Between federal numbers crunchers, and a university and think tank-based report that surfaced earlier this year, California's venerable Monterey Shale is stirring renewed dreams of California gold - black gold in the form of heavy crude. While there remains conjecture about how much attraction the service sector is finding in the Monterey, it isn't like there aren't already some big names among exploration and production (E&P) majors and independents in the chase. The likes of Occidental Petroleum Corp., Chevron Corp., Aera Energy LLC, Venoco Inc. Plains E&P Co. and Berry Petroleum have stakes in and around the play. A federal Energy Information Administration (EIA) report last year did nothing to quiet the discussion, assigning a long-range potential of more than 15 billion bbl of oil lying deep in the Monterey Shale, which underlies all of California's most productive oil fields (Elk Hills, Belridge and Midway-Sunset). Some analysts believe it extends far offshore in addition to covering the deep core of the southern and central valley region of the state.
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机译：在联邦数字紧缩者与今年初浮出水面的大学和智囊团报告之间，加利福尼亚州的古老蒙特利页岩正在唤起人们对加州黄金的新梦想-重质原油形式的黑金。尽管人们对服务业在蒙特里能找到多少吸引力尚存con测，但这似乎并不像勘探与生产（E＆P）专业人士和独立人士中已经有一些知名人士。西方石油公司，雪佛龙公司，Aera Energy LLC，Venoco Inc.，Plains E＆P Co.和Berry Petroleum等公司都参与其中。去年，美国联邦能源信息管理局（EIA）的一份报告并未使讨论平静下来，他认为蒙特利页岩深处有超过150亿桶的长期潜力，而这是加利福尼亚州所有生产力最高的油田的基础（Elk希尔斯，贝尔里奇和中途日落）。一些分析家认为，它不仅覆盖了该州南部和中部山谷地区的深处，而且延伸到了近海。
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