Guide to the California Department of Conservation offshore oil and gas platform slide collection Mss 366
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2018.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2018 November 1
Title: California Department of Conservation offshore oil and gas platform slide collection
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 366
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.8 linear feet
(9 document boxes, 5 half-size document boxes)
Creator:
California. Department of Conservation
Date (inclusive): circa 1969-1990s
Abstract: 35 mm color slides, dating, roughly, from 1969 through the 1990s, gathered by the California Department of Conservation documenting
the history of offshore oil and gas islands and platforms, as well as oil spills and seeps off the Central Coast and Santa
Barbara Channel region of California.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], California Department of Conservation offshore oil and gas platform slide collection, Mss 366. Department
of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert N. Chester, on behalf of the California Department of Conservation, 2018.
Scope and Content
35 mm color slides, dating, roughly, from 1969 through the 1990s, gathered by the California Department of Conservation, documenting
the history of offshore oil and gas islands and platforms, as well as oil spills and seeps off the Central Coast and Santa
Barbara Channel region of California.
The collection includes slides of the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969, as well as documentation of natural oil and gas seep
activity offshore. The collection also contains slides of onshore oil and gas activity, including pipelines, as well as harbors,
drills and drillships, oil workers and engineers in various locations, and charts, and maps.
In addition to the 35 mm slides, the collection contains an aerial surveillance book with charts and photographic prints,
providing a comprehensive catalog of offshore oil and gas platforms.
Arrangement
These slides (following original order) have been organized according to the following series: District 1: Southern Area,
District 2: Northern Area, and District 3: Central Area.
Supplied series include: Charts Maps and Graphs, Offshore Aerial Surveillance Flight Book, and Miscellaneous.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Drilling platforms -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Offshore gas industry -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Offshore oil industry -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Oil seepage -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Oil spills -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Aerial photographs
Color slides
Maps (documents)
California. Department of Conservation -- Archives
Offshore Islands and Platforms
box 1, folder 1
Island Grissom Thums
1970s-1990s
box 1, folder 2
Island White Thums
1980s-2000
box 1, folder 3
Island Chaffee Thums
1972-2001
box 1, folder 4
Island Freeman Thums
1972-2001
box 1, folder 5
Island Monterey Exxon
1971-2001
box 2, folder 1
Island Esther Chevron
1971-2001
box 2, folder 2
Platform Eva Union
1971-2001
box 2, folder 3
Platform Emmy Aminoil
1971-2001
box 2, folder 4
Platform Eureka Shell Beta Unit
1984-2001
box 2, folder 5
Beta Unit Shell Platform Ellen/Elly Shell
1983-2001
Offshore Oil Seeps and Spills
box 3, folder 1
Santa Barbara Spill 69
1969
box 3, folder 2
Huntington Beach Drill Site
1973-1991
box 3, folder 3
Pacific Palisades and Urban Sites
1969-1973
box 3, folder 4
Redondo Beach West New Port
1973-1974
box 3, folder 5
Redondo - Venice Seeps
1971-1974
box 3, folder 6
Oil Spill Containment Equipment Santa Barbara Harbor
1971-1972
box 3, folder 7
U.S. Coast Guard Boom Test (John Mansville)
1972
box 3, folder 8
Navy Test of Oil Recovery Systems (Long Beach)
1973
box 3, folder 9
Clean Seas Navy and BT Booms
1970s
box 3, folder 10
Vicoma Soa Pack Boom Test
1973 October 26
box 3, folder 11
Oil Mop Demonstration
