If its Monterey Shale potential is fully realized, California could get back to its modern-day high levels of oil production at the 1 million b/d mark, but ongoing issues of water and energy sustainability may get in the way, the state’s oil/natural gas supervisor said during a panel discussion Thursday night at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles. “Oil in California is produced from aquifers, and we actually produce way more oil than water,” said Steve Bohlen, head of the state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). He said the state’s oil production is 600,000 b/d. “Ultimately the question becomes whether that water [produced with oil] could be put to some beneficial use.” Bohlen spoke on a panel discussion on “California’s Sustainable Future: Water and Energy Challenges,” hosted by a local chapter of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES). It included representatives from […]