March 21 (Reuters) - Chevron ( CVX ) will pay $13.1

million in settlement agreements with two California state

agencies for past oil spills in Kern County, Bakersfield, the

California natural resources agency said on Wednesday.

Chevron ( CVX ), which has already paid for the cleanup costs for

its oil spills in 2019, will pay $5.6 million to the California

Department of Conservation, and $7.5 million to California

Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the agency said in a

statement.

Chevron ( CVX ) spilled a minimum of 800,000 gallons of oil and

water into a creek bed in Kern county in 2019, according to

local media companies.

The fine is the largest assessed historically by both

departments, the report said.

Of the money collected, $5.6 million will go towards ongoing

work to plug old, orphaned wells and $7.5 million will go

towards environmental enhancement projects, oil wildlife

response preparedness, and future spill response funding.

CDFW documented over 70 oil spills between 2018 and 2023 in

Kern County attributable to Chevron ( CVX ), which accounted for more

than 446,600 gallons (10,633 barrels) of oil spilled. The spills

killed or injured at least 63 animals and impacted at least six

acres of salt brush and grassland habitat, the report added.

(Reporting by Harshit Verma in Bengaluru; Editing by Lincoln

Feast.)