Mount Poso Oil Field
The Mount Poso Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in the lower foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Kern County, California, United States. Discovered in 1926, it is the 21st largest field in California by total ultimate oil recovery, having a cumulative production of close to 300 million barrels during that year, from a peak of over 9 million barrels in 1981.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Mount Poso Oil Field
- Type: Oilfield
- Description: field by the Sierra Nevada in California, US
- Categories: oil field and landform
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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