Kern River Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Chevron
- Country: USA
- Location: San Joaquin Valley, California
- Production start:
- Partners:
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- A very large field that produces heavy oil
- The field encompasses nearly 9,600 acres of land, has approximately 10,000 producing wells
- Steamflooding is the process used to increase recovery from the heavy oil reservoirs.
+++ Contractors
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+++ History
- 1899 - Kern River Oil Field discovered
- 1999 - Texaco acquired AERA's stake in the field
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