Natural Seeps & The Creation Of The California Oil Industry

Описание: Join us in this video beginning with visits to several natural oil seeps located in seven different counties in California. Next, we explore some history beginning with the creation of the California oil industry in the 1860’s. Finally, we discuss some science around the formation of oil deep within the Earth, the migration of oil upward through the Earth, the trapping of oil within underground accumulations, and the natural seepage of oil at the Earth’s surface.

Introduction 00:09
USGS map and flyover views of seep locations in seven counties 0:55
Ventura County seep visits 3:15
Santa Barbara County seep visits 5:02
Los Angeles County seep visits 5:36
Kern County seep visits 7:30
Mendocino County seep visit 8:57
Colusa County seep visits 10:04
Humboldt County seep visits 11:55
Offshore California oil and gas seeps 13:09
Examples of oil use by Native Americans 14:26
California gold rush and a wave of people 16:09
Supply chains and clipper ships 16:23
Whale oil lamps for the mining camps 16:31
Stanford Brothers sell and refine lamp oil 16:40
1859 Drake oil well disrupts the lighting industry 19:20
Oil well drilling promotion begins in California 19:56
The profession of ‘oil smellers’ 20:20
Historic Humboldt County oil wells 20:43
Drilling near California oil seeps 21:31
Stanford brothers “oil tunnel” in Ventura County 22:02
32 California Counties favorable for oil development 22:42
California oil production growth in the 1800’s 22:51
California oil industry outlook in 1901 23:11
Light bulb and electricity disrupts kerosene 23:32
Crude oil displaces coal 23:44
Internal combustion engine disrupts transportation 23:58
Steep growth of global energy use over time 24:06
Two California oil basins and peak oil production rate 24:43
Four waves of global energy transitions 25:30
Geology and plate tectonics 26:16
Geology and igneous rocks 27:44
Geology and sedimentary rocks 28:16
Geology and metamorphic rocks 28:58
Phytoplankton and organic shale oil source rock 29:32
Oil generation from organic shale with burial 30:39
Oil migration upward from deep organic shale 30:52
Regulation of oil wells vs. water wells 31:37
Oil and gas seep pathways 32:02
Unconventional oil development not commercial in California 32:11

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