Preliminary Guide to the Robert C. Sharp Collection
Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff
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Preliminary Guide to the Robert C. Sharp Collection, ca. 1963-1974
Collection number: SBHC Mss 7
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- Dec. 19, 2000
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert C. Sharp Collection
Dates: ca. 1963-1974
Collection number: SBHC Mss 7
Creator:
Sharp, Robert C.
Collection Size:
4 linear feet
(4 document boxes, 1 oversize box and 1 map file).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: Includes bids, contracts, leases, logs, reports, charts, and court records pertaining to oil drilling in the Santa Barbara
Channel, mainly regarding lawsuits stemming from the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill.
Physical location: Del Sur (Boxes 1-4), Del Sur Oversize (Box 5), and Map Cabinet 20/8.
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
None known.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Robert C. Sharp Collection. SBHC Mss 7. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Biography
See background and qualifications sheet submitted on behalf of Robert C. Sharp as expert witness in United States District
Court, Central District of California, Civil Action No. 69-1068 (attached).
Scope and Content Notes
Files relating to oil drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel, ca. 1963-1974, mainly as pertaining to hearings and lawsuits
stemming from the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill. Includes bids, contracts, leases, logs, reports, charts, maps, court records,
and other related technical data. Arrangement is unclear.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Sharp, Robert C.
Oil spills -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel.
Actions and defenses--California.
Box 1: 1
Drilling Bid and Contract,
1968
Box 1: 2
Exploratory Well #1,
1968
Box 1: 3
Exploratory Well #2,
1968
Box 1: 4
Exploratory Well #3,
1968
Box 1: 7-8
Well A-21 (including folder entitled 'Blowout"),
1968-1969
Box 2: 1-3
Well A-41 (including folder entitled 'Blowout'),
1968-1969
Box 2: 4
Daily Drilling Reports, Wells #2-50,
1968-1969
Box 2: 5
Cement Bond Logs,
1968-1969
Box 2: 6
Dames & Moore Report,
1968
Box 2: 7
Mud Drilling Management,
1968-1969
Box 2: 8
USGS, "Code of Federal Regulations..., Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf...,"
1966
Box 2: 9
USGS, "Notice to Lessees and Operators of Federal Oil, Gas, and Sulphur Leases in the Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico
Area,"
1969
Box 2: 10
California Division of Oil & Gas Regulations,
1973
Box 2: 11
Daily Operations Data Sheets,
1968-1969
Box 2: 12
Request to Deviate from Minimum Casing Requirements,
1968
Box 3: 1
USGS Field Report,
1965-1971
Box 3: 2
Coast Guard Report of Platform "a" Blowout and Subsequent Pollution,
1969
Box 3: 3
Fraser Accident Report USGS,
June 5, 1969
Box 3: 4
Lipman Testimony - Platform 'C',
1970-1974
Box 3: 5
Casing Data,
ca. 1965-1974
Box 3: 6
Lost Circulation Data,
ca. 1968-1974
Box 3: 7
Mud Calculations,
ca. 1969
Box 3: 10
Charts - Robert C. Sharp's,
1968-1969
Box 3: 13-14
Induction-Gamma Ray Logs for Wells #20, 225, 38, and 41,
1968-1969
Box 3: 15
Blowout Technical Data (mainly articles),
ca. 1967-1974
Box 4: 1
Narrative (Courtroom) Outline,
ca. 1974
Box 4: 2
Statement of Plaintiffs' Expert, Robert C. Sharp,
1974
Box 4: 3
Prior Knowledge,
ca. 1968-1969
Box 4: 4
Hazardous and Unsafe Drilling Design,
ca. 1968-1969
Box 4: 5
Hazardous and Unsafe Drilling Operation,
1968
Box 4: 6
Capello, A. Barry (Santa Barbara City Attorney), "Santa Barbara Oil: Production and Pollution" study, and brief,
ca. 1974
Box 4: 7-8
Preston Moore Data (Defendant expert witness; mainly articles in support of testimony),
ca. 1974
Box 4: 9
Lists (includes index of files for court case, and names/addresses of retired oil men living in Santa Barbara area),
ca. 1974
Box 4: 10
To Be Filed (includes testimony of Fred Hartley, President of Union Oil Company),
ca. 1968-1969
Box 4: 11
Maps (Santa Barbara Channel, including locations of oil leases and drilling operations),
ca. 1967-1973
Box 5: 1-5
Daily Drilling Reports,
1968-1969
Map Cabinet 20/8
Charts and Blueprints (includes Dos Cuadras Penetration Charts) [Map Cabinet file]
