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Oil wells on wharves built out over the ocean, Summerland oil field, 1902. Known oil and gas fields in federal waters, offshore California (Minerals Management Service) Offshore oil and gas in California provides a significant portion of the state's petroleum production. Offshore oil and gas has been a contentious issue for decades, first over ...
A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes and schools will take effect after the oil industry on Thursday withdrew a referendum from the November ballot asking ...
Gregg Hart, D-Santa Barbara, would force oil companies to plug up idle oil or gas wells to the tune of an average of $68,000 per well. Over 40,000 wells in California are classified as either idle ...
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, introduced a bill that would have fined oil companies $10,000 per day for low-production oil wells operating near homes and schools.
The California agency that regulates oil and gas operations concludes that a law on well-plugging does not apply to a merger of two giant fossil fuel companies, angering the law's author.
The discovery well made 11,032 barrels of oil before it was plugged in 1959. [16] In 1964, the federal government leased tracts totaling 581,000 acres (2,400 km 2) in offshore Oregon and Washington. Oil companies drilled six tests offshore Washington (three in state waters and three in federal waters) and seven tests in federal waters offshore ...
1885 - Oil burners used on steam engines in the California oil fields, and later used on ships and locomotives, create new oil markets. 1886 - Gasoline-powered automobiles introduced in Europe. 1887 - "Wild Goose" well at Oil City, Coalinga comes in at 10 bbls/day, demonstrating potential of north part of basin.
As part of a compromise, Assemblyman Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) said he agreed to limit the scope of another bill, AB 2716, that would have imposed a $10,000 penalty for each day that a "low ...