The hope is that extreme releases won't be necessary even if rising temperatures threaten to accelerate snowmelt. Kern River Watermaster Mark Mulkay said authorities are in communication with Chevron as flows ramp up. He added, "I'm very proud to say that, as of today, we're in a very comfortable state."Ĭhevron noted it has kept in close contact with local and federal officials that have shared information such as flood plain maps representing the best available projections for where water levels may rise highest when the river's flow peaks later this month or in June. We have a good history on this," Field Operations Superintendent Wade Nicholson of Chevron's San Joaquin Valley business unit said Thursday. The San Ramon-based oil producer has for the last six weeks assigned dozens of employees and contractors to prepare for such an eventuality, deploying short- and longer-term measures in the area of China Grade Loop and Round Mountain Road within the prodigious Kern River Oil Field.Īdjustments were still being made as of Friday to account for new erosion caused by the river's strengthening flow, but Chevron said it's basically ready for what water managers expect could be a 100-year flood resulting from this year's record snowpack in the mountains above Isabella Lake. May 7-Chevron has a message for the people of Bakersfield: Don't be alarmed later this month if you see oil field pumping units awash with Kern River water while other equipment continues to operate nearby - because the company says it's on top of it.
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