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11MythBusters (2009 season) — Country of origin Australia United States No. of episodes 23 (includes 3 specials) Broadcast Original channel …
12technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
13natural gas — a combustible mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons that accumulates in porous sedimentary rocks, esp. those yielding petroleum, consisting usually of over 80 percent methane together with minor amounts of ethane, propane, butane, nitrogen, and,… …
14Hahndorf, South Australia — Infobox Australian Place | type = town name = Hahndorf state = South Australia caption = Hahndorf lga = District Council of Mount Barker postcode = 5245 pop = 1,700 est = 1839 stategov = fedgov = Mayo near nw = Bridgewater near n = Balhannah near …
15Yme field — Yme is an oil field in the Egersund basin area in the southern part of the North Sea. The water depth is 93 meters. Original development by StatoilThe field was produced by Statoil from February 1996 to it was closed down in 2001. The field was… …
16List of oil field acronyms — Contents 1 # 2 A 3 B 4 C …
17Oil sands — The Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada, are a very large source of bitumen, which can be upgraded to synthetic crude oil. Bituminous sands, colloquially known as oil sands or tar sands, are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. The… …
18petroleum 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 …
19Blowout (well drilling) — A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.[1] Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and… …
20petroleum 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… …
