Belridge Operations

The Belridge Producing Complex of Aera Energy LLC includes exploration and production (E&P) operations in the North and South Belridge, Lost Hills, and Cymric, and McKittrick oil fields. Located in Kern County approximately 45 miles west/northwest of Bakersfield, the Belridge Producing Complex covers an area roughly 22 miles long and 2.5 miles wide.

Oil and gas production includes heavy oil production from the Tulare formation and light oil production from the Diatomite formation. The asset produces more than 140,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Crude oil is sold on the premises and is transported to refineries in Martinez and Torrence for processing into gasoline and other fuels. Belridge field operations are centered in the new Belridge Oasis headquarters building which opened in February 2001.

In 2002 the Belridge Producing Complex won the prestigious North American Maintenance Excellence (NAME) Award for its maintenance and reliability program and results. Aera is the first E&P company to win the award previously given only to manufacturing organizations. In the manufacturing industry, the NAME Award has been compared to the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.

Many employees assigned to Belridge live in the Greater Bakersfield area and are active in the community as individuals or through the company’s Team Aera and Partnership A.E.R.A. programs. In addition, every year during the November and December holidays Belridge employees coordinate an annual “adopt a family” outreach which serves a number of needy families in the area.

Aera and its predecessors have operated in the North and South Belridge Fields since 1916. Aera is the largest producer in the North and South Belridge fields. The South Belridge field is the sixth most productive field in the United States. The Lost Hills Field is the ninth largest producing field in California.