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Top 5 oil-producing countries 1980–2022 World oil production. This is a list of countries by oil production (i.e., petroleum production), as compiled from the U.S. Energy Information Administration database for calendar year 2023, tabulating all countries on a comparable best-estimate basis.
Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil ( petroleum) as it is processed in oil refineries. Unlike petrochemicals, which are a collection of well-defined usually pure organic compounds, petroleum products are complex mixtures. [ 1] Most petroleum is converted into petroleum products, which include several classes of fuels.
There are six major and one minor petroleum refinery in the downstream sector of the UK oil industry. [ 2] Phillips 66, Humber Refinery, South Killingholme, 11.5 million tonnes per year [ 3] Prax, Lindsey Oil Refinery, North Killingholme, 11.0 million tonnes per year [ 4] [ 5] Petroineos, Grangemouth refinery, 10.0 million tonnes per year [ 6]
The three most quoted oil products are North America 's West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI), North Sea Brent Crude, and the UAE Dubai Crude, and their pricing is used as a barometer for the entire petroleum industry, although, in total, there are 46 key oil exporting countries. Brent Crude is typically priced at about $2 over the WTI Spot price ...
Petrochemicals (sometimes abbreviated as petchems[ 1]) are the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining. Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas, or renewable sources such as maize, palm fruit or sugar cane . The two most common petrochemical classes are ...
November 6, 2023 at 3:57 AM. The UK Government revealed plans to mandate oil and gas licensing in the North Sea in a bid to reduce dependency on “hostile foreign regimes”, it will be announced ...
The oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom produced 1.42 million BOE per day [ 4] in 2014, of which 59% [ 4] was oil/liquids. In 2013 the UK consumed 1.508 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 2.735 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas, [ 5] so is now an importer of hydrocarbons having been a significant exporter in the 1980s and 1990s.
Refined oil product pipelines (1 C, 7 P) A. Asphalt (3 C, 25 P) ... Pages in category "Petroleum products" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of ...