Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach oil wells

[Daniel D. Teoli Jr.]

 

This is Pacific Coast Highway showing Huntington Beach oil wells. Back in the day, California used to be #2 in oil production in the USA, just behind Texas. CA does not even rate in the top 5 now. 

The top five crude oil-producing states and their percentage shares of total U.S. crude oil production in 2022 were:

Texas 42.5%
New Mexico 13.3%
North Dakota 8.9%
Colorado 3.7%
Alaska 3.7%

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/where-our-oil-comes-from.php

It is always hard to date things for the archivist when no dates are marked on the originals. Cars can help date things. The cars shown here are from mid 1920s. I saw another photo that was being sold from this collection of the Brea oil fields in CA that was dated 1927.  So that gives some time frame.

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