California oil fields

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California oil fields are expansive petroleum-producing regions in the state of California that have historically driven major economic development and inspired numerous cultural depictions of early 20th-century oil booms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf natural resource
oil field
petroleum-producing region
contributedTo development of Bakersfield
development of Kern County
urban growth in Los Angeles Basin
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enhancedRecoveryTechnique cyclic steam stimulation
steam flooding
water flooding
environmentalIssue air pollution from production operations
groundwater contamination risk
habitat fragmentation
land subsidence
oil spills
extractionMethod enhanced oil recovery
primary recovery
secondary recovery
hasPart Belridge Oil Field NERFINISHED
Beverly Hills Oil Field NERFINISHED
Buena Vista Oil Field NERFINISHED
Cat Canyon Oil Field NERFINISHED
Coalinga Oil Field NERFINISHED
Cuyama Valley oil fields NERFINISHED
Dominguez Oil Field NERFINISHED
Edison Oil Field NERFINISHED
Elk Hills Oil Field NERFINISHED
Fruitvale Oil Field NERFINISHED
Huntington Beach Oil Field NERFINISHED
Inglewood Oil Field NERFINISHED
Kern River Oil Field NERFINISHED
Kettleman North Dome Oil Field NERFINISHED
Long Beach Oil Field NERFINISHED
Southern California oil fields
surface form: Los Angeles Basin oil fields

Lost Hills Oil Field NERFINISHED
McKittrick Oil Field NERFINISHED
Midway-Sunset Oil Field NERFINISHED
Montebello Oil Field NERFINISHED
California oil fields self-linksurface differs
surface form: Offshore California oil fields

Oxnard Oil Field NERFINISHED
Piru Oil Field NERFINISHED
Placerita Oil Field NERFINISHED
Richfield Oil Field NERFINISHED
Round Mountain Oil Field NERFINISHED
Sacramento Valley oil fields NERFINISHED
San Ardo Oil Field
San Joaquin Valley oil fields
Santa Fe Springs Oil Field NERFINISHED
Santa Maria Valley Oil Field NERFINISHED
Signal Hill Oil Field NERFINISHED
South Belridge Oil Field NERFINISHED
Ventura Basin oil fields NERFINISHED
Ventura County offshore oil fields ONDG
Ventura Oil Field NERFINISHED
Wilmington Oil Field
historicalBoom Coalinga Oil Field
surface form: Kern County oil boom

Los Angeles oil boom
Signal Hill oil boom
historicallyImportantFor development of the American oil industry
influenced cultural depictions of oil booms
films about oil drilling in California
literature about early 20th-century oil
knownFor environmental impacts
historic oil booms
large petroleum reserves
offshore oil production
onshore oil production
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

United States of America
surface form: United States
majorEconomicImpactOn California economy
local communities in California
partOf oil and gas industry in the United States
petroleum industry in California
peakDevelopmentPeriod 1900s
1910s
1920s
regulatedBy Geologic Energy Management Division
surface form: California Geologic Energy Management Division

California State Lands Commission
resourceType associated natural gas
crude oil
significantPeriod early 20th century
subjectTo federal environmental regulations
state environmental regulations

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There Will Be Blood narrativeLocation California oil fields
Midway-Sunset Oil Field partOf California oil fields
this entity surface form: California oil and gas industry
California oil fields hasPart California oil fields self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Offshore California oil fields