The Lost Hills Oil Field has been a source of energy since it was discovered in 1910, producing more than 460 million barrels of oil equivalent over the past 40 years. Once complete in early 2020 ...

A groundwater agency on the western fringes of Kern County has taken the unprecedented step of banning all pumping from wells ...

The legal battle over local oil permitting returned to federal court this week as environmental groups filed suit accusing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management of issuing oil and gas ...