When a small company leased an oil field in California’s Central Valley six ... roughly an hour west of Bakersfield, is surrounded by a sea of large black oil pumps. Umbro notes that the new ...

The first discovery well in the Kern River Fields was drilled in 1899, now according to a new report, it's a $20 billion ...

OILDALE, CA – JULY 7: Oil pumpjacks line the horizon in Chevron’s Kern River Oil Field, the fifth largest in the United States, located just north and east of Bakersfield, is viewed on July 7 ...

Despite ever-higher regulatory hurdles and waves of production layoffs, California's oil industry continues to make big contributions to the state's economy, employment and tax revenue ...

The document includes substantial concessions designed to correct shortcomings identified by California's 5th District Court of Appeal, which two years ago shut down the county's permitting system ...

The agreement comes after the state oil and gas regulator cancelled and rescinded approvals for the new wells. The Center for Biological Diversity sued the California Geologic ... in the Elk Hills ...

Chevron As part of Energy Week on Studio 17, host Kait Hill sat down with Alan Pitts, Vice President of Chevron’s San Joaquin ...