Petroleum has been a major industry in the United States since the 1859 Pennsylvania oil rush around Titusville, Pennsylvania. Commonly characterized as...
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Petroleum refining in the United States in 2013 produced 18.9 million barrels per day of refined petroleum products, more than any other country. Although...
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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an emergency stockpile of petroleum maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). It is the largest...
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The history of the petroleum industry in the United States goes back to the early 19th century, although the indigenous peoples, like many ancient societies...
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Most states do not mandate certain standard gasoline grade octane ratings. In the United States and Canada, octane ratings are in AKI, commonly shown as...
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Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company was...
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United Kingdom Petroleum refining in the United Kingdom History of the petroleum industry in the United States Petroleum in the United States Pennsylvania...
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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 under the sea offshore...
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county equivalents of the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions of states called counties. Two...
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list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy...
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Natural gas was the United States' largest source of energy production in 2016, representing 33 percent of all energy produced in the country. Natural...
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Atlantic Petroleum was an oil company in the Eastern United States headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a direct descendant of the Standard...
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and Alabama, is one of the major petroleum-producing areas of the United States. Oil production from US federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico reached an...
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Petroleum Corporation (often abbreviated Oxy in reference to its ticker symbol and logo) is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in...
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The United States is divided into five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts, or PADDs. These were created during World War II under the Petroleum...
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Teapot Dome scandal (category Petroleum in the United States)
Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to...
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Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (1910), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States found Standard Oil Co. of New...
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oil and petroleum products to the United States of America. In 2010, Nigeria exported over one million barrels per day to the United States, representing...
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75 per hour. In a 2007 article, Forbes.com reported that petroleum engineering was the 24th best paying job in the United States. Petroleum engineers divide...
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Petroleum refining processes are the chemical engineering processes and other facilities used in petroleum refineries (also referred to as oil refineries)...
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United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce United States Wind Energy Policy Petroleum in the United States Offshore oil and gas in the United States...
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Energy in the United States is obtained from a diverse portfolio of sources, although the majority came from fossil fuels in 2021, as 36% of the nation's...
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Petroleum refining in the United Kingdom produced around 61 million tonnes of petroleum products in 2015, down 19% from 2011. There are six major and...
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The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) is one of the world's largest professional geological societies with about 17,000 members across...
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Within the petroleum industry, proven crude oil reserves in the United States were 44.4 billion barrels (7.06×109 m3) of crude oil as of the end of 2021...
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hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name petroleum covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that consist...
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Specified minimum yield strength (category Petroleum in the United States)
is the pipe’s outside diameter, S is the SMYS, T is its wall thickness, and SF is a [Safety Factor]. History of the petroleum industry in the United States...
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Strategic natural gas reserve (category Petroleum in the United States)
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States) Strategic petroleum reserve (China) Strategic Petroleum Reserve (India) Global strategic petroleum reserves...
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Marathon Oil (redirect from The Ohio Oil Company)
of which 86% was in the United States and 14% was in Equatorial Guinea. The company's proved reserves consisted 52% of petroleum, 30% natural gas and...
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The history of the oil shale industry in the United States goes back to the 1850s; it dates back farther as a major enterprise than the petroleum industry...
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