Like the black bottom, lindberghs atlantic crossing and the dempseytunney long count, teapot dome is. Wyoming oil and gas fields symposium, powder river basin, 2000 pages 500502. Alleghany capital corporation announces acquisition of teapot dome oilfield by stranded oil resources corporation. An overview of reproducible 3d seismic data processing and. Department of energy has hired denverbased meagher energy advisors to sell. Land use database center for land use interpretation. The assessment of undiscovered oil and gas used the total petroleum system concept, which includes mapping the distribution of potential source rocks and known petroleum accumulations and determining the timing of petroleum generation and migration.
Geologic and structure map of teapot dome and vicinity. The teapot dome scandal audiobook by laton mccartney. But the history of the oilfield since that time makes an interesting case study of a publicprivate partnership covering eight and a half decades of the oil business in the united states. The rocky mountain oilfield testing center is a research testing center located near casper, wyoming. Study area teapot dome field and adjacent salt creek field on the western margin of the powder river basin in natrona, county, wyoming. Stratton read 9 may 2017 this is a carefullyprepared biography, published in 1998. Field staff have created a historic map of the 1920s camps townsites in the teapot dome oil field area. In 1921, by executive order of the president, control of naval oil reserves at teapot dome, wyo. Secretary of the interior albert bacon fall had leased navy petroleum reserves at teapot dome in wyoming, and two locations in california, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. Hydrocarbon source rock characterization, burial history, and. Energy department sells historic teapot dome oilfield. The articles may be demanding for 6th and 7th graders. Home browse collections wyoming geological association book publication wyoming oil and gas fields symposium.
Performance of these pilot projects has generally been poor. Sale ends department ownership of naval petroleum reserves. On the very first page of the preface to this book there is a hand written edit. Washington today, the energy department finalized the sale of the historic teapot dome oilfield located 35 miles north of casper, wyoming to stranded oil resources corporation, a subsidiary of alleghany capital corporation. The oil reserves at teapot dome and in california had been set aside at the request of the u. It involved the secret leasing of federal oil reserves at elk hills, california, and teapot dome, wyoming, by albert bacon fallu. Wall creek sandstone at the salt creek and teapot dome oil fields. The story of the teapot dome scandal cornerstones of freedom by hargrove, jim and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Rocky mountain oilfield testing center at teapot dome oil. The outline of the rock once resembled a teapot and gave its name to several manmade and natural features, including a geologic structural uplift known as the teapot dome, and an oil field about 6 miles 10km east. Geological survey bulletin 452 1912 jamison the salt creek oil field, natrona county, wyoming state of wyoming geologists office, bulletin 4, series b 1914 trumbull the salt creek oil field, natrona county, wyoming state of wyoming geologists office, bulletin 8, series b. Teapot rock is a rock formation in natrona county, wyoming. An approach to mapping of shallow petroleum reservoirs. S dept of energy field report on the puerto chiquito field are located only a short distance down dip from the outcrop and are not on any structural closure. Historical production from the tensleep formation in the teapot dome study area is largely water 99% with less than 1% oil and consists of a strong waterdrive milliken, 2005 and stamp, 2005. Rocky mountain oilfield testing center open energy. Teapot dome is an asymmetric, doubly plunging, basementcored, laramideage anticline. Geologic assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the.
Fall comes across as a thoroughly unlikeable guy if he was against you. Finally, we show that ultimate co2eor recovered oil can vary up to 150 mstb. Teapot dome oilfield near the town of midwest, wyoming, has been the testing site of numerous drilling and production techniques since the early 1900s. A systematic study of natural fractures within the cretaceous mesaverde formation at teapot dome, wyoming indicates that lithology and structural position control outcrop fracture patterns. Abstractthe tensleep formation at teapot dome, wyoming is a naturally. History of geologic investigations and oil operations at teapot. The teapot dome reserve, part of the once immensely productive salt creek oil field region of wyoming, was one of a few major oilfields in the country that were set aside by the federal government, to be used only in the event of a national crisis or shortage. Not secret oil leases, as it did during an infamous scandal of the 1920s, but carbon dioxide lots of it. Rocky mountain oilfield testing center at teapot dome oil field. The institution is doesponsored energy testing facility, focused on improving recovery and reducing operating costs at oilfields. Oil geology as a scientific field has developed in parallel with the start of oil. Department of energy facility located within the naval petroleum reserve no.
