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Preliminary Guide to the Robert Sollen Collection, circa 1954-1996 SBHC Mss 33
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An Ocean of Oil

Box 1

An Ocean of Oil (binders, with manuscript drafts, chapter notes, and photographs)

 

Chron Files

General note

circa 1968-1986 (chronologically arranged clippings, notes, reports, and other materials generally relating to Santa Barbara and California oil issues)
Box 2

1968-1974

Box 3

1975-1986

 

Clippings

General note

circa 1968-1996 (includes many of Sollen's News-Press articles)
Box 4

Abandonments

Box 4

Accidents

Box 4

Adair, Red

Box 4

Advertising

Box 4

Advisory Committee

Box 4

Air Quality

Box 4

Alaska

Box 4

Alternative Fuels

Box 4

Anniversaries (1969 Oil Spill)

Box 4

Antarctica

Box 4

Archives

Box 4

ARCO

Box 4

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)

Box 4

Asia (SE)

Box 4

Atlantic Coast

Box 4

Awards

Box 4

Babbitt

Box 4

Beaches

Box 4

Bickmore, David (County Petroleum Engineer)

Box 4

Blowout (Jan. 28, 1969)

Box 4

Blowouts (other)

Box 4

Books

Box 4

Brazil

Box 4

Bureaucracy

Box 4

Burford, Ann Gorsuch

Box 4

Burman Oil

Box 4

California Coastal Operators Group (C/COG)

Box 4

California Independent Producers Association

Box 4

Canada

Box 4

Channel Islands

Box 4

Channel Islands Alliance

Box 4

Chevron

Box 4

Cities Service

Box 4

City Council

Box 4

Coalition against Oil Pollution

Box 4

Coast Guard

Box 4

Coastal Impact

Box 4

Colorado River

Box 4

Conferences on Santa Barbara Oil

Box 4

Conflict of Interest

Box 4

Congress

Box 4

CONOCO

Box 4

Consolidation Policies

Box 4

Consumption/Conservation

Box 5

Containment

Box 5

Cooger Report

Box 5

Council on Environmental Quality

Box 5

County Board of Supervisors

Box 5

County Control Ordinance

Box 5

County Government

Box 5

County Oil Ordinance

Box 5

County Petroleum Administrator

Box 5

County Petroleum Engineer

Box 5

County Petroleum Office

Box 5

CREF

Box 5

Curran, John

Box 5

Cuyama

Box 5

CZMA (Coastal Zone Management Act)

Box 5

Damage Settlement Funds

Box 5

Damages

Box 5

Deepwater Port Act

Box 5

Deepwater Technology

Box 5

Demand

Box 5

Denial

Box 5

Deukmejian

Box 5

Development (Onshore)

Box 5

Development Plans

Box 5

Development Projects

Box 5

Developments - Cities Service

Box 5

Developments - Shell

Box 5

Developments - Texaco

Box 5

Discharges

Box 5

Discoveries

Box 5

Dispersants, Oil

Box 5

Dredge

Box 5

Drilling

Box 5

Drilling Bits

Box 5

Drilling, Channel

Box 5

Drilling, Federal

Box 5

Drilling, Geophysical

Box 5

Drilling (OCS)

Box 5

Drilling, Onshore

Box 5

Drilling, Tidelands

Box 5

Dumping, Illegal

Box 5

Earthquake Damage

Box 5

East Coast

Box 5

Economic Impact

Box 5

Economics of Oil

Box 5

Editorials

Box 5

Elk Hills

Box 5

Elwood

Box 5

Energy - Alternatives

Box 5

Energy - Conservation/Efficiency

Box 5

Energy - Consumption

Box 5

Energy Division

Box 5

Energy Forecasts

Box 5

Energy (oil)

Box 5

Energy Policy

Box 5

Enforcement

Box 5

Environmental Impact Reports

Box 5

Environmental Protection

Box 5

Environmental Recovery

Box 5

Environmental Research

Box 5

Erosion (Beach)

Box 5

Exports

Box 5

Exxon

Box 6

Exxon

Box 6

Films (Santa Barbara Oil Spill)

Box 6

Fires

Box 6

Fishing

Box 6

Florida

Box 6

Flow, Rate of

Box 6

Foreign Oil

Box 6

Gaviota Pier

Box 6

Geological Hazards

Box 6

Geological Survey, U.S.

Box 6

Geology

Box 6

Geophysical

Box 6

Geophysical Surveys

Box 6

Gesner, Bill

Box 6

Get Oil Out (GOO)

Box 6

Greenpeace

Box 6

Gulf of Mexico

Box 6

Gulf States

Box 6

Harbor, San Luis Obispo County

Box 6

Harbor, Santa Barbara

Box 6

Hardin, Garrett

Box 6

Hartley, Fred

Box 6

Hickel, Walter J.

Box 6

History

Box 6

Hodel, Donald

Box 6

Humble Oil

Box 6

Husky Oil Co.

