enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Extraction of petroleum - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraction_of_petroleum

   Oil rigs and oil platforms are used to drill long holes into the earth to create an oil well and extract petroleum. After extraction, oil is refined to make gasoline and other products such as tires and refrigerators. Extraction of petroleum can be dangerous and have led to oil spills. [1]

3. List of oil fields - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_fields

   Kuparuk oil field: United States, Alaska: 1969 6 Alpine, Alaska: United States, Alaska: 1994 2000 2005 0.4–1 0.05 East Texas Oil Field: United States, Texas: 1930 6 Spraberry Trend: United States, Texas: 1943 10 [41] Wilmington Oil Field: United States, California: 1932 3 South Belridge Oil Field: United States, California: 1911 2 [42 ...

4. Kern River Oil Field - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kern_River_Oil_Field

   The Kern River Oil Field covers an area of 10,750 acres (43.5 km 2) in a rough oval extending over the low hills north-northeast of Bakersfield, hills which are now almost completely barren except for oil rigs, drilling pads and associated equipment. This area is the densest operational oil development in the state of California: Midway-Sunset ...

5. Oil well - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_well

   Wells are created by drilling down into an oil or gas reserve and if necessary equipped with extraction devices such as pumpjacks. Creating the wells can be an expensive process, costing at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, and costing much more when in difficult-to-access locations, e.g., offshore.

6. Pumpjack - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpjack

   The arrangement is often used for onshore wells. Pumpjacks are common in oil-rich areas. Depending on the size of the pump, it generally produces 5 to 40 litres (1 to 9 imp gal; 1.5 to 10.5 US gal) of liquid at each stroke. Often this is an emulsion of crude oil and water. Pump size is also determined by the depth and weight of the oil to ...

7. Wilmington Oil Field - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Oil_Field

   A 2013 USGS report estimates that the Wilmington-Belmont oilfield had Original oil-in-place of between 7,600 to 12,000 million bbl (1,210 to 1,910 million m 3) of oil, of which an additional 200 to 1,950 million bbl (32 to 310 million m 3) could be produced, with 910 million bbl (145 million m 3) their best estimate of future production potential.

8. NOV Inc. - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOV_Inc.

   NOV Tower in the Westchase district of Houston. NOV Inc., formerly National Oilwell Varco, is an American multinational corporation based in Houston, Texas.It is a worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry.

9. Deepwater drilling - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_drilling

   Drilling in deep waters can be performed by two main types of mobile deepwater drilling rigs: semi-submersible drilling rigs and drillships.Drilling can also be performed from a fixed-position installation such as a fixed platform, or a floating platform, such as a spar platform, a tension-leg platform, or a semi-submersible production platform.