 Location of Aliso Canyon Oil Field in southern California | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles County, California |
| Offshore/onshore | onshore |
| Operators | Southern California Gas Company, The Termo Company, Crimson Resource Management Corp. |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1938 |
| Start of development | 1938 |
| Start of production | 1938 |
| Peak year | 1955 |
| Production | |
| Current production of oil | 566 barrels per day (~28,200 t/a) |
| Year of current production of oil | 2014 |
| Estimated oil in place | 1.724 million barrels (~2.352×105 t) |
| Producing formations | Pico Formation, Modelo Formation, Llajas Formation |
The Aliso Canyon Oil Field (also Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Field, Aliso Canyon Underground Storage Facility) is an oil field and natural gas storage facility in the Santa Susana Mountains in Los Angeles County, California, north of the Porter Ranch neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles. Discovered in 1938 and quickly developed afterward, the field peaked as an oil producer in the 1950s, but has remained active since its discovery. One of its depleted oil and gas producing formations, the Sesnon-Frew zone, was converted into a gas storage reservoir in 1973 by the Southern California Gas Company, the gas utility servicing the southern half of California. This reservoir is the second-largest natural gas storage site in the western United States, with a capacity of over 86 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Currently it is one of four gas storage facilities owned by Southern California Gas, the others being the La Goleta Gas Field west of Santa Barbara, Honor Rancho near Newhall, and Playa del Rey.
Oil production on the field continues from 32 active wells as of 2016. The gas storage reservoir is accessed through 115 gas injection wells, along with approximately 38 miles of pipeline internal to the field.[1] Three operators were active on the field: Southern California Gas Company, The Termo Company, and Crimson Resource Management Corp.[2]
- ^ Public Utilities Commission of California (November 2014). "Direct testimony of Phillip E. Baker" (PDF). Southern California Gas Company. p. PEB-3. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
- ^ "Online Production and Injection Query for State of California, Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources". California Department of Conservation. Retrieved January 17, 2016.[permanent dead link]