Discovery of the Long Beach oil field especially the gusher at Alamitos well number 1 converted the city from a seaside resort with some agriculture to an industrial town with a major port During the 1920s the oil field was the most productive in the world By the 1930s Long Beach was kn ID: 646742
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The
Zamperini
family moved to Long Beach, California at about the time oil was discovered (in 1921) at Signal Hill.
Discovery of the Long Beach oil field - especially the gusher at Alamitos well number 1 - converted the city from a seaside resort with some agriculture to an industrial town with a major port. During the 1920s, the oil field was the most productive in the world. By the 1930s, Long Beach was known as an oil town.
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websites and information!
History of Long Beach Oil, specifically Signal Hill – include Signal Hill Petroleum
Oil overview/background – what is oil, searching for oil in an urban area, how to access oil
Science of Oil – (drilling, usage, and disposal) impact on ecology, environment, climate
Oil economy - statistics/facts/figures, how are gas prices (“at the pump”) set?, peak oil?
Global/California energy options
Why we
need
oil and other petroleum products
Why might we want to try to become less dependent on oil (foreign and/or domestic)