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  2. African Petroleum Producers' Organization - Wikipedia

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    The African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO), initially founded as the African Petroleum Producers' Association in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 27, 1987, was conceived as a collaborative platform for African oil-producing nations to address economic challenges, particularly those arising from oil price fluctuations.

  3. Mack Gipson - Wikipedia

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    Mack Gipson. Mack Gipson Jr. (September 15, 1931 – March 10, 1995) was an American geologist who became the first African-American man to obtain a Ph.D. in geology. The first African-American geologist to earn a PhD in the US was Marguerite Williams, who earned her degree in 1942. Gipson's career spanned decades in the petroleum industry as ...

  4. List of oil refineries - Wikipedia

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    WEPEC Dalain Refinery, 200,000 bbl/day. Sinopec Jinan Company, 21,000 bbl/day. Sinopec Qilu Company Refinery, 195,000 bbl/day. Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Oil Refinery, 220,000 bbl/day. Sinopec Tianjin Company Refinery, 100,000 bbl/day. China National Petroleum Corporation ( PetroChina) Dushanzi Refinery, 120,000 bbl/day.

  5. Virginia Petroleum Convenience and Grocery Association

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    The Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association ( VPCMA) is a statewide trade association formed in 1948 providing advocacy, educational and networking services to its membership. Until 1999, the Association was known as the Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Association. As the traditional jobber (wholesaler) evolved more into direct ...

  6. List of museums in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Virginia, United States, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  7. American Petroleum Institute - Wikipedia

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    The American Petroleum Institute was founded on 20 March 1919 and based in New York City. In 1959, at a symposium organized by the American Petroleum Institute and the Columbia Graduate School of Business for the centennial of the American oil industry, the physicist Edward Teller warned then of the danger of global climate change.

  8. Desidério Costa - Wikipedia

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    Desidério da Graça Veríssimo e Costa (born April 4, 1934) is an Angolan politician who was Minister of Petroleum from 2002 to 2008. As Minister of Petroleum, Costa visited the China, Cuba, Venezuela, the United States and others, due to his country's expanding petroleum industry. He was the 2005-2006 chairman of the African Petroleum ...

  9. John T. Leftwich - Wikipedia

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    Honors. Leftwich was one of several founding members of the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG) [10] and was the president of NAGBB from 1984 to 1990. [11] NABGG later changed name National Association of Black Geoscientists. In 2009, he was awarded the Bromery Award for Minorities from the Geological Society of ...