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This is a selective list of oil and gas fields in California, organized by county, giving their date of discovery, size, principal operators as of 2009, and other notes. Some of the smallest and those long abandoned are not included. Nomenclature generally follows the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources.

Fresno County

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Kern County

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Kings County

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Elsewhere (this one is giant):

Los Angeles County

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Monterey County

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  • San Ardo Oil Field Chevron, Aera. The most northerly of the large fields on the ocean side of the Coast Ranges.

Orange County

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San Luis Obispo County

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Santa Barbara County

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  • Carpinteria Offshore Oil Field Operated from three oil platforms in Federal waters offshore Carpinteria. Two of the platforms are run by Carone Petroleum, and the other by DCOR.
  • Summerland Oil Field Now abandoned. This field was the location of the world's first offshore oil wells.
  • Ellwood Oil Field The onshore portion is abandoned. It was shelled unsuccessfully by the Japanese in World War II from a submarine; the Sandpiper Golf Course occupies the spot now.
  • Mesa Oil Field Abandoned; the site is covered with residential development, with most of the houses built in the 1950s. Current property values hover around a million dollars for each house.
  • Zaca Oil Field Operated by Greka Energy. Produces heavy oil in an area of vineyards and ranches, not far from Neverland Ranch.
  • Barham Ranch Oil Field Small field southwest of Los Alamos.
  • Casmalia Oil Field Primarily operated by Greka.
  • Lompoc Oil Field Operated by PXP, who offered to donate it as public land in return for the right to produce from Tranquillon Ridge. The deal was rejected in 2010 by the State Lands Commission.
  • Orcutt Oil Field Formerly known as the "Santa Maria Oil Field"; the name was changed in the late 1940s to distinguish it from the Santa Maria Valley field to the north. Operated by BreitBurn Energy and Santa Maria Pacific.
  • Santa Maria Valley Oil Field Currently run by Greka and several small operators; enormously productive during the Second World War.
  • Cat Canyon Oil Field Greka, Aera Energy, Venoco; Chevron recently sold all its assets here to ERG.
  • South Cuyama Oil Field E&B Natural Resources
  • Russell Ranch Oil Field E&B Natural Resources
  • La Goleta Gas Field Mainly used as a gas storage field by the local utility.

Ventura County

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Federal Offshore

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References

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  1. ^ 2007 annual report, p. 65
  2. ^ "2008 Report of the state oil & gas supervisor" (PDF). Department of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources. California Department of Conservation. 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) p. 108