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These abandoned oil wells near Bakersfield could store enough solar power for 300,000 homes
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 ...
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OIL AND GAS: New report shows industry has $20 billion economic impact
The first discovery well in the Kern River Fields was drilled in 1899, now according to a new report, it's a $20 billion ...
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Key Energy Services posts additional layoffs
A local oil-field service company that shed dozens of local jobs last year has announced additional layoffs amid what has ...
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What is Griffin Resources LLC, the company under investigation for Bakersfield’s water contamination?
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.
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Digitizing for posterity: Donation funds West Kern Oil Museum's preservation project
Anyone walking into the West Kern Oil Museum in Taft can get an eyeful of the people and activities that helped shape the ...