Project Profile
Location: Los Angeles County in southern California, USA
Cumulative production: 2,583.393 million barrels
Reserves: 3 billion barrels
Annual production: 15.903 million barrels
Start-up Year: 1935
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. 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).
Operators:
Occidental Petroleum Corp: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Tidelands Oil Production Company