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The Oil Drum was published by the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, a Colorado non-profit corporation. [2] The site was a resource for information on many energy and sustainability topics, including peak oil, and related concepts such as oil megaprojects, Hubbert linearization, and the Export Land Model.
Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) is a voluntary association of oil companies having an interest in the shipment and terminalling of crude oil, oil products, petrochemicals and gas, and includes companies engaged in offshore marine operations supporting oil and gas exploration, development and production.
A drum (also called a barrel) is a cylindrical shipping container used for shipping bulk cargo. Drums can be made of steel, dense paperboard (commonly called a fiber drum), or plastic, and are generally used for the transportation and storage of liquids and powders. Drums are often stackable, and have dimensions designed for efficient warehouse ...
Most cores are obtained by drilling into the medium, for example, sediment or rock, with a hollow steel tube called a corer; Coring: A procedure where a small amount of rock sample is extracted from an oil well to the surface to give valuable information during the drilling process about the rock in the well. [1]
The main activity of JSC Transnefteproduct and its subsidiaries pipeline companies is the transportation of light petroleum products — diesel fuel, gasoline, kerosene from 18 refineries to various regions of Russia, the countries of the Customs Union (Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan), as well as to non-CIS countries (Latvia, Ukraine, Hungary) through the system of main oil product pipelines ...
Puma Energy is a Swiss multinational mid- and downstream oil company, majority-owned by Singapore-incorporated Swiss company Trafigura. [1]Its operations span around 40 countries across five continents and encompass the supply, storage, refining, distribution, and retail of a range of petroleum products.
Ellis solved this problem with the design of a 30-foot-diameter (9.1 m) floating drum onto which a great length of pipe could be coiled in the manner of thread on a bobbin. [170] This drum could be towed across the channel and the pipe unwound onto the seabed. [170] The mysterious-looking, conical-ended drum was aptly dubbed HMS Conundrum. [170]
The nationalization of oil supplies refers to the process of confiscation of oil production operations and their property, generally for the purpose of obtaining more revenue from oil for the governments of oil-producing countries. This process, which should not be confused with restrictions on crude oil exports, represents a significant ...