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BY BRUCE WELLS
feet of sediment, mak- ing it barely visible on the surface.
The crater remained unrecognized until 1991 -when a prolific oilfield was discovered.
Many geologists had be- lieved impact craters unlike- ly locations for petroleum. Harold Hamm, chairman and CEO of Continental Re- sources, thought otherwise. He defied experts with a major discovery oil well.
Hamm, who had drilled wells in the Ames area since the early 1960s, was a skilled geologist. By the end of the 1980s, he and other geologists at Conti- nental Resources had found unusual structures at the impact site. For the first time, the company drilled deeper than the normal well – about 10,000 feet.
The 1991 Ames as- trobleme discovery well’s first production was about 200 barrels a day. By 2006, cumulative production
About 450 million years ago, a meteor struck north- central Oklahoma, creating an impact crater – an as- trobleme – more than eight miles wide.
As•tro•bleme (noun) – a depression, usually circular, on the surface of the Earth caused by the impact of a meteorite. From mid-20th century. astro- + Greek blçma “wound from a mis- sile.”
Once a year the small town of Ames community celebrates the crater below it. Thanks to an independent producer from nearby Enid, an unusual oil museum opened there in 2007 - the Ames Astrobleme Museum.
Today, the Ames as- trobleme” is one of only six oil-producing craters in the United States.
Created by a meteor about the size of a foot- ball, over time the site was buried by about 9,000
figures showed oil produc- tion in the area approaching 11 million barrels. Harold Hamm had made history.
According to the American Association of Professional Geologists,
the potential for petroleum production from impact cra- ters, “seized the attention of the Oklahoma oil industry in the 1990s. Several new, deep wells in the Sooner Trend produced exceptional amounts of oil and gas.”
Since Hamm’s dis- covery, many more wells have been
completed in the crater,
some pro- ducing more
than a
million barrels of oil. “The Ames Astrobleme is one of the most remark-
able and studied geologi- cal features in the world because of its economic significance,” notes fellow Enid independent producer Lew Ward of Ward Petro- leum.
The impact site is one of only six oil-producing craters in the United States, and is one of the largest producing craters, with 20 million barrels of oil and 130 billion cubic feet of gas.
Hamm, he primary de- veloper of the unique Ames Astrobleme Museum, spoke at its August 18, 2007,
dedication during Ames Day, an annual fundraising event for the volunteer fire department.
Unstaffed and oped
24 hours, the Ames mu- seum features all-weather video panels describing
the impact site’s geological significance. The dedica- tion ceremony included Charles Mankin, director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey.
An expert geologist, Mankin described the crater’s significance to the community, petroleum geologists, U.S. oil and natural gas production... and American history. Visit www.aoghs.org.
A look back at the nation’s oil & gas industry.
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Meteor crater oil discovery
The man who found oil in the Ames crater, Harold Hamm (center) spoke at the Astrobleme Museum’s opening in August 1992. Photo courtesy Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center.
The open-air Ames Astrobleme (crater) Museum opened in August 2007. The museum features all-weather video panels describing the impact’s geological significance. Photo courtesy Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center.
American Oil and Gas Historical Society Director
In 1991, the discovery of oil at the Ames impact crater attracted geologisits from around the world. Image courtesy Jud- son Ahern, Oklahoma University.
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A meteorite hit Oklahoma 450 million years ago, producing a crater thousands of feet deep and eight miles wide. Image courtesy Judson Ahern, Oklahoma University.


































































































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