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1011997 world oil market chronology — *February 5: Japan s Ministry of Finance announces plans to cut import tariffs on crude oil and most petroleum products from April 1, 1997, in a phased process that will reduce the country s crude oil import tariff rate to zero in April 2002.… …
102Steam injection (oil industry) — Steam injection is an increasingly common method of extracting heavy oil. It is considered an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method and is the main type of thermal stimulation of oil reservoirs. There are several different forms of the technology,… …
103Natural oil polyols — Natural oil polyols, also known as NOPs or biopolyols, are polyols derived from vegetable oils by several different techniques. The primary use for these materials is in the production of polyurethanes. Most NOPs qualify as Biobased Products, as… …
104Prudhoe Bay oil spill — BP Alaska headquarters in Anchorage The Prudhoe Bay oil spill (2006 Alaskan oil spill) was an oil spill that was discovered on March 2, 2006 at a pipeline owned by BP Exploration, Alaska (BPXA) in western Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Initial estimates… …
105Mount Poso Oil Field — The Mount Poso Oil Field in Kern County, California. Other oil fields are shown in gray. The Mount Poso Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in the lower foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Kern County, California. Discovered in 1926,… …
106Kern Front Oil Field — The Kern Front Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in the lower Sierra Nevada foothills in Kern County, California. Discovered in 1912, and with a cumulative production of around convert|210|Moilbbl|m3 of oil, it ranks 29th in size in the… …
107Mountain View Oil Field — The Mountain View Oil Field in central California. Other oil fields are shown in dark gray. Country United States Region San Joaquin Basin …
108North Belridge Oil Field — The North Belridge Oil Field in Kern County, California. Other oil fields are shown in gray. The North Belridge Oil Field is a large oil field along California State Route 33 in the northwestern portion of Kern County, California, about 45 miles… …
109Oxnard Oil Field — The Oxnard Oil Field in Ventura County, California. Other oil fields are shown in dark gray. The Oxnard Oil Field is a large and currently productive oil field in and adjacent to the city of Oxnard, in Ventura County, California in the United… …
110Greenpoint oil spill — The areas of the northeast industrial section of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York along the Newtown Creek were home to oil refineries from the mid 1800s to the mid 1900s and continued to be used for bulk petroleum storage until 1993 [… …
