West Montalvo Oil Field
Oil field in Ventura County, California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The West Montalvo Oil Field is a large and productive oil field on the coast of Ventura County, California, in the United States, in and adjacent to the city of Oxnard, California. Discovered in 1947,[1] it has produced approximately 43.7 million barrels (6,950,000 m3) of oil, and retains about 2.2 million barrels recoverable with current technology, in both the onshore and offshore areas. The offshore portion of the field is exploited from wells directionally drilled from onshore near McGrath Lake, from within an enclosure above the high-tide line at McGrath State Beach.
The West Montalvo field was also the first dry natural gas field of commercial value to be discovered in Ventura County; in its lifetime it has produced over 43 billion cubic feet (1.2×109 m3) of gas.[2]
The field is owned and operated by California Resources Corporation.