Ellwood Oil Field
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Ellwood Oil Field and South Ellwood Offshore Oil Field are a pair of adjacent, partially active oil fields adjoining the city of Goleta, California, about twelve miles west of Santa Barbara, largely i
The Ellwood Oil Field and South Ellwood Offshore Oil Field. Other oil fields are shown in gray.
Aerial: Ellwood Oil Field from West
Sandpiper Golf Course with derricks in background, 1975. Photo by Charles O'Rear.
Barnsdall-Rio Grande gas station, built in 1929 next to the Ellwood Oil Field
Venoco
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Venoco, Inc. was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. It primarily operated in the Monterey Formation in California. In 2017, the company filed bankruptcy and was liquidated.
Venoco's Platform Gail in the Sockeye Field, Santa Barbara Channel