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  • 41Oil reserves in Venezuela — Orinoco Oil Belt assessment unit, USGS The proven oil reserves in Venezuela are claimed to be the largest in the world, according to an announcement in early 2011 by President Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan government. The reported proven… …

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  • 42Oil reserves in Russia — There are several different estimates of proven oil reserves in Russia. Most estimates include only Western Siberian reserves, exploited since the 1970s and supplying two thirds of Russian oil, and not potentially huge reserves elsewhere. In 2005 …

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  • 43Oil and gas agreement — The oil and gas industry operates in countries throughout the world in accordance with a number of different types of agreements. These agreements generally fall into one of four categories (or a combination of the categories): risk agreements,… …

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  • 44Drill bit (well) — A Drill bit, is a device attached to the end of the drill string that breaks apart, cuts or crushes the rock formations when drilling a wellbore, such as those drilled to extract water, gas, or oil. The drill bit is hollow and has jets to allow… …

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  • 45Oil's Well — For the 1929 short film, see Oil s Well (film). Oil s Well Cover art of Oil s Well Developer(s) Sierra On Line Publisher(s) …

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  • 46Drill bit shank — The shank is the part of a drill bit grasped by the chuck of a drill. The cutting edges of the drill bit are at one end, and the shank is at the other. Different styles of shank/chuck combination deliver different performance, such as allowing… …

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  • 47drill — drill1 drillable, adj. drillability, n. driller, n. /dril/, n. 1. Mach., Building Trades. a. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, esp. by rotation. b. a tool, esp. a hand tool, for holding and… …

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  • 48Oil in Mexico — Mexico is the sixth largest producer of oil in the world and the tenth largest in terms of net export as of 2007. It is the second largest oil producer in the Western Hemisphere behind only the United States and just ahead of Canada. However,… …

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  • 49Drill pipe — Drill pipe, is hollow, thick walled, steel piping that is used on drilling rigs to facilitate the drilling of a wellbore and comes in a variety of sizes, strengths, and weights but are typically 30 to 33 feet in length. They are hollow to allow… …

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  • 50well — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 for water ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, shallow ▪ dry ▪ water ▪ artesian ▪ wishing …

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