By BILL RINTOUL, Oil columnist October 18th, 1989 A pair of aging Kern County oil fields are running a tight race to see which will finish this year as the top producing field in the lower 48 states and the third in the nation behind Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk River fields. South Belridge started the year with a comfortable lead over Midway-Sunset, putting out 157,500 barrels per day compared with the latter field’s 153,300 barrels daily, or 4,200 barrels more. By June,

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Taft, CA – February 5, 2025  – The West Kern Oil Museum, in collaboration with Chevron, is excited to announce a groundbreaking project...