Wilmington Oil Field
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Wilmington Oil Field is a major urban oil field in the Los Angeles area known for its long history of petroleum production and extensive subsurface operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wilmington Oil Field canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5484674 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilmington Oil Field Context triple: [Wilmington, Los Angeles, hasFeature, Wilmington Oil Field]
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A.
Belridge Oil Field
Belridge Oil Field is one of California’s largest and most productive oil fields, located in the San Joaquin Valley and known for its extensive heavy oil and enhanced recovery operations.
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B.
Oat Mountain Oil Field
Oat Mountain Oil Field is a petroleum-producing area located in the Oat Mountain region of the Santa Susana Mountains in Southern California.
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C.
Midway-Sunset Oil Field
Midway-Sunset Oil Field is one of California’s largest and oldest producing oil fields, located in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
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D.
Elk Hills oil field
The Elk Hills oil field is a major petroleum reserve in California that gained historical notoriety for its central role in the Teapot Dome scandal, one of the most infamous corruption cases in U.S. political history.
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E.
Kuparuk River Oil Field
Kuparuk River Oil Field is one of Alaska’s largest and most productive North Slope oil fields, located west of Prudhoe Bay and developed primarily by ConocoPhillips.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilmington Oil Field Target entity description: Wilmington Oil Field is a major urban oil field in the Los Angeles area known for its long history of petroleum production and extensive subsurface operations.
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A.
Belridge Oil Field
Belridge Oil Field is one of California’s largest and most productive oil fields, located in the San Joaquin Valley and known for its extensive heavy oil and enhanced recovery operations.
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B.
Oat Mountain Oil Field
Oat Mountain Oil Field is a petroleum-producing area located in the Oat Mountain region of the Santa Susana Mountains in Southern California.
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C.
Midway-Sunset Oil Field
Midway-Sunset Oil Field is one of California’s largest and oldest producing oil fields, located in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
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D.
Elk Hills oil field
The Elk Hills oil field is a major petroleum reserve in California that gained historical notoriety for its central role in the Teapot Dome scandal, one of the most infamous corruption cases in U.S. political history.
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E.
Kuparuk River Oil Field
Kuparuk River Oil Field is one of Alaska’s largest and most productive North Slope oil fields, located west of Prudhoe Bay and developed primarily by ConocoPhillips.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | oil field ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
industrial facilities
ⓘ
port infrastructure ⓘ residential neighborhoods ⓘ |
| approximateOriginalOilInPlace | over 3 billion barrels ⓘ |
| artificialIsland |
Island Chaffee
ⓘ
Island Freeman ⓘ Island Grissom ⓘ Island White ⓘ THUMS Islands ⓘ |
| cityPartner |
City of Long Beach
ⓘ
linked to:
Long Beach
|
| contains |
faulted anticline structure
ⓘ
multiple producing zones ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cumulativeProduction | over 2 billion barrels of oil ⓘ |
| discovered | 1932 ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue | land subsidence in Long Beach area ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Pliocene ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation |
Puente Formation
ⓘ
linked to:
Repetto Formation
Repetto Formation ⓘ |
| hasProductionWells | hundreds of wells historically ⓘ |
| industry | petroleum industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the largest oil fields in the contiguous United States by original oil in place
ⓘ
extensive subsurface operations ⓘ urban oil production ⓘ use of steamflooding and enhanced oil recovery ⓘ use of waterflooding ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Long Beach, California ⓘ
linked to:
Long Beach
Los Angeles Basin ⓘ Los Angeles County ⓘ Port of Los Angeles area ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Los Angeles
Wilmington, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| near |
Port of Long Beach
ⓘ
Port of Los Angeles ⓘ San Pedro Bay ⓘ |
| offshoreProductionFrom | artificial islands ⓘ |
| operator |
California Resources Corporation
ⓘ
City of Long Beach ⓘ
linked to:
Long Beach
Various independent oil companies ⓘ |
| partOf |
Southern California petroleum province
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern California oil fields
|
| productionType |
offshore
ⓘ
onshore ⓘ |
| regulator |
California Geologic Energy Management Division
ⓘ
linked to:
Geologic Energy Management Division
|
| resource |
crude oil
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ |
| startOfProduction | 1930s ⓘ |
| status | producing ⓘ |
| subsidenceMitigation | water injection program ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wilmington Oil Field Description of subject: Wilmington Oil Field is a major urban oil field in the Los Angeles area known for its long history of petroleum production and extensive subsurface operations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.