Coalinga Oil Field
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Coalinga Oil Field is a major petroleum-producing area in California’s San Joaquin Valley, historically significant for its early 20th-century oil boom and extensive heavy oil reserves.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kern County oil boom | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | oil field ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Coalinga Anticline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basin | San Joaquin Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | multiple producing pools ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentProductionTrend | declining long-term production ⓘ |
| developmentStatus | mature oil field ⓘ |
| discovered | late 19th century ⓘ |
| economicImportance | historically significant to California oil industry ⓘ |
| enhancedRecoveryMethods |
cyclic steam stimulation
ⓘ
steam flooding ⓘ waterflooding ⓘ |
| environmentalIssues |
air emissions from heavy oil operations
ⓘ
land subsidence risk ⓘ |
| explorationMethod | surface geology mapping ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Tertiary ⓘ |
| geologicFormation |
Monterey Formation (regional petroleum source)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Temblor Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImpactOn | Coalinga, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResource | bitumen-rich heavy crude ⓘ |
| hasWellType | onshore wells ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major early oil boom town development around Coalinga ⓘ |
| hydrocarbonPhase | liquid-dominated ⓘ |
| industrySector | upstream oil and gas ⓘ |
| infrastructure |
pipelines
ⓘ
production wells ⓘ steam injection facilities ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive heavy oil reserves
ⓘ
heavy oil production ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Fresno County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ San Joaquin Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ western San Joaquin Valley margin ⓘ |
| near | City of Coalinga, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oilAPIGravity | heavy ⓘ |
| operatedBy | multiple petroleum companies ⓘ |
| partOf |
California oil and gas fields
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley oil province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakProductionPeriod | early 1900s ⓘ |
| primaryRecoveryMethods | solution gas drive ⓘ |
| productionStart | circa 1890s ⓘ |
| regulatoryJurisdiction | California Department of Conservation, Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resourceType |
natural gas (associated)
ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ |
| significantOilBoom | early 20th century ⓘ |
| structuralTrapType | anticlinal trap ⓘ |
| terrain | foothills and valley margin ⓘ |
| transportLinks | connected to regional pipeline network ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kern County oil boom