The oil field where the company plans to build its pilot, roughly an hour west of Bakersfield, is surrounded by a sea of large black oil pumps. Umbro notes that the new equipment will be low to ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif ... These wells are at the Fruitvale, McKittrick, Mount Poso and Mountain View oil fields in Kern County, and the Pyramid Hills oil field in Kings County, per state records.

Anyone walking into the West Kern Oil Museum in Taft can get an eyeful of the people and activities that helped shape the ...

would allow local petroleum producers to get permits for new drilling and other oil-field activities as long as they pay fees and abide by certain standards. The document includes substantial ...