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2. California oil and gas industry - Wikipedia

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   1904 photo of a Los Angeles oil field at Court and Toluca Street. The California oil and gas industry has been a major economic and cultural component of the US state of California for over a century. Oil production was a minor factor in the 19th century, with kerosene replacing whale oil and lubricants becoming essential to the machine age.

3. Kern River Oil Field - Wikipedia

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   The Kern River Oil Field covers an area of 10,750 acres (43.5 km 2) in a rough oval extending over the low hills north-northeast of Bakersfield, hills which are now almost completely barren except for oil rigs, drilling pads and associated equipment. This area is the densest operational oil development in the state of California: Midway-Sunset ...

4. Carpinteria Offshore Oil Field - Wikipedia

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   The Carpinteria Offshore Oil Field is an oil and gas field in Santa Barbara Channel, south of the city of Carpinteria in southern California in the United States. Discovered in 1964, and reaching peak production in 1969, it has produced over 106 million barrels of oil in its lifetime, and retains approximately 2 million barrels in reserve recoverable with present technology, according to the ...

5. Offshore oil and gas in California - Wikipedia

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   The first strictly offshore oil field in California was the Belmont Offshore Field, discovered in 1948 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from the shore of Seal Beach; production did not begin until 1954 when a man-made island was built in 40 feet of water for drilling and production equipment. [9]

6. Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field - Wikipedia

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   The Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field is a large oil and gas field underneath the Santa Barbara Channel about eight miles southeast of Santa Barbara, California. Discovered in 1968, and with a cumulative production of over 260 million barrels of oil, it is the 24th-largest oil field within California and the adjacent waters. [ 1 ]

7. Russell Ranch Oil Field - Wikipedia

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   The Russell Ranch Oil Field is an oil and gas field in the Cuyama Valley of northern Santa Barbara and southern San Luis Obispo Counties, California, in the United States. . Discovered in 1948, and reaching peak production in 1950, it has produced over 68 million barrels (10,800,000 m 3) of oil in its lifetime; with only an estimated 216,000 barrels (34,300 m 3) of recoverable oil remaining ...