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21Huntington Beach, California — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Huntington Beach, California settlement type = City nickname = Surf City USA imagesize = image caption = Huntington Beach Pier image image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location of Huntington Beach… …
22Sour Lake, Texas — Infobox Settlement official name = Sour Lake, Texas settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Sour Lake, Texas mapsize1 = 250px map caption1 = subdivision type = Country… …
23Enterprise Products — Partners L.P. (NYSE|EPD) is a natural gas and crude oil pipeline company with headquarters in Houston, Texas. It acquired GulfTerra in September of 2004, and is a member of the Fortune 500. Assets According to the company website… …
24Everette Lee DeGolyer — (born October 9, 1886, in Greensburg, Kansas, died December 14, 1956, in Dallas, Texas). was a prominent oilman, geophysicist and philanthropist in Dallas. He was known as the founder of applied geophysics in the petroleum industry [1], as the… …
25Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …
26Methane clathrate — Burning ice . Methane, released by heating, burns; water drips. Inset: clathrate structure (University of Göttingen, GZG. Abt. Kristallographie). Source: United States Geological Survey. Methane clathrate, also called methane hydrate,… …
27GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… …
28History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier exploration and development) — discoveries took place near population centres or along lines of penetration into the frontier. The first oil play, for example, was in southern Ontario. The first western natural gas discovery occurred on a Canadian Pacific Railway right of way …
29tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …
30building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …
