Unit-1 Petroleum Exploration — An Introduction Objective: After reading this unit you would be able to understand: What are hydrocarbons? What are their properties? What are the main products derived from crude oil and their uses Exploration milestone-an overview. INTRODUCTION: By definition petroleum is a generic name for hydrocarbons‚ including crude oil‚ natural gas liquids‚ natural gas and their products. Petroleum comes from the Latin petra meaning rock or stone & oleum meaning oil. Petroleum
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of Science Degree in Petroleum Engineering. Having progressed along this path‚ my quest for knowledge has only intensified. The Petroleum industry is a vast sector that offers a variety of interesting and prospective career opportunities to scholars and ambitious persons. Such career opportunities include reservoir engineering‚ production and operations‚ drilling‚ construction of facilities‚ geology and geophysics‚ refinery engineering‚ research and development‚ petroleum marketing‚ economics
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FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES FOR PETROLEUM DEPOTS‚ TERMINALS‚ PIPELINE INSTALLATIONS AND LUBE OIL INSTALLATIONS Prepared By FUNCTIONALCOMMITTEE ON FIRE PROTECTION Oil Industry Safety Directorate Government of India Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas 8th Floor‚ OIDB Bhavan‚ Plot No. 2‚ Sector – 73‚ Noida – 201301 (U.P.) Website: www.oisd.gov.in Tele: 0120-2593800‚ Fax: 0120-2593802 Page No. II Sr.Number:- OISD/2012/001 Preamble Indian petroleum industry is the energy lifeline
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existed before the energy crises of 1973 and 1979 exist today and they indicate that the current situation could be even worse. US dependence on petroleum imports has grown steadily for over a decade and has been at record levels for several years. Petroleum inventories are low and the ability of Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) and commercial petroleum stocks to cope with an interruption in imports matches the historic lows preceding the 1973 and 1979 energy crises. The potential for an energy
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oil production was just 250‚000 tones per annum. The entire production was from one state-Assam. Most foreign experts had written off India as far as discovery of new petroleum reserves was concerned. The Government announced‚ under Industrial Policy Resolution‚ 1954‚ that petroleum would be the core sector industry. Preamble Petroleum exploration & production was controlled by the Government-owned National Oil Companies (NOCs)‚ ONGC and OIL‚ in pursuance of the Industrial Policy Resolution‚ 1954
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BP Gulf Coast Disaster and Recovery INTRODUCTION BP‚ formerly British Petroleum and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company‚ has experienced a lot of ups and downs over its hundred-year history—from nearly bankrupting its founder William D’Arcy to becoming one of the world’s largest energy companies. BP has also experienced its fair share of controversies regarding business practices‚ environmental damage‚ and hazards to workers. It and all other large energy companies have come under fire for releasing huge
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PRACTICAL REPORT ON STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) AT PIPELINES AND PRODUCTS MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED (PPMC) [A SUBSIDIARY OF NNPC] NNPC TOWERS CENTRAL AREA‚ ABUJA
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The New International Webster ’s Pocket Business Dictionary of the English Language. Trident Press International; United States of America. m-w.com Retrieved August 28‚ 2007 from‚ http://www.m-w.com Energy Information Administration. This Week In Petroleum. Retrieved August 29‚ 2007 from‚ http://www.tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/twip/twip.asp
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source of energy Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes of tiny organism that have formed over millions of years. It was estimated by the Energy Information Administration that in 2007 primary sources of energy consisted of petroleum 36.0%‚ coal 27.4%‚ and natural gas 23.0%‚ amounting to an 86.4% share for fossil fuels in primary energy consumption in the world. (“U.S. EIA International Energy Statistics") Fossil fuels are of great importance because they can be burned
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Centralized Generation‚ Application & Technology - Trends & Global Forecasts (2011 - 2016) On 3rd April 2014 Hydrogen has number of applications from chemical processing‚ petroleum recovery and refining‚ metal production and fabrication‚ aerospace‚ and fuel cells. The sectors which impose the largest demand for hydrogen are petroleum refinery and ammonia production while automotive fuel is an emerging sector with huge potential in the future. Hydrogen can be generated by the company itself which is
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