Wilmington Oil Field

The Wilmington Oil Field is a large petroleum field in Los Angeles County in southern California in the United States in terms of cumulative oil produced. Discovered in 1932, it is the third largest oil field in the United States.[1] 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 had been recovered, leaving approximately 300 million barrels (48,000,000 m3).

The offshore portion of the oil field is developed largely through wells drilled directionally from THUMS Islands, four artificial islands in Long Beach Harbor.[2]

Data

All figures are as of December 31, 2001.

year discovered 1932
cumulative production 2,583.393 million barrels (410,726,700 m3)
estimated reserves 221.499 million barrels (35,215,500 m3)
annual production 15.903 million barrels (2,528,400 m3)
producing wells 1,228 (195,000,000 m³)

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References

  1. ^ Otott, George E. Jr & Clarke, Donald D. (1996) "History of the Wilmington Field – 1986–1996". In AAPG Pacific Section, Old Oil Fields and New Life: A Visit to the Giants of the Los Angeles Basin, pp. 17–22.
  2. ^ City of Long Beach: Historical - oil operations, accessed 30 Apr. 2009.