COALINGA, Calif.— Chevron Corp. is enlisting the sun to help drain the sludge-like dregs of crude from an aging oil field. Chevron is keen to extract this thick crude by heating it with steam ...

Ruben Rodriguez, a Coalinga oil worker turned climate organizer with the Central California Environmental Justice Network, urged state action in his backyard.

From the Archives: Coalinga oil wells turned into art Nov. 20, 1975: Woodstock rides on the back of Snoopy, one of Jean Dakessian’s oil well creations near Coalinga. (John Malmin / Los Angeles ...

Tri-Valley has commenced operations to drill its Los Gatos prospect near Coalinga, some 100 miles north of Bakersfield, California.

The Central Valley town of Coalinga is considering turning a former prison into a factory to produce cannabis oil, but the proposal has some locals up in arms.

COALINGA This city founded on the discovery of a petroleum field is looking to strike it rich in a new oil industry. Instead of relying on the black gold pulled from the ground for jobs and ...

We have the resources to change that situation. Fresno County has long been an energy-producing region, with Standard Oil — now Chevron — drilling its first well in Coalinga nearly 120 years ago.

Fairchild International Corporation reports that the site operator at the Coalinga Nose oil and gas drilling prospect in California reports e-log activity is extremely encouraging at the Brown ...

Coalinga sits on the aptly named Coalinga Oil Field – one of the largest in California. The oil field was discovered in 1887 and is one of the nation’s oldest producing oil fields.

Tapping the sun's power is seen as an energy source of the future, but in Coalinga it's being used for a more traditional energy source -- giant mirrors are helping to pump oil out of the ground.

Chevron Corp. has started generating steam from its solar-to-steam demonstration project for enhancing oil recovery at the heavy oil Coalinga field in Kern County, Calif.

Chevron Technology Ventures launched a demonstration project at Coalinga field in Kern County, Calif., to test the viability of using solar energy to enhance heavy oil production. The project uses ...