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  SANTA 
  MARIA 
  OIL 
  DISTRICT, 
  CALIFORNIA. 
  

  

  REFINERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  refineries 
  utilizing 
  the 
  oil 
  from 
  the 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  dis- 
  

   trict 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  California 
  Petroleum 
  Refineries 
  f 
  Limited.— 
  -The 
  refinery 
  of 
  this 
  

   newly 
  organized 
  company 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  erection 
  at 
  Oil 
  Port, 
  

   south 
  of 
  Port 
  Harford. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  initial 
  capacity 
  of 
  this 
  

   refinery 
  will 
  be 
  about 
  7,000 
  barrels 
  per 
  day, 
  and 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  usual 
  

   products 
  will 
  be 
  refined. 
  

  

  Pacific 
  Oil 
  Transportation 
  Company. 
  — 
  The 
  refinery 
  of 
  this 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  is 
  located 
  at 
  Gaviota, 
  and 
  consists 
  of 
  nine 
  stills 
  with 
  a 
  capacity 
  

   of 
  1,050 
  barrels 
  of 
  crude 
  oil 
  per 
  day. 
  The 
  principal 
  products 
  are 
  

   illuminants 
  and 
  fuel 
  residue. 
  

  

  Standard 
  Oil 
  Company. 
  — 
  The 
  plant 
  of 
  this 
  company 
  is 
  located 
  at 
  

   Point 
  Richmond, 
  Contra 
  Costa 
  County, 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  consist 
  of 
  10 
  

   stills 
  with 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  5,000 
  barrels 
  of 
  crude 
  oil 
  and 
  4,000 
  barrels 
  

   re-run 
  per 
  day. 
  The 
  products 
  are 
  illuminants, 
  lubricants, 
  and 
  coke. 
  

  

  Union 
  Oil 
  Company 
  of 
  California.— 
  The 
  main 
  refinery 
  of 
  this 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  is 
  located 
  at 
  Oleum, 
  Contra 
  Costa 
  County, 
  and 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  stills 
  capable 
  of 
  producing 
  illuminants, 
  distillate, 
  and 
  

   asphalt. 
  

  

  UTILIZATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  OIL. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  oil 
  from 
  the 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  district 
  is 
  refined, 
  the 
  lighter 
  

   products 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  illuminants 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  direct 
  generation 
  of 
  

   power 
  in 
  gas 
  engines, 
  and 
  the 
  heavier 
  products 
  and 
  unrefined 
  heavy 
  

   oil 
  for 
  fuel, 
  lubricants, 
  road 
  dressing, 
  etc. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  

   a 
  very 
  small 
  amount 
  used 
  locally, 
  all 
  the 
  oil 
  is 
  sent 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  

   the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  at 
  present, 
  it 
  is 
  believed, 
  going 
  to 
  the 
  

   refineries 
  near 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  Contracts 
  recently 
  made 
  in 
  South 
  

   America, 
  Japan, 
  and 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands 
  indicate 
  that 
  within 
  a 
  

   short 
  time 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  will 
  be 
  exported. 
  

  

  RESUME. 
  

  

  The 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  oil 
  district, 
  comprising 
  the 
  Santa 
  Maria, 
  Lompoc, 
  

   Arroyo 
  Grande, 
  and 
  Huasna 
  fields, 
  occupies 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  northern 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  Lompoc 
  and 
  Guadalupe 
  quadrangles, 
  northern 
  Santa 
  

   Barbara 
  County; 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Luis 
  quadrangle, 
  

   southern 
  San 
  Luis 
  Obispo 
  County, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  unmapped 
  

   area 
  between 
  the 
  Lompoc 
  and 
  San 
  Luis 
  quadrangles. 
  

  

  The 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  is 
  a 
  basin 
  region 
  inclosed 
  between 
  

   two 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  Coast 
  Ranges 
  — 
  the 
  San 
  Rafael 
  and 
  Santa 
  Ynez 
  

   mountains 
  — 
  and 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean. 
  The 
  formations 
  in 
  this 
  basin 
  

   have 
  undergone 
  less 
  disturbance 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  and 
  the 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  in 
  it 
  are 
  good 
  for 
  the 
  accumulation 
  of 
  oil. 
  

  

  