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Pumpjacks in the Ventura Avenue Oil Field. Since oil was first discovered in this region in 1918, it has produced over 729 million barrels of oil and 1.8 billion metric cubic feet of natural gas. It is estimated that it will ultimately produce over one billions barrels of oil.* The oil production, has not come without great cost to the surrounding ecosystems, namely the Ventura River which formerly supported steelhead fish populations the numbered in the thousands.(*www.osti.gov)

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Pumpjacks, Ventura Avenue Oil Field

Pumpjacks in the Ventura Avenue Oil Field. Since oil was first discovered in this region in 1918, it has produced over 729 million barrels of oil and 1.8 billion metric cubic feet of natural gas. It is estimated that it will ultimately produce over one billions barrels of oil.* The oil production, has not come without great cost to the surrounding ecosystems, namely the Ventura River which formerly supported steelhead fish populations the numbered in the thousands.(*www.osti.gov)


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