OGPSS - California oil and Hubbert Linearization

Last week, when I was writing about the heavy oil fields of California I used a plot from Jean Laherrère to illustrate the potential ultim...

OGPSS - The heavier oils of California's Kern Valley

The Kern River field was first found by a wood cutter and his son, after being asked to drill a well on the Means property, who began dig...

OGPSS - The Oil that lies Offshore California

Last week I covered some of the early history of the development of the oil industry in California , and briefly mentioned the difficulties ...

OGPSS - The Oil under Los Angeles

The development of oil in Texas produced, in its time, the four richest men in the world (H.L. Hunt, Sid Richardson, Roy Cullen and Clint...