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As of August 2006, BP estimated that 2 billion barrels (320 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of recoverable oil remain and can be recovered with current technology. [ 1 ] [ 31 ] Hilcorp energy is the field operator at Prudhoe Bay and has engaged in an aggressive redevelopment of the aging field since taking over as operator in mid-2019 from BP.
The Whiting Refinery is an oil refinery located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal [1] and operated by BP.The facility is primarily located in Whiting, Indiana, USA, though portions of the 1,400 acres (5.7 km 2) complex span into the neighboring cities of Hammond and East Chicago.
Andrew oilfield (transferred to Premier Oil ownership 2020) [6] Cyrus oilfield (transferred to Premier Oil ownership 2020) [6] ETAP complex. Marnock; Mungo; Monan; Machar; Mirren; Madoes; Erskine gas field (transferred to Ithaca Energy ownership) [7] Everest gasfield (transferred to BG Group ownership 2006, transferred to Chrysaor ownership) [8 ...
ExxonMobil's oil refinery in Baton Rouge is the sixth-largest in the United States [1] Anacortes Refinery , on the north end of March Point southeast of Anacortes, Washington Petroleum refining in the United States in 2024 had a capacity of 18.4 million barrels per day. [ 2 ]
(The data below does not seem to include shale oil and other unconventional sources of oil such as tar sands. For instance, North America has over 3 trillion barrels of shale oil reserves, [ citation needed ] and the majority of oil produced in the US is from shale, leading to the paradoxical data below that the US will finish all its oil at ...
Although some oil was produced commercially before 1859 as a byproduct from salt brine wells, the American oil industry started on a major scale with the discovery of oil at the Drake Well in western Pennsylvania in 1859. US crude oil production initially peaked in 1970 at 9.64 million barrels (1,533,000 m 3) per day.
When first operational, Cherry Point had a capacity of about 100,000 barrels (16,000 m 3); it currently processes over 225,000 barrels (35,800 m 3) of petroleum (crude oil) per day, with 90% becoming gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. [7] It covers about 3,300 acres (5.2 sq mi; 13 km 2). [8] Most of Cherry Point's crude oil is from the Alaska North ...
This list of oil fields includes some major oil fields of the past and present. Countries by proven oil reserves 2017. The list is incomplete; there are more than 25,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world. [1] However, 94 % of known oil is concentrated in fewer than 1,500 giant and major fields. [2]