Wilmington Oil Field
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The Wilmington Oil Field is a large petroleum field in Los Angeles County in southern California in the United States. Discovered in 1932, it is the third largest oil field ever found in the United States. The field runs roughly southeast to northwest through the Los Angeles Basin, stretching from the middle of San Pedro Bay through Long Beach and east of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The field originally contained approximately 3 billion barrels (480,000,000 m³) of reserves. As of 2002, approximately 90% of its original reserves have been recovered, leaving approximately 300 million barrels (48,000,000 m³).
Data
All figures are as of December 31, 2001.
| year discovered | 1932 |
| cumulative production | 2,583.393 million barrels (411 km³) |
| estimated reserves | 221.499 million barrels (35 km³) |
| annual production | 15.903 million barrels (2.5 km³) |
| producing wells | 1,228 (195,000,000 m³) |
External links
- Los Angeles Almanac: Great Oil Fields (http://www.losangelesalmanac.com/topics/Energy/en14.htm)
- NASA: Land subsidence in Long Beach from petroleum extraction (http://solidearth.jpl.nasa.gov/PAGES/tect03.html)