Image: The San Ardo Oil Field From The Coast Starlight. (6132948846)
Description: The San Ardo Oil Field is a large oil field in Monterey County, California, in the United States. It is in the upper Salinas Valley, about five miles (8 km) south of the small town of San Ardo, and about twenty miles (32 km) north of Paso Robles. With an estimated ultimate recovery of 530,000,000 barrels (84,000,000 m3) of oil, it is the 13th-largest oil field in California, and of the top twenty California oil fields in size, it is the most recent to be discovered (1947). As of the end of 2006, the principal operators of the field were Chevron Corp. and Aera Energy LLC. This photo was taken from Amtraks Coast Starlight train This Image also appears in 'Amtrak train Routes'
Title: The San Ardo Oil Field From The Coast Starlight. (6132948846)
Credit: The San Ardo Oil Field From The Coast Starlight. Uploaded by PDTillman
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