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51Gamma ray logging — is a method of measuring naturally occuring gamma radiation to characterize the rock or sediment in a borehole. It is sometimes used in mineral exploration and water well drilling, but most commonly for formation evaluation in oil and gas well… …
52Dispersant — A dispersant or a dispersing agent or a plasticizer or a superplasticizer is either a non surface active polymer or a surface active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent… …
53Cecille The Ball — Infobox film name = Cecille The Ball caption = director = Supervisor: Will Vinton Intro: Barry Bruce I m Gonna To Get To You: Teresa Drilling Up Down, In Out, Over and Under Larry Bafia producer = Will Vinton Sue Conklin Edith Zornow writer =… …
54Pacific Ocean — an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 ft. (10,800… …
55Mr. Louie — is a former self elevating drilling barge (jackup rig) converted into an oil platform. It was the first self elevating drilling barge classed by the American Bureau of Shipping. As an oil platform, it operates at the Saltpond Oil Field, offshore… …
56Clastic rock — A thin section of a clast (sand grain), derived from a basalt score. Vesicles (air bubbles) can be seen throughout the clast. Plane light above, cross polarized light below. Scale box is 0.25 mm Clastic rocks are composed of fragments, or clasts …
57United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
58Occidental Petroleum — Corporation Type Public (NYSE: OXY) Industry Oil and gas …
59Oil shale — For the scientific technical journal, see Oil Shale (journal). Not to be confused with Shale oil or Tight oil. Oil shale Sedimentary Rock Combustion of oil shale Composition …
60Mining in Algeria — Hydrocarbons are the leading sector in Algeria’s mineral industry, which includes diverse but modest production of metals and industrial minerals. In 2006, helium production in Algeria accounted for about 13% of total world output. Hydrocarbons… …
