oil wells

Oil clearly visible off of Summerland.

Settlement means plans for one new well in Carrizo Plain National Monument are scrapped, and 11 wells will eventually be removed.

An oil and gas company seeking to expand its facilities on the South Coast is instead in hot water for what it already has on the site. Ventura County…

The State Lands Commission has begun the process of capping the next oil well leaking off of Summerland beach.The project director is aiming to select a…

A polluting oil well in the near-shore waters off Summerland beach will now be capped to prevent any further leaking.The Becker well dates back decades,…

Legislation intended to help get some abandoned oil wells off the South Coast properly sealed is headed to the Governor’s desk.The State Assembly passed…

Ventura County Supervisors Tuesday are scheduled to look at a controversial proposal to allow a company to re-activate three shuttered well in a rural…

The questions continue to grow over efforts to get an oil company which owns dozen of oil wells off the Ventura County coastline to repair, or replace…

The operator of an oil facility off the South Coast has been ordered by a state agency to take action to prevent potential spills, after inspectors say…

For decades, a coastal Santa Barbara county community has dealt with oil production facilities that were never completely capped properly. At times, one…