Download or read book Laws of the State of California Regulating the Drilling of Petroleum and Gas Wells written by California and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The law of 1915 ... was drawn in response to a widespread demand among oil operators for some means of regulating the drilling of wells so that the operations of one concern would not damage the property of a neighbor by the infiltration of water. There was also a general realization of the fact that operations should if possible be so systematized as to win from the ground the greatest amount of oil at the least expense; underground water if uncontrolled would of course defeat such a purpose"--Introduction