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Grangemouth Refinery is an oil refinery complex located on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland, currently operated by Petroineos.It is the only operating crude oil refinery in Scotland and currently one of the six remaining refineries in the UK. [1]
Map of oil and gas fields. This list of oil and gas fields of the North Sea contains links to oil and natural gas reservoirs beneath the North Sea.In terms of the oil industry, "North Sea oil" often refers to a larger geographical set, including areas such as the Norwegian Sea and the UK "Atlantic Margin" (west of Shetland) which are not, strictly speaking, part of the North Sea.
Oil shale reserves (perhaps 3 trillion barrels (4.8 × 10 11 m 3)) and coal reserves, both of which can be converted to liquid petroleum, are not included in this chart. Other non-conventional liquid fuel sources are similarly excluded from this list.
Petroleum was known as burning water in Japan in the 7th century. [4] [5] According to Kasem Ajram, petroleum was distilled by the Persian alchemist Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi (Rhazes) in the 9th century, producing chemicals such as kerosene in the alembic (al-ambiq), [6] [verification needed] and which was mainly used for kerosene lamps. [7]
Reservoirs of petroleum are formed through the mixture of plants, algae, and sediments in shallow seas under high pressure. Petroleum is mostly recovered from oil drilling. Seismic surveys and other methods are used to locate oil reservoirs. Oil rigs and oil platforms are used to drill long holes into the earth to create an oil well and extract ...
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha.
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope.It is the largest oil field in North America, covering 213,543 acres (86,418 ha) and originally contained approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0 × 10 9 m 3) of oil. [1]
Oil was discovered on the island in commercial quantities in 1964 by West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd , and the first oil field was established shortly after. [18] In 1995, there were 430 wells producing oil and natural gas across most of the southern half of the island. [19] The site has been Australia's leading producer of oil.