petroleum exploration

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• Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand — The Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ) is an incorporated society based in Wellington. Its core focus is to promote the interests of petroleum producers and explorers in New Zealand which includes everything… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum exploration in Guyana — Guyana has a history of petroleum exploration. Guyana s offshore Guyana Basin and the inland Takatu Basin have attracted companies such as Shell, Total and Mobil since the 1940s who have done much geological surveyance of the area and have… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum exploration in the Arctic — The exploration of the Arctic for petroleum is more technically and physically challenging than for any other environment. However, with increases in technology and continuing high oil prices the region is now receiving the interest of the… …   Wikipedia

• petroleum — petroleous, adj. /peuh troh lee euhm/, n. an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling:… …   Universalium

• Petroleum industry in Nigeria — The petroleum industry in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in the West African nation which is also the continent s most populous. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s, the oil industry… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum industry in Western Australia — Western Australia s share of Australian gas reserves The petroleum industry in Western Australia is the largest contributor to Australia s production of most petroleum products.[1] Based largely on development of the reserves of the North West… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum in Nigeria — The extraction and drilling of petroleum in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in the West African nation which is also the continent s most populous. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s,… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum in Western Australia — The Western Australian petroleum industry is the largest contributor to Australia s production of most petroleum products. [citeweb|url=http://www.appea.com.au/index.php?option=com content task=blogsection id=7 Itemid=32|title=2007 Production… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum industry in Kuwait — An oil refinery in Mina Al Ahmadi, Kuwait The petroleum industry in Kuwait is the largest industry in the country, accounting nearly half of the country s GDP. Kuwait has a proven crude oil reserves of 104 billion barrels (15 km³)[1], estimated… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum industry in Ghana — Although commercial quantities of offshore oil reserves were discovered in the 1970s, by 1990 production was still negligible. In 1983 the government established the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to promote exploration and… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum geologist — A petroleum geologist is an occupation that involves all aspects of oil discovery and production. Petroleum geologists are usually linked to the actual discovery of oil and the identification of possible oil deposits or leads. It can be a very… …   Wikipedia