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    The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation...
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    total crude oil and petroleum products imports and over 40% of Nigeria exports. The need for holistic reforms in the petroleum industry, ease of doing business...
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    many centuries, the modern petroleum industry along with its outputs and modern applications are of a recent origin. Petroleum's status as a key component...
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  • gas industry is usually divided into three major sectors: upstream, midstream, and downstream. The downstream sector is the refining of petroleum crude...
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  • rigs, intervention vessel. Coal bed methane Downstream (petroleum industry) Extraction of petroleum Gas field Hydrocarbon exploration List of oil exploration...
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    Petroleum production in Canada is a major industry which is important to the overall economy of North America. Canada has the third largest oil reserves...
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    The impact of the petroleum industry has been increasing globally as the People's Republic of China ranks seventh for oil production and second in crude...
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    The Petroleum or oil industry in Russia is one of the largest in the world. Russia has the largest reserves and was the largest exporter of natural gas...
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    The environmental impact of the petroleum industry is extensive and expansive due to petroleum having many uses. Crude oil and natural gas are primary...
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    The petroleum industry in Mexico makes Mexico the eleventh largest producer of oil in the world and the thirteenth largest in terms of net exports. Mexico...
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  • Jet fuel (JP-1&JP-8), Kerosene, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), and Naphtha. The domestic oil refining industry typically meets 60% of Pakistan's diesel...
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    Iran is an energy superpower and the petroleum industry in Iran plays an important part in it. In 2004, Iran produced 5.1 percent of the world's total...
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    The petroleum industry in Azerbaijan produces about 873,260 barrels (138,837 m3) of oil per day and 29 billion cubic meters of gas per year as of 2013...
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  • Petroleum industry in Guyana is rapidly evolving. Guyana has emerged as one of the newest petroleum producing regions in the world, achieving its first...
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    Additives for petroleum and petroleum products. Lube blending and greases. Planning, development and control of, and assistance to all industries dealt with...
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    Exxon-Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell. However, many challenges exist to Chad's petroleum industry including but not limited to corruption, internal conflict, and geography...
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    The petroleum industry in Kuwait is the largest industry in the country, accounting nearly half of the country's GDP. Kuwait has proven crude oil reserves...
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  • The petroleum industry in Syria forms a major part of the economy of Syria. According to the International Monetary Fund, before the Syrian Civil War,...
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    largest oil producer in 2009, and has the world's fifth largest proven petroleum reserves. Just a fraction of Iraq's known fields are in development, and...
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  • The petroleum industry in Aberdeen, the third most populous city in Scotland, began in the mid-20th century following the discovery of significant oil...
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    An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into products such as gasoline...
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  • The following is a list of notable companies in the petroleum industry that are engaged in petroleum exploration and production. The list is in alphabetical...
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  • The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largest U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry. It claims to represent nearly 600 corporations...
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  • Niger has a long history of petroleum exploration dating back to the 1970s. However, it is only since 2011 with the opening of the Agadem oilfield and...
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    sector of the oil and gas industry. Exploration, by earth scientists, and petroleum engineering are the oil and gas industry's two main subsurface disciplines...
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    original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2013. "Petroleum Industry in Japan 2013" (PDF). Petroleum Association of Japan. September 2013. p. 71. Archived...
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    and an important natural gas and petroleum producer in Asia. It is home to one of the world's oldest petroleum industries, with its first crude oil exports...
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    The petroleum industry in Ohio dates from 1859. Ohio continues to produce significant quantities of oil and gas, having produced more than 1 billion barrels...
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  • the petroleum industry in Norway is the most significant part of Norway's economic history, and significant across that of Europe's petroleum industry. A...
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    developing countries. Trinidad's economy is strongly influenced by the petroleum industry. Tourism and manufacturing are also important to the local economy...
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