Washington oil and gas exploration history and subsurface data

Fields

first seeps: Oil seeps were first reported in Washington about 1881 along the sea cliffs on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula.
first well: However there are many areas of the state that have attracted exploration since 1900 when the first exploration well was drilled.
gas storage: In 1965 the Jackson Prairie natural gas storage project was developed, which remains the Northwest's largest natural gas storage facility.
subsurface db: The subsurface data also contain the locations and information for water wells, geotechnical borings, oil and gas wells, and geothermal wells

first seeps: Oil seeps were first reported in Washington about 1881 along the sea cliffs on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula.
https://gis.dnr.wa.gov/site1/rest/services/Public_Geology/Oil_and_Gas_Wells/MapServer/1 · Layer description, second sentence · source p09-WA-src-01 · visit p09-WA-visit-01
gas storage: In 1965 the Jackson Prairie natural gas storage project was developed, which remains the Northwest's largest natural gas storage facility.
https://gis.dnr.wa.gov/site1/rest/services/Public_Geology/Oil_and_Gas_Wells/MapServer/1?f=pjson · pjson description field, final sentence · source p09-WA-src-02 · visit p09-WA-visit-02
first well: However there are many areas of the state that have attracted exploration since 1900 when the first exploration well was drilled.
https://dnr.wa.gov/washington-geological-survey/earth-resources/oil-and-gas-resources · Search-result snippet, exploration sentence · source p09-WA-src-03 · visit p09-WA-visit-03
subsurface db: The subsurface data also contain the locations and information for water wells, geotechnical borings, oil and gas wells, and geothermal wells
https://dnr.wa.gov/washington-geological-survey/subsurface-geology · Search-result snippet, holdings sentence · source p09-WA-src-04 · visit p09-WA-visit-04

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-WA.