Aera Energy

We started the next day at 5.30am in the morning. Thankfully, Aera Energy was so kind as to provide us with delicious breakfast burritos.
We went through a 45 minute safety briefing before starting the tour of Aera's operations
After that, we were off to the Bellridge field. Contracted under Aera Energy, this is one of the largest oil fields in Southern California, making up for a huge percentage of the state's export. We get to see how wells are completed today.
The fracturing of the wells are done by BJ operators. We were shown the cool properties of the fluids holding the frac sands.
After a long day's work, the company gets their reward: Sweet, sweet crude!
At around midday, we headed back to Aera's Headquarters in Bakersfield for lunch.
The food was great.