Tidelands Oil Production Company was acquired by Oxy in 2006. Tidelands is a California State licensed full-service oil and gas production contractor that operates the West Wilmington Field in Long Beach, California, for the City of Long Beach. Tidelands' onshore production facilities and drilling operations are located around the Port of Long Beach, near Oxy's THUMS operation.
Waterflooding and steam flooding, as well as enhanced oil recovery technologies such as reservoir characterization and 3-D visualization, have been employed at the site.