oil production

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• Oil production plant — An oil production plant (sometimes called an oil terminal) is a facility which performs processing of production fluids from oil wells in order to separate out key components and prepare them for export. This is distinct from an oil depot, which… …   Wikipedia

• oil production — noun the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum • Syn: ↑boring, ↑drilling • Derivationally related forms: ↑drill (for: ↑drilling) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• List of countries by oil production — This is a list of countries by oil production mostly based on CIA World Factbook data.[1] Note that oil production refers to the sum of barrels of crude oil extracted each day from drilling operations compounded with the equivalent production of… …   Wikipedia

• Water injection (oil production) — The water injection method used in oil production is where water is injected back into the reservoir usually to increase pressure and thereby stimulate production. Water injection wells can be found both on and offshore. This method is used to… …   Wikipedia

• Separator (oil production) — A separator for petroleum production is a large drum designed to separate production fluids into their constituent components of oil, gas and water. It works on the principle that the three components have different densities, which allows them… …   Wikipedia

• Cold heavy oil production with sand — (CHOPS) is a technique for extracting difficult heavy crude oil where sand is used as a means enhancing the productivity of the oil well. CHOPS is now used as a quasi primary production approach in unconsolidated sandstones. Thousands of wells in …   Wikipedia

• Oil depletion — per major producing country. This model assumes world oil depletion remains constant at the 2004 level of 80 million barrels per day.[1] However, world oil depletion is currently (as of 2008) at 85 million barrels per day …   Wikipedia

• Oil palm — African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

• Oil shale in China — is an important source of unconventional oil. A total Chinese oil shale resource amounts of 720 billion tonnes, located in 80 deposits of 47 oil shale basins. This is equal to 48 billion tonnes of shale oil.[1] At the same… …   Wikipedia

• Oil shale extraction — is an industrial process in which kerogen mdash;a mixture of organic chemical compounds (including hydrocarbons) found in oil shale mdash;is converted into synthetic crude oil through pyrolysis. In pyrolysis, oil shale is heated in the absence of …   Wikipedia

• Oil shale economics — deals with the economic feasibility of oil shale extraction and processing. The economic feasibility of oil shale is highly dependent on the price of conventional oil, and the assumption that the price will remain at a certain level for some time …   Wikipedia