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11Mesa Oil Field — The Mesa Oil Field in Santa Barbara County, California. Other oil fields are shown in light gray. Country United States Region Santa Barbara south coast …
12Orcutt Oil Field — Location of the Orcutt Oil Field in southern and central California. Other oil fields are shown in dark gray. The Orcutt Oil Field is a large oil field in the Solomon Hills south of Orcutt, in Santa Barbara County, California. Discovered in 1901… …
13Oxnard 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… …
14Shale oil extraction — Shell s experimental in situ shale oil facility, Piceance Basin, Colorado, United States Process type Chemical Industrial sector(s) Chemical industry, oil indus …
15Mountain 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 …
16Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …
17Nationalization of oil supplies — The nationalization of oil supplies refers to the process of deprivatization of oil production operations, generally in the purpose of obtaining more revenue from oil for oil producing countries. This process, which should not be confused with… …
18heavy oil and tar sand — Introduction crude oils (crude oil) below 20° API gravity are usually considered to be heavy. The lighter conventional crudes are often waterflooded to enhance recovery. The injection of water into the reservoir helps to maintain reservoir… …
19Offshore oil and gas in the United States — provides a large portion of the nation’s oil and gas supply. Large oil and gas reservoirs are found in the sea nearby Louisiana, Texas, California, and Alaska. Environmental concerns have prevented or restricted offshore drilling in some areas,… …
20Olive oil — Not to be confused with the cartoon character Olive Oyl. Olive oil A bottle of olive oil Fat composition Saturated fats Palmitic acid: 7.5–20.0% Steari …
