extract petroleum. After extraction, oil is refined to make gasoline and other products such as tires and refrigerators. Extraction of petroleum can be...
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Subsidence (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of June 2024)
experienced 9 meters (30 ft) over the course of 34 years of petroleum extraction, resulting in damage of over $100 million to infrastructure in the area...
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distribution of refined petroleum products to business, industry, government, and public consumers. Coalbed methane Extraction of petroleum Hydrocarbon...
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The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation...
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vessel. Coal bed methane Downstream (petroleum industry) Extraction of petroleum Gas field Hydrocarbon exploration List of oil exploration and production companies...
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control of oil production and trade. Petroleum exploitation can be damaging to the environment and human health. Extraction, refining and burning of petroleum...
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Midstream (redirect from Midstream (petroleum industry))
(petroleum industry) Extraction of petroleum Gas field Hydrocarbon exploration Natural Gas Natural gas condensate Natural-gas processing Petroleum Petroleum...
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selling any resource Petroleum extraction, the process of recovering petroleum from the ground Ancestry or origin of a person Extraction (2015 film), an American...
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Arctic Alaska (category Regions of Alaska)
was driven first by discoveries of gold and later on by the extraction of petroleum. The ecosystem consists largely of tundra covering mountain ranges...
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Ghawar Field (category Oil fields of Saudi Arabia)
48% of its proven reserves. Approximately 60–65% of all Saudi oil produced between 1948 and 2000, came from Ghawar. Cumulative extraction of petroleum through...
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Fixed platform (category Petroleum production)
A fixed platform is a type of offshore platform used for the extraction of petroleum or gas. These platforms are built on concrete and/or steel legs directly...
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waste disposal of petroleum extraction, previously believed to be the byproduct of hydraulic fracturing ,beginning with the Texas oil boom of the early 20th...
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Fushun, and Petrosix. Shale oil extraction process decomposes oil shale and converts its kerogen into shale oil—a petroleum-like synthetic crude oil. The...
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A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Such reservoirs...
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Arabic handbooks such as those of Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi. He described the process of distilling crude oil/petroleum into kerosene, as well as other...
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concern. Carbon dioxide emissions and partitioning Petroleum extraction disrupts the equilibrium of earth's carbon cycle by transporting sequestered geologic...
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Oil and gas reserves and resource quantification (redirect from Petroleum reserves)
analog-only derived YTF volumes, which are speculative. Energy portal Extraction of petroleum Oil in place Decline curve analysis Uncertainty Probability density...
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Dresser-Rand (category Engineering companies of the United States)
services equipment used in the extraction of petroleum and natural gas. The company was formed in 1986 as a joint venture of Dresser Industries and Ingersoll...
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Natural gas (redirect from Natural gas extraction)
manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals and less commonly used as a fuel for vehicles. The extraction and consumption of natural...
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Petroleum production in Canada is a major industry which is important to the overall economy of North America. Canada has the third largest oil reserves...
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riding lawn mowers, and normally-aspirated marine engines. In the extraction of petroleum (and other heavy-duty fluid handling contexts), a choke valve (or...
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Oil refinery (redirect from Petroleum refinery)
gas extraction (0.8 cases), and petroleum manufacturing in general (1.3 cases). Below is a list of the most common regulations referenced in petroleum refinery...
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allowing them to search for commercially feasible deposits for the extraction of petroleum. Each sovereign country distributes licenses in what is typically...
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Cuba Petróleo Union (category Oil and gas companies of Cuba)
The company is involved in the extraction of petroleum deposits as well as the refining and distributing of petroleum products. In conjunction with the...
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Rio Grande do Norte (redirect from State of Rio Grande do Norte)
followed by the extraction of petroleum (the second largest producer in the country), agriculture, fruit growing and extraction of minerals, including...
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of government revenue and value-added. The organization of this sector is designed to ensure the exploration, development and extraction of petroleum...
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North West Shelf Venture (category All Wikipedia articles in need of updating)
in the north-west of Western Australia, is Australia's largest resource development project. It involves the extraction of petroleum (mostly natural gas...
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Endangered Species Act of 1973 Recovery, extraction of petroleum, the primary, secondary or tertiary recovery of petroleum Forensic recovery, where...
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Hydrocarbon exploration (redirect from Petroleum exploration)
by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for deposits of hydrocarbons, particularly petroleum and natural gas, in the Earth's crust using petroleum geology...
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which scientists have adapted for a variety of applications with a variety of methods. Specific extraction methods depend on the soluble characteristics...
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