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Petrolex Oil & Gas Limited is a Nigerian company and part of Petrolex Group, an African integrated energy conglomerate. The company was founded in February 2007 by Segun Adebutu, a Nigerian entrepreneur. It provides services to the oil and gas industry. It is mainly involved in the refining, storage, distribution and retail of petroleum ...
Sale of Gas Act 1860 ( 23 & 24 Vict. c. 146) 1861. Oil shipped from Pennsylvania to London, the first recorded transnational shipment. 1862. Petroleum Act 1862 ( 25 & 26 Vict. c. 66) to ensure the safe-keeping of petroleum and its products. 1864. Sale of Gas (Scotland) Act 1864 ( 27 & 28 Vict. c. 96) 1868.
Expenses (2022) $241,637,261 [4] Website. www .api .org. The American Petroleum Institute ( API) is the largest U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry. It claims to represent nearly 600 corporations involved in production, refinement, distribution, and many other aspects of the petroleum industry .
Institute of Petroleum Studies Kampala. / 0.29889°N 32.60944°E / 0.29889; 32.60944. Institute of Petroleum Studies Kampala, IPSK, is a privately owned institution that offers training and instruction in the field of petroleum exploration, recovery, refinement and responsible utilization in Uganda. [1]
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 ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) [1] is an act of the Parliament of South Africa. It came into effect on May 1, 2004, and now governs the acquisition, use and disposal of mineral rights. The old common-law principles are therefore no longer applicable.
Petroleum ether is the petroleum fraction consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbons and boiling in the range 35–60 °C, and commonly used as a laboratory solvent. Despite the name, petroleum ether is not an ether ; the term is used only figuratively, signifying extreme lightness and volatility.
A magazine with the name West Africa, started by E. D. Morel, had been published between 1903 and 1906. [2] The title was revived on 3 February 1917 from offices in Fleet Street, London, with the commercial backing of Elder Dempster Shipping Line and the trading company John Holt. [3] It was to appear weekly, initially at a price of sixpence ...