Elk Hill is a historic home and farm complex located at Nellysford, Nelson County, Virginia.

We had open bidding last summer for Elk Hills, California.

Elk Hill is a historic plantation home located near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia.

High Elk Hill (44.922759 -101.278207) 2,395 feet (730.00 m)

Largely as a consequence of their operations at Elk Hills, Occidental is the third-largest petroleum producer in California.

Elk Hills field information is on pp.

"The Navy no longer needs Elk Hills and this sale helps get the Government out of the oil business."

Several Federal agencies had put a value of about $1.5 billion to $2.4 billion on Elk Hills.

But the hefty bid by Occidental demonstrates the continuing interest of oil companies in old fields like Elk Hills.

Elk Hills, where production was begun in large scale only after the energy crisis in 1973 and 1974, encompasses 47,000 acres and includes more than 1,000 wells.