The Ellwood Oil Field contained approximately 106 million barrels (16,900,000 m 3) of oil, almost all of which has been removed, to the degree possible with the technology available until the early 1970s. The field now has been abandoned.

The Bombardment of Ellwood during World War II was a naval attack by a Japanese submarine against United States coastal targets near Santa Barbara, California in February 1942. Though the damage was minimal, the event was key in triggering the West Coast invasion scare and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans .

Shelling of the Ellwood field at Santa Barbara created mass hysteria — and the “Battle of Los Angeles.” Soon after America entered World War II, an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine attacked a refinery and oilfield near Los Angeles, the first attack of …

Oct 19, 2014 · Ellwood boasted one of the largest oil fields in California and, unlike San Francisco or Los Angeles, did not have a major military presence, making it an attractive target for the Japanese Navy.

Oct 2, 2011 · Less than three months after the Imperial Japanese Navy attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, a Goleta oil field became an early, and unexpected, target in that horrendous conflict.

Feb 27, 2019 · Today in local history, the Ellwood Oil Field was fired on by a Japanese submarine on February 23, 1942, during World War II. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, seven Japanese submarines were seen patrolling the west coast where they sank two merchant ships and damaged six more.

It was nearly 70 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor when a Japanese I-17 long range submarine appeared off the coast of Ellwood at the Barnsdall-Rio Grande Oil Field, todays Sandpiper Golf Course.

The Ellwood Oil Field is located in of Goleta, California roughly ten miles west of Santa Barbara. Offshore is South Ellwood Offshore Oil Field in the Pacific Ocean. Named after Ellwood Cooper who owned the Ellwood Ranch that became Goleta.

Ellwood Oil Field (also spelled "Elwood")and South Ellwood Offshore Oil Field are a pair of adjacent, partially active oil fields adjoining the city of Goleta, California, about twelve miles (19 km) west of Santa Barbara, largely in the Santa Barbara Channel. A richly productive field in the 1930s, the Ellwood Oil Field was important to the ...

Feb 16, 2023 · This milestone decommissioning project marks the end of oil production in the Ellwood Oil Field, production that started in the late 1920s and continued into the 1990s. At one time, the shoreline was marked by 13 piers as well as a welter of oil storage and processing facilities immediately onshore.