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Oil and Gas Drilling in Los the Angeles Area
New homes built on redeveloped oilfield property on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, CA. Oil wells were first drilled here in 1922. Photo by J. Jepson. 

New homes built on redeveloped oilfield property on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, CA. Oil wells were first drilled here in 1922. Photo by J. Jepson.

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A camouflaged rig on Island Grissom, a man-made drilling island near Long Beach, CA. Photo by J. Jepson. Four camouflaged rigs on Island Grissom, Long Beach, CA. Photo courtesy of the City of Long Beach. A drilling rig at the San Vicente urban drill site in western Los Angeles, CA. The site is operated by Stocker Resources. Photo by J. Jepson. Near two rigs at the Farmer’s Market Drill Site in Salt Lake oil field, Los Angeles. The rigs are used to plug and abandon oil wells no longer needed. Photo by R. Loverne. New homes built on redeveloped oilfield property on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, CA. Oil wells were first drilled here in 1922. Photo by J. Jepson.

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