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The environmental impact of Canada's oil sands industry
Learn about the environmental impact of tar-sand (also called oil-sand) extraction,...
Learn how crude oil is heated to condense into gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, bitumen, and other products
Distillation is a refining process used to separate petroleum into its various components
Visit an oil rig in Texas's Permian Basin and learn how petroleum is pumped and refined along the Gulf Coast
Petroleum exploration and refining in Texas
See Germany's use of modern exploration and drilling techniques to tap its petroleum resources in the North Sea
Germany uses modern exploration and drilling techniques to tap its petroleum resources...
Go aboard an oil platform to learn about petroleum extraction from the reserves off the Chilean coast
Offshore oil platform and oil pumps in southern Chile.
Learn how oil is extracted in the North Sea and transported to Norway's refineries and petrochemical industry
The operation of oil-drilling platforms off the coast of Norway, in the North Sea.
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Alberta tar sands
The location of the Alberta tar sands region and its associated oil pipelines.
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Arabian-Iranian basin oil fields
Major oil fields of the Arabian-Iranian basin region.
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northern Eurasian oil and gas fields
Sedimentary basins and major oil and gas fields of Europe, Russia, Transcaucasia,...
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oil and gas fields of North America
Sedimentary basins and major oil and gas fields of North America.
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Colombia: oil refinery
Oil refinery at Barrancabermeja on the Magdalena River, Colombia.
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Siberia, Russia: oil well
Crude oil is pumped from a well in western Siberia, Russia.
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seismic exploration
Geophysicists searching for oil by using seismic equipment. Sound impulses are put...
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petroleum use and population density
Graph showing the relationship between per capita petroleum use and urban population...
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waterflooding
The recovery of petroleum through waterflooding. (Background) Water is pumped into...
From (inset) R. Baker, A Primer of Offshore Operations, 2nd ed., Petroleum Extension Service (PETEX), © 1985 The University of Texas at Austin, all rights reserved; R. Baker, Oil & Gas: The Production Story, Petroleum Extension Service (PETEX), © 1983 The University of Texas at Austin, all rights reserved
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