Kern River Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Chevron
- Country: USA
- Location: San Joaquin Valley, California
- Production start:
- Partners:
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- A very large field that produces heavy oil
- The field encompasses nearly 9,600 acres of land, has approximately 10,000 producing wells
- Steamflooding is the process used to increase recovery from the heavy oil reservoirs.
Contractors
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History
- 1899 - Kern River Oil Field discovered
- 1999 - Texaco acquired AERA's stake in the field
Geology
Links
- Top 100 U S Oil And Gas Fields
- Kern River Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary
- Texaco and Aera Finalize Trade of Selected California Upstream Assets
page revision: 6, last edited: 30 Apr 2015 12:21