Kern River Oil Field - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Kern River Oil Field - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Kern River Oil Field is a large oil field in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley of California, north-northeast of Bakersfield in the lower Sierra foothills. Yielding a cumulative production of close to of oil by the end of 2006, it is the third largest oil field in California, after the Midway-Sunset Oil Field and the Wilmington Oil Field, and the fifth largest in the United States.California Department of Conservation, Oil and Gas Statistics, Annual Report, December 31, 2006, p. 4 Its estimated remaining reserves, as of the end of 2006, were around , the second largest in the state. It had 9,183 active wells, the second highest in the state.The largest remaining reserves in California and the greatest number of producing wells belong to the enormous Midway-Sunset Field in southwestern Kern County. The principal operator on the field is Chevron CorporationCalifornia Department of Conservation, Oil and Gas Statistics, Annual Report, December 31, 2006, p. 2 Read more on Wikipedia
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