The City of Huntington Beach has a long history of oil production.  Much of the land in the city was formerly leased or owned by oil companies and small independent oil operators. Managing the city's oil production facilities and performing tasks related to oil code enforcement is the responsibility of the Oil Production Program.

The responsibilities of the Oil Production Program include the following:

• Coordinate plan checks for development projects involving oil code issues
• Manage the City’s three producing oil wells, tank farm, and related equipment
• Enforce the Huntington Beach Oil Code through the fire department oil field inspection program 
• Perform code enforcement for vapor extraction sites and the oil well abandonment process
• Perform annual oil well and wastewater permit inspections 
• Maintain a history of abandoned oil wells       
• Respond to active oil well incidents and odor complaints
• Maintain a directory of subsurface transmission lines

Related Fire Department links include:

• Hazardous Materials Disposal
• Hazardous Materials Disclosure Program
• Used Oil Recycling