Midway-Sunset Oil Field

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Summary Information

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  • Country: USA
  • Location: Kern County, California
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  • Type: Oil / Gas
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+++ Description

  • The Midway-Sunset Oil Field is a very large oil field in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California.
  • The field's cumulative production of close to 3 billion barrels of oil
  • It is the largest oil field in California and one of the largest in the United States.
  • The oil field runs southeast to northwest, with a length of approximately twenty miles and a width of three to four.
  • The field contains over 11,000 producing wells, more than any other oil field in California.

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+++ History

  • 1901 - Midway Sunset Oil Field discovered

+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. Hawker Energy
  2. Top 100 U S Oil And Gas Fields