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Schlumberger. Schlumberger NV (French: [ʃlumbɛʁʒe, ʃlœ̃b-]), doing business as SLB, also known as Schlumberger Limited, [2] is an American oilfield services company. [3][4] As of 2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest offshore drilling contractor by revenue. [5]
Eleven reservoirs have a storage capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3); all of these except one are in or on drainages that feed into the Central Valley. The largest single reservoir in California is Shasta Lake, with a full volume of more than 4,552,000 acre-feet (5.615 km 3). Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California.
All oil drilling into the South Ellwood Offshore field takes place from Platform Holly, about two miles (3 km) offshore in state waters 34.3898°N 119.9065°W. Oil wells on wharves built out over the ocean, Summerland oil field, 1902. Offshore oil and gas in California provides a significant portion of the state's petroleum production.
135 ft (41 m) [1] 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Camanche Reservoir is an artificial lake in the San Joaquin Valley in California in the United States, at the juncture of Amador, Calaveras, and San Joaquin counties. Its waters are impounded by Camanche Dam, which was completed in 1963.
1875 to January 1993. Isaac Blake, the founder of the Continental Oil Company (now ConocoPhillips). His son was the actor and opera singer Winfield Blake. In 1875, the "Continental Oil and Transportation Company" (acronym "Conoco") was founded in Ogden, Utah by Isaac Blake. [9] In 1885, Conoco was reincorporated as part of Standard Oil. [10]
In November 2006, the University of California, Davis released a report analyzing business leadership by women within the state. [94] The report showed that although 103 of the 400 largest public companies headquartered in California were located in Santa Clara County (the most of all counties), only 8.8% of Silicon Valley companies had women CEOs.
The California oil and gas industry has been a major economic and cultural component of the US state of California for over a century. Oil production was a minor factor in the 19th century, with kerosene replacing whale oil and lubricants becoming essential to the machine age. Oil became a major California industry in the 20th century with the ...