Box 6

Imports

Box 6

Industry Response

Box 6

Information (Oil Spill Information Center)

Box 6

Interior Committee - Senate

Box 6

Interior, Department of

Box 6

Iraq-Kuwait Crisis

Box 6

Islands, Drilling

Box 6

Junk, Subsea

Box 6

Kallman, Robert

Box 6

Labor (Oil)

Box 6

Lagomarsino

Box 6

Land Use (Oil ), California

Box 6

Lands Commission, State

Box 6

Lease Sale

Box 6

Leases

Box 6

Leases Cancelled

Box 6

Leases, Santa Barbara Channel

Box 6

Leasing - General

Box 6

Leasing - CZMA

Box 6

Leasing - OCS

Box 6

Leasing, Offshore

Box 6

Leasing, Onshore

Box 6

Leasing, Policy and Regs.

Box 6

Leasing, State

Box 6

Leasing, Tidelands

Box 7

Legislation

Box 7

Legislature

Box 7

Liability

Box 7

Litigation

Box 7

Lujan, Manuel

Box 7

McKelvey, Vincent

Box 7

Measure A

Box 7

MEMS (Marine Emergency Management Studies)

Box 7

Mergers

Box 7

Mesa, Santa Barbara

Box 7

Middle East

Box 7

Military Consumption

Box 7

MMS (Minerals Management Service)

Box 7

Mobil/Clearview

Box 7

Mohr, John L.

Box 7

Molino

Box 7

Moratorium

Box 7

Morton, Rogers

Box 7

National Forest

Box 7

Natural Gas

Box 7

Navigation

Box 7

Nixon

Box 7

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Spill Study

Box 8

North County

Box 8

North Slope

Box 8

OCS Exploration, Development

Box 8

OCS Studies

Box 8

OCS Task Force

Box 8

Offshore Technology Conference

Box 8

Ogle Oil

Box 8

Oil and Gas, State Division of

Box 8

Onshore

Box 8

Onshore (City)

Box 8

Onshore (County)

Box 8

Onshore Drilling

Box 8

Onshore Impact

Box 8

Onshore Installations

Box 8

Onshore Operations

Box 8

OPEC

Box 8

Organizations, Conservation (Environmental Information Council)

Box 8

Other Publications

Box 8

Pauley Oil/Petroleum

Box 8

Pecora, William T.

Box 8

Perta Oil Co.

Box 8

Phillips Petroleum

Box 8

Pipeline, Alaska

Box 8

Pipeline (Mobil)

Box 8

Pipeline, Onshore

Box 8

Pipeline Project

Box 8

Pipelines

Box 8

Placer Claims

Box 8

Platform Gail

Box 8

Platform Gilda

Box 8

Platform Grace

Box 8

Platform Harmony

Box 8

Platform Holly

Box 8

Platforms

Box 8

Platforms, Exxon

Box 8

Platforms, Gulf

Box 8

Plat

Box 8

Point Arguello Geology

Box 8

Point Pedernales

Box 8

Political Campaigns

Box 8

Political Contributions

Box 8

Politics

Box 8

Pollution

Box 8

Press

Box 8

Prices (of oil)

Box 8

Pricing

Box 8

Processing

Box 8

Production/Potential

Box 8

Prop 20

Box 8

Protest

Box 8

Public Opinion

Box 8

Puget Sound

Box 8

Quality

Box 8

Quota, Oil Import

Box 8

Radioactivity

Box 8

Reagan

Box 8

Refineries

Box 8

Refining

Box 8

Reorganization

Box 8

Remnants

Box 8

[Resources] Ocean Resources Study

Box 8

Revenue

Box 8

Revenue, Public

Box 8

Revenue/Royalty

Box 8

Revenue Sharing

Box 8

Rincon

Box 8

Rintoul, Bill

Box 8

RMD (Resource Management Department)

Box 8

Safety, Offshore

Box 8

Safety (Oil)

Box 8

San Miguel Field

Box 8

San Luis Obispo County Coast

Box 8

Sanctuaries

Box 8

Sanctuary Drilling

Box 8

Sanctuary, Ocean

Box 8

Santa Barbara, City of

Box 8

Santa Clara Unit

Box 8

Seeps

Box 8

Seismic Safety

Box 8

Seismic Surveys

Box 8

Seminar, Asilomar

Box 8

Service Stations

Box 8

Shale

Box 8

Sidenberg, Ellen

Box 8

Sierra Club

Box 8

Slicks

Box 8

SOHIO

Box 8

Soil Contamination

Box 8

Soviet Union (Oil)

Box 8

Spill Fund

Box 8

Spills

Box 8

Spills (Anticipated)

Box 8

Spills Elsewhere

Box 8

Spills, McGrath

Box 8

Spills, Mobil

Box 8-9

Spills, Tanker

Box 9

Spills, Texaco

Box 9

Spills, Unocal

Box 9

Spills, Misc. Local

Box 9

Standard Oil of California

Box 9

Strategic Reserve

Box 9

Straughan, Dale

Box 9

Subsea Completions

Box 9

Summaries

Box 9

Summerland

Box 9

Sumps

Box 9

Supertanker Ports

Box 9

Supply

Box 9

Supply Bases

Box 9

Symposium, Oil (UCSB)

Box 9

Tankering - Chevron

Box 9

Tankers

Box 9

Tanks, Storage

Box 9

Techniques for Control

Box 9

Technology

Box 9

Terminal, Gaviota

Box 9

Terminal Siting

Box 9

Terminals

Box 9

Terminals, Marine

Box 9

Territorial Waters

Box 9

Texaco

Box 9

Texas

Box 9

Tidelands

Box 9

Torch

Box 9

Trade, Balance of Payments

Box 9

Training

Box 9

Transportation

Box 9

Transportation (Propane, Butane, etc.)