1975
District 2 Central Channel Area
Offshore Islands and Platforms
box 6, folder 2
Houchin Phillips
1972-2001
box 7, folder 3
Platform A Union
1973-2001
box 7, folder 4
Platform B Union
1971-2001
box 7, folder 5
Platform C Union
1979-2001
box 8, folder 4
Jack Ups and Semisub
1983-1998
box 4, folder 3
Tent an Tank near Holly over ARLO "3120" 2
1970
box 4, folder 4
ARB Tour Coal Oil Point and "A"
1975
box 4, folder 5
Shoreline Facilities Carpinteria, Coal Oil Point, Ellwood
1974-1976
box 4, folder 6
Shoreline Facilities El Capitan, Tajiguas, Point Conception
1972-2000
Offshore Islands and Platforms
circa 1990s
box 9, folder 2
Santa Ynez OST Exxon
1983-1994
box 10, folder 3
Platform Hermosa
1986-2001
box 10, folder 4
Platform Harvest
1985-2001
box 10, folder 5
Platform Hidalgo Chevron
1986-2001
box 11, folder 1
Goleta Point Seeps #28
1971-1975
box 11, folder 3
Coal Oil Point Seep #29
1970-1975
box 11, folder 4
Seep #46 or #47 off Holly
1970-1976
box 11, folder 5
Ellwood Pier Gull Island
1974-1976
box 11, folder 7
Seep #37 East of Helen
1972-1976
box 11, folder 8
Seep East of Herman #40
1972-1976
box 11, folder 9
Santa Rosa Island
1972-1975
box 11, folder 10
Santa Cruz, Anacapa Isands
1973-1974
box 11, folder 11
Palos Verdes Area and Possible New Seep
1972-1975
box 11, folder 12
El Capitan Canyon and Seep
1973-1975
box 11, folder 13
Seeps East of Harry and off Point Conception
1970-1972
box 11, folder 14
Green Substance from Harry to C.B. Harbor
1973-1975
box 11, folder 15
Oil On Various Beaches from Seeps
1974
box 11, folder 16
Ships at Sea
1973 October 11
box 11, folder 18
Coal Oil Point Gas Seeps and Oil Slicks
1973
box 11, folder 19
Coal Oil Point Onshore Seeps
1968
box 11, folder 20
Underwater Photos of Gas and Oil Seep of Coal Oil Point
1972
box 11, folder 21
Coastline Seeps Santa Barbara Channel
1970s
box 11, folder 22
Ellwood Beach Gas Seeps
1973
box 11, folder 23
Miscellaneous
1986-2000
Scope and Contents
includes Coal Oil Pt. Seep, Off Coal Oil Pt., SB Channel Flight, Seep #25, Seep #26, etc.
Offshore Aerial Surveillance Flight Book
Charts, Maps and Graphs
Scope and Contents
Slides, mostly maps graphs charts, also education subsurfacing productions slides
box 13, folder 2
Graphs, Charts, Stats, Maps
1970s-1980s
box 13, folder 3
Drilling and Production
1970s-1980s
box 13, folder 4
Education Subsurface Production
1970s-1980s
box 13, folder 5
Educational Geology Product (Diagrams, Pictures)
1970s-1980s
box 13, folder 6
Tanks, Wells, Sumps
1973-1984
box 13, folder 7
Miscellaneous
1970s
Scope and Contents
includes Redondo Beach Drill Island, SB Channel Flight, BOPE, etc.
Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
This series sontains slides of the Santa Ynez Pipeline, Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, drills and drillships, oil workers
and engineers in various locations, charts, drill equipment and assemblies, charts and maps.
box 12, folder 1
Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbors
1971-1973
box 12, folder 3
Penrod #73, #96 and Key Singapore
1983
box 12, folder 4
Miscellaneous Floating Drilling Platforms
1974-1976
box 12, folder 5
WODECCO II Drillship
1970 March 8
box 12, folder 7
Santa Ynez Pipeline Route
1973
box 12, folder 8
Chevron Frankfurt Tanker
1971
box 12, folder 13
Maps of Los Angeles Offshore with Platforms and Seeps
1969-1973
box 12, folder 14
Maps of Santa Barbara Channel with Platforms Seeps and Fields
1969-1974
box 12, folder 15
101 World Map and California Map (Geologic)
1969-1974
box 12, folder 16
Oil Production Graph Offshore
1973-1976
box 12, folder 17
Block Diagrams and Cross section Seeps
1975-1976
box 12, folder 18
Production of Drilling
1973-1976
box 12, folder 20
BOPE Assemblies for Ocean Floor
1973
box 12, folder 21
Miscellaneous Well Equipment
1969-1975
box 12, folder 23
Ocean Floor Wellheads
1973
box 12, folder 25
Miscellaneous
1971-1998
Scope and Content
includes Sea Floor Tree, Subsea Wellhead, Santa Clara River Pollution, Glomar Grand Isle, Glomar Atlantic, Glomar Pacific,
etc.
