Belridge Oil Field
E153020
Belridge Oil Field is one of California’s largest and most productive oil fields, located in the San Joaquin Valley and known for its extensive heavy oil and enhanced recovery operations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belridge Oil Field canonical | 1 |
| South Belridge Oil Field | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1310662 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belridge Oil Field Context triple: [Kern County, containsOilField, Belridge Oil Field]
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A.
Elk Hills oil field
The Elk Hills oil field is a major petroleum reserve in California that gained historical notoriety for its central role in the Teapot Dome scandal, one of the most infamous corruption cases in U.S. political history.
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B.
Midway-Sunset Oil Field
Midway-Sunset Oil Field is one of California’s largest and oldest producing oil fields, located in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
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C.
Kern River Oil Field
Kern River Oil Field is one of California’s largest and oldest producing oil fields, located near Bakersfield in Kern County.
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D.
Teapot Dome oil field
The Teapot Dome oil field is a federally owned petroleum reserve in Wyoming that became infamous as the center of a major 1920s U.S. political corruption scandal.
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E.
Montrose Basin
Montrose Basin is a large tidal estuary and wildlife reserve on Scotland’s east coast, renowned for its rich birdlife and coastal habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belridge Oil Field Target entity description: Belridge Oil Field is one of California’s largest and most productive oil fields, located in the San Joaquin Valley and known for its extensive heavy oil and enhanced recovery operations.
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A.
Elk Hills oil field
The Elk Hills oil field is a major petroleum reserve in California that gained historical notoriety for its central role in the Teapot Dome scandal, one of the most infamous corruption cases in U.S. political history.
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B.
Midway-Sunset Oil Field
Midway-Sunset Oil Field is one of California’s largest and oldest producing oil fields, located in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
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C.
Kern River Oil Field
Kern River Oil Field is one of California’s largest and oldest producing oil fields, located near Bakersfield in Kern County.
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D.
Teapot Dome oil field
The Teapot Dome oil field is a federally owned petroleum reserve in Wyoming that became infamous as the center of a major 1920s U.S. political corruption scandal.
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E.
Montrose Basin
Montrose Basin is a large tidal estuary and wildlife reserve on Scotland’s east coast, renowned for its rich birdlife and coastal habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydrocarbon reservoir
ⓘ
oil field ⓘ |
| approximateUltimateRecovery | over 1 billion barrels of oil (order of magnitude) ⓘ |
| contains |
heavy crude oil
ⓘ
light crude oil (deeper zones) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developmentMethod |
cyclic steam stimulation
ⓘ
pattern steam injection ⓘ water injection ⓘ |
| discovered | 1911 ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major contributor to California oil production ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern |
greenhouse gas emissions from steam generation
ⓘ
land disturbance from dense well spacing ⓘ |
| formerOperator |
Belridge Oil Company
ⓘ
Shell Oil Company ⓘ |
| geologicAge |
Miocene
ⓘ
Pliocene epoch ⓘ
surface form:
Pliocene
|
| hasReservoirDriveMechanism |
solution gas drive (primary)
ⓘ
thermal enhanced oil recovery (secondary) ⓘ waterflood (secondary) ⓘ |
| hasWellType |
directional wells
ⓘ
vertical wells ⓘ |
| infrastructure |
gathering pipelines
ⓘ
processing facilities ⓘ steam generators ⓘ |
| knownFor |
enhanced oil recovery
ⓘ
heavy oil production ⓘ large number of producing wells ⓘ steamflood operations ⓘ waterflood operations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Kern County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ San Joaquin Valley ⓘ |
| near |
Elk Hills oil field
ⓘ
surface form:
Elk Hills Oil Field
Lost Hills Oil Field ⓘ Belridge Oil Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
South Belridge Oil Field
|
| operator | Aera Energy LLC ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
ExxonMobil (through Aera Energy LLC joint venture)
ⓘ
Shell Oil Company ⓘ |
| partOf | San Joaquin Valley oil fields ⓘ |
| primaryProducingFormation |
Diablo Formation
ⓘ
Etchegoin Formation ⓘ Temblor Formation ⓘ |
| productionType | onshore ⓘ |
| rankInCalifornia |
one of the largest oil fields by reserves
ⓘ
one of the most productive oil fields by cumulative production ⓘ |
| region |
San Joaquin River Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
San Joaquin Basin
|
| resourceType | petroleum ⓘ |
| startOfLargeScaleSteamflood | 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Belridge Oil Field Description of subject: Belridge Oil Field is one of California’s largest and most productive oil fields, located in the San Joaquin Valley and known for its extensive heavy oil and enhanced recovery operations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Belridge Oil Field