Print this pageExploration
and 
Production
in an Urban Area
Donald D. Clarke
Los Angeles and the surrounding area grew up with the oil
industry. Petroleum production
and refining contributed significantly to the
great population growth of southern California. As the urbanization expanded it
overgrew the existing oil operations creating a coexistence that has become
nearly invisible to the local residents. As the oil industry declines in
southern California special care should be