Comments on: Calendar. 12.15.09. http://c-monster.net/blog1/2009/12/15/calendar-12-15-09/ Where High Gets Low. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: marshall http://c-monster.net/blog1/2009/12/15/calendar-12-15-09/comment-page-1/#comment-251867 marshall Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:41:24 +0000 http://c-monster.net/?p=5256#comment-251867 Don't forget the actual fake drilling islands off the shore in Long Beach. At least one is a total shrine to the aesthetics of the 1980's. I've long wanted to take a pirate cruise to one. Don’t forget the actual fake drilling islands off the shore in Long Beach. At least one is a total shrine to the aesthetics of the 1980′s. I’ve long wanted to take a pirate cruise to one.

]]> By: ries http://c-monster.net/blog1/2009/12/15/calendar-12-15-09/comment-page-1/#comment-251825 ries Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:46:17 +0000 http://c-monster.net/?p=5256#comment-251825 There are indeed a few drilling rigs left in LA- but they dont look like the old wooden derricks in "There Will Be Blood". A few blocks from my old house, on Pico Blvd between Fairfax and La Cienega, there is a 6 story or so "building" with no roof, and no windows- its a visual screen for the slant drilling rig that sits inside it, drilling all over the neighborhood. Its called a drilling island, and it has over 50 oil wells originating from it. Most deeds in LA specify, when you buy your house, that you dont own the mineral rights- and drilling occurs under most of West LA, Hollywood, and other areas. Beverly Hills High School has "drilling island" next to the tennis courts. When I lived in LA, we called them beam pumping units "DogHammers". There are indeed a few drilling rigs left in LA- but they dont look like the old wooden derricks in “There Will Be Blood”.
A few blocks from my old house, on Pico Blvd between Fairfax and La Cienega, there is a 6 story or so “building” with no roof, and no windows- its a visual screen for the slant drilling rig that sits inside it, drilling all over the neighborhood.
Its called a drilling island, and it has over 50 oil wells originating from it.
Most deeds in LA specify, when you buy your house, that you dont own the mineral rights- and drilling occurs under most of West LA, Hollywood, and other areas.
Beverly Hills High School has “drilling island” next to the tennis courts.

When I lived in LA, we called them beam pumping units “DogHammers”.

]]> By: RWB http://c-monster.net/blog1/2009/12/15/calendar-12-15-09/comment-page-1/#comment-251821 RWB Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:10:43 +0000 http://c-monster.net/?p=5256#comment-251821 I don't think there are many derricks in Los Angeles. Derricks are the tall towers used to drill oil and gas wells (and water wells sometimes). What you have pictured is a "beam pumping unit"--a pump used used to lift oil from older oil fields (such as the ones in LA). (It is amazing to see these things in the middle a city, I admit.) I don’t think there are many derricks in Los Angeles. Derricks are the tall towers used to drill oil and gas wells (and water wells sometimes). What you have pictured is a “beam pumping unit”–a pump used used to lift oil from older oil fields (such as the ones in LA). (It is amazing to see these things in the middle a city, I admit.)

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