petroleum deposit
1Petroleum jelly — Petroleum jelly, petrolatum or soft paraffin [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/healthfitness/health advice/netdoctor/archive/100004783.html] is a semi solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), [http://www.inchem …
2Petroleum production in Canada — Petroleum production is a major industry in Canada. In 2005, almost 25,000 new oil wells were spud (drilled) in Canada. Daily, over 100 new wells are spud in the province of Alberta alone [ [http://www.nickles.com/rig/ Canadian Rig Locator] ] .… …
3Petroleum — For other uses, see Petroleum (disambiguation). Proven world oil reserves, 2009 …
4petroleum refining — Introduction conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …
5petroleum production — Introduction recovery of crude oil and, often, associated natural gas from the Earth. petroleum is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon material that is believed to have formed in deep sedimentary (sedimentary rock) beds from animal and …
6Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan — Onshore oil fields in Azerbaijan. Offshore oil fields in Azerbaijan …
7Southern Pacific Petroleum NL — (asx|SPP) is an Australian oil shale and minerals mining company. It was developer of the Stuart Oil Shale Project.HistorySouthern Pacific Petroleum NL (SPP) was incorporated on 6 February 1968 as an oil company. It was listed on the Australian… …
8Abiogenic petroleum origin — is a largely abandoned hypothesis that was proposed as an alternative to theory of biological petroleum origin. It was relatively popular in the past, but it went largely forgotten at the end of the 20th century after it failed to predict the… …
9History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil) — Canada s oil sands and heavy oil resources are among the world s great petroleum deposits. They include the vast oil sands of northern Alberta, and the heavy oil reservoirs that surround the small city of Lloydminster, which sits on the border… …
10History of the petroleum industry in North America — The history of the petroleum industry in North America began nearly simultaneously in Canada and the United States. PetroliaNorth America s oil industry was born in 1858 when James Miller Williams built the first successful oil well on a deposit… …