Box 9

UCSB/Oil

Box 9

Udall

Box 9

Unocal

Box 9

Unitization

Box 9

Valdez

Box 9

Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) - Oil

Box 9

Washington State

Box 9

Wastewater Discharge

Box 9

Watt, James

Box 9

Western Oil & Gas Association

Box 9

Wharf, Stearns

Box 9

Wildlife

Box 9

Wildlife - Birds

Box 9

Wildlife - Fish

Box 9

Women

 

Companies/Projects

General note

(reports, articles, clippings, memos, and notes)
Box 10

1980s

Box 10

1990s

Box 10

ARCO (includes Coal Oil Point)

Box 10-11

Chevron (includes Point Arguello Field, Gaviota Processing Facility, and oil transportation)

Box 12

Exxon (includes Santa Ynez Oil Field, and tankering)

Box 12

Mobil (includes Clearview, and Mobil accidents)

Box 12

Molino Gas Project

Box 12

Pacific Pipeline Project

Box 13

San Miguel Project

Box 13

Unocal (includes Guadalupe Dunes)

 

Leasing

Box 13

Leasing, 1980-1990 (includes reports studies, clippings, and articles, many by Sollen)

 

Subject Files

General note

(includes Santa Barbara County Planning Commission documents, and other reports, memos, articles, and clippings)
Box 14

Abandonments

Box 14

Air Quality

Box 14

Artificial Reefs Campaign

Box 14

California Offshore Oil and Gas Development

Box 14

Cartoons

Box 14

Centaur History

Box 14

Chronologies

Box 14

Cleanup and Containment

Box 14

Coastal Natural Resources

Box 14

Coastal Oil Inventory

Box 14

Consistency Issue

Box 14

Consolidation Policies

Box 14

Drilling Waste

Box 14

Economics -- California Offshore Oil

Box 15

Economics -- California Offshore Oil

Box 15

Facilitation Process, 1992

Box 15

Failed Strategy

Box 15

Fishing Index

Box 15

Five-Year Leasing Plan, 1997-2002

Box 15

Five-Year Plans

Box 15

Liquified Natural Gas, 1973-1986

Box 15

Local Initiatives

Box 15

Marine Collisions -- Pac Baroness and Atlantic Wing

Box 15

Marine Emergency Management Study (MEMS)

Box 15

Minerals Management Service

Box 15

1954 HRG

Box 15

OCS Lands Act

Box 15

OCS Technical Working Group

Box 15

Offshore Oil

Box 15

Offshore Oil Drilling at Santa Barbara

Box 16

Offshore Oil Fields - Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties

Box 16

Oil Data -- General and Misc.

Box 16

Oil Glossary and Conversion Tables

Box 16

Platform 'A': The Oil Spill That Spread Around the World (Laurence Brundall)

Box 16

Reagan's Environmental Team

Box 16

Rezone

Box 16

Sanctuaries

Box 16

Seismic Testing

Box 16

Stearns Wharf

Box 16

Summerland Oil

Box 16

Tanker Accidents

Box 16

Terminal History

Box 16

Waste Discharge

 

Oversize Materials

 

Newspaper Articles

Box 17

Newspaper Articles (mainly full page and multi-page items, including the Santa Barbara News Press 1954 coverage regarding the future of offshore oil drilling, and 20th anniversary coverage of the Santa Barbara Channel 1969 Oil Spill)

Box 20

50 Years of Historic Front Pages”, as collected by Robert Sollen, and manuscript of "Distortion on Earth" undated

 

Scrapbooks

Box 17

Smith, Dick -- 1969 Oil Spill (articles and photographs from that time)

Box 17

Sollen, Robert -- "The Big Picture: The Future of the Offshore Oil Industry in Santa

Box 17

Barbara County as It Was Seen in 1982, 1983, and 1984" (major articles of the period)

 

Maps -- Flat

Box 18

California Offshore Oil Maps

Box 18

Los Angeles and Orange Counties

Box 18

Oil Maps

Box 18

State Maps

 

Maps -- Rolled

General note

(arranged geographically, from north to south)
Box 19

Point Conception to Arroyo Quemado

Box 19

Arroyo Quemado to Goleta Point

Box 19

Goleta Point to Rincon Point

Box 19

Rincon to West Montalvo

Box 19

Port Hueneme to San Pedro

Box 19

Point Fermjan to Newport Beach