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The Economics of the Pacific Coast Petroleum Industry (3 vol. University of California Press, 1944–47) Beaton, Kendall. Enterprise In Oil: A History Of Shell In The United States (1957) pp 59–112, 269-96; considerable detail on service stations; Blackford, Mansel G. The politics of business in California, 1890-1920 (Ohio State University ...
Southern California had become the hotbed for oil production in the United States. In a 1926 Times magazine article, it was said, "[The Standard Oil Company of California] is the largest individual producer of crude oil in the U.S. and dominates the marketing of petroleum products along the west coast of both Americas."
There was a fast-growing market on the Pacific for petroleum distillates as well as crude oil and since the high gravity crude oil from the San Joaquin Valley required some sort of refining to make fuel usable for locomotives and ship burners, the Associated Oil Company decided to construct a topping plant called the Avon Refinery (now the ...
In 1928, Pacific Western Oil was founded to acquire the oil producing properties and undeveloped oil properties in California of Petroleum Securities Company. The sole stockholders of Petroleum Securities were Edward L. Doheny and his family. Jacques Vinmont was the first chairman of the board and William C. McDuffie was president. [1]
Petroleum in California — oil and gas resources, production, distribution, and environmental issues in the state. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
The total potential petroleum resource in offshore central California may be 4 to 6 billion bbls oil and 5 to 7 trillion cubic feet of gas, per 1996 estimates by USGS and MMS. [32] Most of these fields are north of Point Conception and are heavy oil. Some of these oil reserves could be produced by directional drilling from existing platforms.
California's Pacific Gas & Electric could receive $15B in federal loans to modernize its power grid. December 17, 2024 at 1:03 PM. FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, ...
The success of this well prompted formation of the Pacific Coast Oil Company, a predecessor of Standard Oil Company of California, and led to the construction of the state's first refinery nearby. It was not only the discovery well of the Newhall Field, but was a powerful stimulus to the subsequent development of the California petroleum industry.