oil well category

  • 1Oil well — The pumpjack, such as this one located south of Midland, Texas, is a common sight in West Texas. An oil well is a general term for any boring through the earth s surface that is designed to find and acquire petroleum oil hydrocarbons. Usually… …

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  • 2Christmas tree (oil well) — Oil well Christmas tree In petroleum and natural gas extraction, a Christmas tree, or tree , (not wellhead as sometimes incorrectly referred to) is an assembly of valves, spools, and fittings used for an oil well, gas well, water injection well,… …

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  • 3Norman No. 1 Oil Well — Site U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …

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  • 4Oil depletion — per major producing country. This model assumes world oil depletion remains constant at the 2004 level of 80 million barrels per day.[1] However, world oil depletion is currently (as of 2008) at 85 million barrels per day …

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  • 5Oil & Gas UK — Abbreviation (former UKOOA) Motto The Voice of the Offshore Industry Formation April 2007 Legal status Non profit company Purpose/focus Offshore oil …

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  • 6Oil Creek State Park — Pennsylvania State Park Natural Monument (IUCN III) …

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  • 7Oil shale extraction — is an industrial process in which kerogen mdash;a mixture of organic chemical compounds (including hydrocarbons) found in oil shale mdash;is converted into synthetic crude oil through pyrolysis. In pyrolysis, oil shale is heated in the absence of …

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  • 8Oil and Natural Gas Corporation — Limited Type State owned enterprise Public Traded as NSE:  …

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  • 9Oil and gas law in the United States — is the branch of law that pertains to the acquisition and ownership rights in oil and gas both under the soil before discovery and after its capture, and adjudication regarding those rights. Drilling companies most often lease the rights to drill …

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  • 10Oil 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… …

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