the county. The two offshore fields, Rincon and West Mcntalvo, produced 

 485,260 barrels of oil in 1975, averaging 1,320 BOPD for the year. Pro- 

 duction is maintained by sucker rods operating on the piers and on Rincon 

 Island (See Appendix I, Maps 7 through 9 and 12). 



2. Onshore Support Facilities . Seven major and dozens of smaller 

 offshore oil support industries operate in the county. Port Hueneme is 

 a major staging area for offshore support. This port's governing body 

 is actively seeking additional oil business and has land available for 

 expansion. The port may also become a marine terminal for the trans- 

 shipment of oil from the Navy's Elk Hills reservoir. 



3. Processing . Eleven processing facilities and three marine 

 terminals are located on the Ventura coast and in the Ventura River 

 corridor. Five of the facilities usually process only offshore oil. 

 Some oil from platforms off the coast of Santa Barbara is brought to 

 Ventura for separation and treatment and is shipped by tanker and 

 pipeline. 



4. Environmental Problems . Current environmental problems are 

 caused by hydrocarbon releases from tankers, either loading or under- 

 way, and from occasional small oil spills from drilling piers. 

 Disturbance of wildfowl habitat is caused by operations of the Union 

 Oil Company marine terminal at McGrath Lake. 



5. Special Features . San Nicholas and Anacapa Islands have not 

 been identified as possible target areas for oil development, but 

 would be affected by spills. The islands serve as pinniped rookeries 



and the habitat of several unusual and possibly unique invertebrates 



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 and fishes. 



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