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  2. History of the petroleum industry - Wikipedia

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    History of the petroleum industry. One of the early generations of oil drilling infrastructure. Picture from the Athabasca River, Alberta, Canada in 1898. While the local use of oil goes back many centuries, the modern petroleum industry along with its outputs and modern applications are of a recent origin. Petroleum's status as a key component ...

  3. German Oil Museum - Wikipedia

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    These include four wooden winding towers and their accessories, a transport pump, measuring vessels and an oil tank. The reason for the protection was the importance of the equipment in the economic history of the oil industry in Germany. [4] The museum is a founding member of the network of European Oil Museums.

  4. Petroleum - Wikipedia

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    Petroleum is found in porous rock formations in the upper strata of some areas of the Earth's crust. There is also petroleum in oil sands (tar sands) . Known oil reserves are typically estimated at 190 km 3 (1.2 trillion (short scale) barrels ) without oil sands, [ 90 ] or 595 km 3 (3.74 trillion barrels) with oil sands. [ 91 ]

  5. History of the petroleum industry in the United States

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    Crude oil production Natural oil seeps such as this in the McKittrick area of California were used by the Native Americans and later mined by settlers.. The history of the petroleum industry in the United States goes back to the early 19th century, although the indigenous peoples, like many ancient societies, have used petroleum seeps since prehistoric times; where found, these seeps signaled ...

  6. History of manufactured fuel gases - Wikipedia

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    History of manufactured fuel gases. The history of gaseous fuel, important for lighting, heating, and cooking purposes throughout most of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, began with the development of analytical and pneumatic chemistry in the 18th century. These "synthetic fuel gases " (also known as "manufactured fuel ...

  7. North Sea oil - Wikipedia

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    An oil platform in Mittelplate, Wadden Sea. North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea. In the petroleum industry, the term "North Sea" often includes areas such as the Norwegian Sea and the area known as "West of Shetland", "the Atlantic ...

  8. Freiberg University of Mining and Technology - Wikipedia

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    https://tu-freiberg.de/en. The Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (abbreviation: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, TUBAF) is a public university of technology with 3,471 students [2] in the city of Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. The university's focuses are exploration, mining & extraction, processing, and recycling of natural resources & scrap ...

  9. Karlsruhe - Wikipedia

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    Karlsruhe was the capital of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach (Durlach: 1565–1718; Karlsruhe: 1718–1771), the Margraviate of Baden (1771–1803), the Electorate of Baden (1803–1806), the Grand Duchy of Baden (1806–1918), and the Republic of Baden (1918–1945). Its most remarkable building is Karlsruhe Palace, which was built in 1715.