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petroleum industry
Sign in to saveAlso known as oil industry, crude petroleum and natural gas production, oil and gas industry, petroleum sector, oilpatch, petroleum production, oil patch, petroleum company
activities linked to handling oil products
Research
9,267 papers- Treatment of wastewater from petroleum industry: current practices and perspectives.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020
- Functional chitosan surfactants for corrosion inhibition in petroleum industry.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2024
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality among Petroleum Industry Workers and Residents Living in Oil Producing Communities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
- Occupational Benzene Exposure in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Industry, 2002-2018.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022
- An examination of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021: prospects, challenges, and the way forward.F1000Research · 2023
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Encyclopedic overview
Petroleum industry map showing oil pipelines, natural gas pipelines, refineries, and petroleum fields World oil reserves as of 2013 Venezuela and Middle Eastern countries have the largest proven crude oil reserves.
The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline (petrol). Petroleum is also the raw material for many chemical products, including pharmaceuticals, solvents, fertilizers, pesticides, synthetic fragrances, and plastics. The industry is usually divided into three major components: upstream, midstream, and downstream. Upstream regards exploration and extraction of crude oil, midstream encompasses transportation and storage of it, and downstream concerns refining crude oil into various end products.
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