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Continental Oil Co., C.A.T.C., Gulf of Mexico, 1955. The Age of Oil, [1] also known as the Oil Age, [2] [3] the Petroleum Age, [4] [5] or the Oil Boom, refers to the era in human history characterised by an increased use of petroleum in products and as fuel. Though unrefined petroleum has been used for various purposes since ancient times, it ...
The Society of Petroleum Engineers ( SPE) is a 501 (c) (3) [1] [2] not-for-profit professional organization. [3] [4] SPE provides a worldwide forum for oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) professionals to exchange technical knowledge and best practices. SPE manages OnePetro and PetroWiki, in addition to publishing magazines ...
It was created on January 27, 1987, in Lagos, Nigeria, to serve as a platform for cooperation and harmonization of efforts, collaboration, sharing of knowledge and skills among African oil producing countries. The headquarters of the organization is in Brazzaville in the Congo. The Organization changed its name from African Petroleum Producers ...
Petroleum industry in the Republic of the Congo. Oil and Gas dominate the resource sector of the Republic of the Congo ( French: République du Congo ), also referred to as Congo-Brazzaville, with the petroleum industry accounting for 89% of the country's exports in 2010. [1] As of June 22, 2018, is a full member of the Organization of the ...
KFUPM is a premier university in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, and North Africa regions. KFUPM was established on September 23, 1963, by a Saudi royal decree as the College of Petroleum and Minerals, to provide high-level education in the academic fields of petroleum and minerals, two of the most valuable natural resources in Saudi Arabia.
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, [1] and is found in geological formations. The name petroleum covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that consist of refined crude oil. Petroleum is primarily recovered by ...
Founded in 1963, it is known today to be the largest company in Africa [2] [3] with 154 subsidiaries, and often referred as the first African oil "major". [4] In 2021, Sonatrach was the seventh largest gas company in the world. [5]
Petroleum in South Africa (3 C, 2 P) Petroleum in South Sudan (3 C, 1 P) Petroleum in Sudan (5 C) T. Petroleum in Tanzania (4 C) Petroleum in Tunisia ...