The teapot dome scandal was an american political scandal of the early 1920s. Practical fracture analysis of clastic reservoirs with petrel casper, wyoming. Geologically based, it focuses on source and reservoir rock stratigraphy, timing of. For best results viewing and printing pdf documents, it is recommended that you download the documents to your computer and open them with adobe reader. The site was listed on the national register of historic places in 1974 the eroded sandstone formation is 75 feet 23 m tall and is about 300 feet 91 m in circumference. The notorious teapot dome oilfield generally disappears from history books after the scandal of the 1920s ended in the imprisonment of a u. A private company will finally be able to legally drill in the teapot dome oil field. When the scandal finally broke, the consequences were tremendous. Practical fracture analysis of clastic reservoirs with. It is a social and political satire skewering the human foibles of all its characters. The teapot dome 3d survey is a land 3d data set from wyoming provided by the u. The fieldtrip sites will allow surface investigation of the same. Part of the historical geography and geosciences book series higege.
The site was listed on the national register of historic places in 1974. Using the famous teapot dome oil field in casper, wyoming, usa as a test case, we demonstrate how highresolution compressional p and horizontally polarized shear sh wave seismic reflection surveys can overcome the limitations of conventional 3d seismic data in resolving smallscale structures in the very shallow subsurface oil recovery eor pilot projects in the last 4 years in the shannon sandstone at the teapot dome field. Subsurface investigation at teapot dome began in the early 1900s after oil seeps at the surface were drilled and indicated to be economic. The salt creek oil field is located in natrona county, wyoming. The energy department said friday that it had sold the oil field to new yorkbased stranded oil resources for. Principal rock formations in teapot dome and salt creek oil fields. From the halls of motazuma to the oil fields of teapot dome. Marines invade wyoming from the halls of motazuma to the oil. Teapot dome scandal wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The structure is a doubly plunging basementcored anticline that formed during the laramide orogeny, with sediments ranging from cambrian to quaternary. Teapot dome oilfield near the town of midwest, wyoming, has been the testing site of numerous drilling and production. The famous teapot dome bribe scandal occurred shortly after discovery. Seal integrity and feasibility of co2 sequestration in the teapot dome eor pilot.
Teapot dome is a doublyplunging anticline created during the laramide orogeny. The greatest political scandal in the history of the us oil industry. Teapot rock simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In comparison, oil is produced on the teapot dome structurally above the. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any. This is the actual location where the data used in the petrel fracture modeling course was collected. The book was written in the context of the harding administrations teapot dome scandal and takes place in southern california.
Alleghany capital corporation announces acquisition of. Yes, that teapot dome scandal you read about in the history books. Part or all of this report is presented in portable document format pdf. Hydrocarbon source rock characterization, burial history. Libraries trade authors societies newsroom textbooks open access. The government is trying to bury something at its teapot dome oil field again. Npr3, also known as teapot dome oil field, about 35 miles north of casper, wyoming.
Information is shown by geological period, formation, lithology, thickness, depth feet and oil productiveness. The selections linked below, the teapot dome scandal and sections of the oil business in wyoming offer substantial background on the topic for teachers and for students 8th grade and up. Teapot rock is a distinctive sedimentary rock formation in natrona county, wyoming that lent its name to a nearby oil field that became notorious as the focus of a bribery scandal during the presidential administration of warren g. Geochemical analyses of oils and gases, naval petroleum. Some farseeing men had been exploring for oil fields and putting in drills all over. As laton mccartney wrote in his book the teapot dome scandal, how big oil bought the harding white house and tried to steal the country, the backslapping harding was a consummate go along to get.
The teapot dome scandal was intriguing p since the united states came into being after declaring independence from britain, we have had our share of scandals, financial and political. The oil field was the focus of a bribery scandal during the administration of warren g. History of geologic investigations and oil operations at. Read sections of the oil business in wyoming titled.
Pdf science and technology goals of the teapot dome field. Geochemical analyses of oils and gases, naval petroleum reserve no. Teapot dome is located in natrona county, wyoming figure 11. The teapot dome scandal of the early 1920s was all about oil hundreds of millions of dollars worth of petroleum. Teapot dome, consisting of 9,481 acres, was set aside as a naval oil reserve in 1915, and is best known for its connection to a scandal that rocked the harding administration approximately 90 years ago. The teapot dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of united states president warren g. How big oil bought the harding white house and tried to steal the country by laton mccartney may provide us with some clues. Scandal is dim memory at teapot dome the new york times. To a sentence that begins in the 1920s, this oil reserve supplied a name for perhaps the most sensational scandal in american politics, some unknown editor has added until richard nixon in 1974, much as i might have edited a bench memo or draft opinion before we moved to electronic editing. Field data or pup data for the pgs survey is also available on media. President hardings legacy was forever tarnished, while oil cabinet member albert fall was forced to resign and was imprisoned for a year.