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    oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil...
    89 KB (9,744 words) - 14:34, 5 June 2024
  • Apatosaurus dinosaur, based on the then-common idea that oil deposits beneath the earth came from the dead bodies of dinosaurs. Sinclair was ranked as one of...
    29 KB (2,954 words) - 22:34, 3 June 2024
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    OPEC (redirect from OPEC oil price shock)
    the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize profit. It...
    153 KB (14,187 words) - 11:17, 12 June 2024
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    An oil terminal (also called a tank farm, tankfarm, oil installation or oil depot) is an industrial facility for the storage of oil, petroleum and petrochemical...
    16 KB (1,546 words) - 00:55, 12 February 2024
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    The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the...
    239 KB (22,739 words) - 23:36, 9 June 2024
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    Petroleum (redirect from Crude oil)
    Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in...
    132 KB (14,545 words) - 17:33, 7 June 2024
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    oil Mustard oil Palm oil Peanut oil (marketed as "groundnut oil" in the UK and India) Rice bran oil Safflower oil Olive oil Semi-refined sesame oil Semi-refined...
    32 KB (4,714 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
  • Residual oil is oil found in low concentrations naturally or in exhausted oil fields. Often mixed with water, it cannot be recovered by conventional techniques...
    2 KB (245 words) - 16:49, 5 December 2021
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    pandemic. Peak oil Energy development World energy resources "Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 26 July 2020.[dead link] "The...
    21 KB (157 words) - 06:46, 15 April 2024
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    Chris (May 25, 2010). "Memorial service honors 11 dead oil rig workers". USA Today. "Coast Guard: Oil rig that exploded has sunk". CNN. April 22, 2010...
    71 KB (7,098 words) - 16:51, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Peak oil
    Peak oil is the theorized point in time when the maximum rate of global oil production will occur, after which oil production will begin an irreversible...
    105 KB (10,864 words) - 22:49, 10 June 2024
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    Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie...
    111 KB (10,072 words) - 07:59, 4 June 2024
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    Fossil fuel (redirect from Oil and Gas)
    hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of dead plants and animals that is extracted...
    39 KB (5,185 words) - 18:41, 1 May 2024
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    Database for Standard Reference "USDA Nutrition Facts: Fish oil, cod liver"[permanent dead link] USDA Jane Higdon, PhD of the Linus Pauling Institute "Linus...
    10 KB (1,046 words) - 03:13, 13 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Synthetic oil
    Synthetic oil is a lubricant consisting of chemical compounds that are artificially modified or synthesised. Synthetic lubricants can be manufactured...
    17 KB (1,937 words) - 11:47, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1973 oil crisis
    Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries who had supported Israel at any point during...
    132 KB (17,975 words) - 03:27, 11 June 2024
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    adrenoleukodystrophy.[dead link] Issued July 19, 1994. "Lorenzo's Oil boy is dead at 30". BBC News. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-02. "Subject of 'Lorenzo's Oil' dies...
    11 KB (1,247 words) - 17:08, 9 June 2024
  • hydrocarbon components to form a ‘dead’ or stabilized crude oil with a lower vapor pressure. Typically, the live crude from an oil production installation would...
    6 KB (703 words) - 16:19, 27 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Exxon Valdez oil spill
    The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William...
    63 KB (6,491 words) - 04:45, 23 April 2024
  • "The Dead Heart" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. It was first released as a single in Australia in 1986 and in the United Kingdom and the...
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