Midway-Sunset Oil Field

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