation, biomarkers like EK

Biomarker_Comments:
C19 tricyclic identification uncertain, steranes altered by maturity or biodegradation


Comment_CD:
suspect producing unit is actually Miocene Zilch


Comment_CD:
south end of Midway-Sunset field, biomarkers altered


Biomarker_Comments:
high tricyclic terpanes, pentacyclics lean after hopane, high maturity


Comment_CD:
low maturity biomarkers, outlier (low) C26tet value


Comment_CD:
low maturity biomarkers, outlier (high) bisnorhopane and (low) C26tet values


Comment_CD:
condensate, oil from same well, suspect sulfur content, outlier (low) C26tet value


Comment_CD:
sample is solid and not soluble in solvent


Biomarker_Comments:
possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak, Signal/Noise fair


Comment_CD:
sample from stock tank from several shut-in wells


Comment_CD:
outlier isotope values, high maturity affects biomarker interpretation


Biomarker_Comments:
possible demethylated hopane/bisnorhopane doublet peak, high C19 tricyclic


Comment_CD:
may be MM-EK mix, Miocene Group IIIC (Peters and others, 1994)


Comment_CD:
outlier aromatic isotope values, may be mixed ET


Comment_CD:
outlier isotope values, Kreyenhagen source (Peters and others, 1994)


Comment_CD:
source based on saturated and whole oil isotope values, high sulfur, and reservoir


Comment_CD:
Location uncertain, source based on whole oil isotopes


Comment_CD:
source based on isotopes, Kreyenhagen (Peters and others, 1994)


Comment_CD:
source based on aromatic isotopes, pr/ph and oil from same zone


Comment_CD:
source based on saturated isotope value, outlier aromatic isotope value


Comment_CD:
outlier pr/ph value, well ID uncertain, suspect aromatic isotope data


Comment_CD:
source based on aromatic isotope (anomalously high saturate value -24.05 probably bad data)


Comment_CD:
source based on saturated and whole oil isotopes, pr/ph low


Comment_CD:
source based on isotopes, Monterey source (Franks and others, 2001)


Comment_CD:
source based on isotopes, Miocene Group IIIA (Peters and others, 1994)


Comment_CD:
polar isotope value is MM outlier, pr/ph higher


Comment_CD:
Miocene aromatic isotope value, possible contaminant


Comment_CD:
source based on pr/ph and another oil in same zone, polar isotope value is MM outlier


Comment_CD:
outlier pr/ph value, source based on aromatic and polar isotope values


Comment_CD:
source based on isotopes, Kreyenhagen source (Franks and others, 2001)


Comment_CD:
outlier saturated isotope value - source based on aromatic and polar isotope values


Comment_CD:
source based on whole oil isotope and oil data from same well (smpl 191)


Comment_CD:
source based on whole oil isotope value and sample from same reservoir


Comment_CD:
source based on whole oil isotope value and duplicate analysis (sample 69)


Comment_CD:
source based on saturated and whole isotope values


Comment_CD:
source based on isotopes andsulfur and oil from same zone


Comment_CD:
outlier saturated isotope value, source based on another sample from same zone


Comment_CD:
outlier saturated isotope value, ET polar isotope value


Comment_CD:
source based on isotopes andsulfur and oil from same zone in Mount Poso field


Comment_CD:
outlier based on other oils from same reservoir


Comment_CD:
source based on isotopes,sulfur and pr/ph


Comment_CD:
outlier isotope values, low S, Miocene Group IIIB (Peters and others, 1994)


Comment_CD:
outlier aromatic isotope value, polar isotope and pr/ph values like ET


Comment_CD:
outlier saturated and aromatic isotope values


Comment_CD:
outlier isotope values, Miocene Group IIIB (Peters and others, 1994)


Comment_CD:
source based on isotopes, outlier (low) pr/ph value


Comment_CD:
may be MM-EK mix, Miocene Group IIIC (Peters and others, 1994), oil-stained sandstone


Comment_CD:
outlier aromatic isotope and pr/ph values, polar isotope value like ET


