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31Blowout (well drilling) — A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.[1] Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and… …
32Steam 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,… …
33Nationalization 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… …
34Han Dynasty — 漢朝 ← 206 BCE–220 CE …
35Oil shale — For the scientific technical journal, see Oil Shale (journal). Not to be confused with Shale oil or Tight oil. Oil shale Sedimentary Rock Combustion of oil shale Composition …
36OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries …
37Edwin Drake — Edwin Laurentine Drake Born March 29, 1819(1819 03 29) Greenville, New York Died November 9, 1880(1880 11 09) …
38Walcott, Norfolk — Infobox UK place official name= Walcott country= England region= East of England shire district= North Norfolk shire county= Norfolk civil parish= Happisburgh CP static static image caption =Walcott village sign. population= 1,372 (parish, 2001… …
39Mary Millington — Born Mary Ruth Quilter 30 November 1945(1945 11 30) Kenton, Middlesex, England Died 19 August 1979(1979 08 19) (aged 33) Walton on the Hill, Surrey, England …
40History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil) — Canada s oil sands and heavy oil resources are among the world s great petroleum deposits. They include the vast oil sands of northern Alberta, and the heavy oil reservoirs that surround the small city of Lloydminster, which sits on the border… …
