Elk Hills oil field

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oil field petroleum reserve

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil field → petroleum reserve →
associatedWith	Albert B. Fall → Teapot Dome oil field → Warren G. Harding administration →
classification	giant oil field →
containsResource	crude oil → natural gas →
country	United States →
designatedAs	naval petroleum reserve →
discoveredIn	1911 →
geologicalBasin	San Joaquin Basin →
hasControversy	secret leasing to private oil companies during Teapot Dome scandal →
hasEconomicImpact	major contributor to California oil output →
hasHistoricalSignificance	Teapot Dome scandal →
hasProductionType	onshore oil production →
historicalEra	early 20th century U.S. oil boom →
involvedIn	federal oil leasing controversy →
legalStatus	subject of U.S. Supreme Court litigation in Teapot Dome cases →
locatedIn	California → Kern County, California NERFINISHED → San Joaquin Valley →
near	Bakersfield, California → Taft, California →
notableFor	role in Teapot Dome scandal →
operatedBy	U.S. Navy →
ownedBy	U.S. federal government →
partOf	Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 → U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves system → U.S. federal mineral estate →
regulatoryAuthority	California Department of Conservation, Geologic Energy Management Division → U.S. Department of the Interior →
resourceType	petroleum →
strategicImportance	reserve of fuel oil for U.S. Navy →
subjectOf	U.S. congressional investigations → federal corruption prosecutions related to Teapot Dome scandal →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elk Hills oil field ("Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1") → Teapot Dome oil field ("U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserves") →	partOf
Teapot Dome oil field ("Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3") →	hasAlternateName
Teapot Dome scandal →	mainLocation