The Kettleman North Dome Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in Kings and Fresno counties, California. Discovered in 1928, it is the fifteenth largest field in the state by total ultimate oil recov
The Kettleman North Dome Oil Field in Central California. Other oil fields are shown in gray.
Old Oil Well Derrick in the Kettleman North Dome Oil Field near Avenal
Monument to the Discovery of the Kettleman North Dome Oil Field in 1928
Midway-Sunset Oil Field
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The Midway-Sunset Oil Field is a large oil field in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California in the United States. It is the largest known oilfield in California and also the largest oil field in t
Kettleman North Dome Oil Field
…Avenal to Interstate 5, crosses the hills in the middle of the North Dome. North Dome itself is one of the longest of the California oil fields; only Midway-Sunset is longer. Its long axis, northwest to southeast, is approximately 14 miles (23 km), and it is almost three miles (5 km) across at its widest point…
Midway Field Well 2-6 in 1909, known as the first gusher
Oil wells and storage tanks west of Highway 33, on the Midway-Sunset field
The Lakeview #2 gusher (not the more famous Lakeview #1 gusher), 20 May 1914
Steam pipes emerging from the Midway Sunset Cogeneration Plant to steam the field. Note the hundreds of pumping units in the background; this is among the most densely developed parts of the field.