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1Petroleum — For other uses, see Petroleum (disambiguation). Proven world oil reserves, 2009 …
2Petroleum in Nigeria — The extraction and drilling of petroleum in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in the West African nation which is also the continent s most populous. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s,… …
3Petroleum industry in Nigeria — The petroleum industry in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in the West African nation which is also the continent s most populous. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s, the oil industry… …
4Petroleum industry — The distribution of oil and gas reserves among the world s 50 largest oil companies. The reserves of the privately owned companies are grouped together. The oil produced by the supermajor companies accounts for less than 15% of the total world… …
5Water pollution — Raw sewage and industrial waste flows across international borders New River passes from Mexicali to Calexico, California. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water p …
6History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier exploration and development) — discoveries took place near population centres or along lines of penetration into the frontier. The first oil play, for example, was in southern Ontario. The first western natural gas discovery occurred on a Canadian Pacific Railway right of way …
7Liquefied petroleum gas — (also called LPG, GPL, LP Gas, or liquid propane gas) is a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases used as a fuel in heating appliances and vehicles. It is increasingly used as an aerosol propellant and a refrigerant, replacing chlorofluorocarbons …
8China National Petroleum Corporation — 中国石油天然气集团公司 Type Government owned corporation Industry Oil Gas Founded Beijing, PR China (1988 …
9Downhole oil–water separation technology — (DOWS) is an emerging technology that separates oil and gas from produced water at the bottom of the well, and re injects most of the produced water into another formation which is usually deeper than the producing formation, while the oil and… …
10Centrifugal water-oil separator — A centrifugal water oil separator, centrifugal oil water separator] or centrifugal liquid liquid separator is a device designed to separate oil and water by centrifugation. It generally contains a cylindrical container that rotates inside a… …
