San Joaquin Valley oil fields

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The San Joaquin Valley oil fields are a major concentration of petroleum-producing areas in California’s Central Valley, known for some of the largest and most productive onshore oil fields in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil field region
contains Antelope Hills Oil Field NERFINISHED
Belridge Oil Field NERFINISHED
Buttonwillow Oil Field NERFINISHED
Coalinga Oil Field NERFINISHED
Cymric Oil Field NERFINISHED
Devils Den Oil Field NERFINISHED
Edison Oil Field NERFINISHED
Elk Hills Oil Field NERFINISHED
Fruitvale Oil Field NERFINISHED
Jacalitos Oil Field NERFINISHED
Kern Front Oil Field NERFINISHED
Kern River Oil Field NERFINISHED
Kettleman Middle Dome Oil Field NERFINISHED
Kettleman North Dome Oil Field NERFINISHED
Kettleman South Dome Oil Field NERFINISHED
Lost Hills Oil Field NERFINISHED
McKittrick Oil Field NERFINISHED
Midway-Sunset Oil Field NERFINISHED
Monarch Oil Field NERFINISHED
Mount Poso Oil Field NERFINISHED
North Belridge Oil Field NERFINISHED
North Coles Levee Oil Field NERFINISHED
North Kern Front Oil Field NERFINISHED
North Shafter Oil Field NERFINISHED
Nose Oil Field (San Joaquin Valley) NERFINISHED
Paloma Oil Field NERFINISHED
Poso Creek Oil Field NERFINISHED
Pyramid Hills Oil Field NERFINISHED
Rio Bravo Oil Field NERFINISHED
Rosedale Oil Field NERFINISHED
Round Mountain Oil Field NERFINISHED
Round Mountain area oil fields NERFINISHED
San Emidio Nose Oil Field NERFINISHED
Semitropic Oil Field NERFINISHED
Shafter Oil Field NERFINISHED
South Belridge Oil Field NERFINISHED
South Coles Levee Oil Field NERFINISHED
Tejon Extension Oil Field NERFINISHED
Tejon Oil Field NERFINISHED
Wasco Oil Field NERFINISHED
West Coalinga Oil Field NERFINISHED
Yokuts Oil Field NERFINISHED
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developmentPeak 20th century
discovered late 19th century
economicImportance major regional employer
significant contributor to California oil production
geologicalBasin San Joaquin Basin NERFINISHED
geologicalProvince California Central Valley petroleum province NERFINISHED
hydrocarbonType heavy oil
medium-gravity oil
industrySector petroleum industry
knownFor high cumulative petroleum output
large onshore oil production
locatedIn Central Valley of California NERFINISHED
San Joaquin Valley NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrative California NERFINISHED
majorCityNearby Bakersfield, California NERFINISHED
Coalinga, California NERFINISHED
Taft, California NERFINISHED
partOf California oil fields NERFINISHED
onshore oil fields of the United States
product crude oil
natural gas (associated)
ranking among largest onshore oil field concentrations in the United States
regulatoryAuthority California Geologic Energy Management Division NERFINISHED
typicalExtractionMethods cyclic steam stimulation
primary recovery
secondary recovery
steam flooding
thermal enhanced oil recovery

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Temblor Range adjacentTo San Joaquin Valley oil fields
this entity surface form: San Joaquin Valley west side oil fields
California oil fields hasPart San Joaquin Valley oil fields
Belridge Oil Field partOf San Joaquin Valley oil fields
Kern River Oil Field partOf San Joaquin Valley oil fields
this entity surface form: Kern County oil-producing region