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Formation testing
Formation testing is a downhole well-logging technique, developed in the mid-1950s, that measures fluid pressure in rock formations and retrieves samples, a central tool of reservoir characterization.
Foroozan Oil and Gas Field
Foroozan Oil and Gas Field, also spelled Forouzan and once called Fereidoon, is an offshore Persian Gulf field shared by Iran and Saudi Arabia, whose portion is named Marjan.
Fort Hills oil sands project
Fort Hills is an open-pit oil sands mining project in Alberta's Athabasca region, north of Fort McMurray, owned by Suncor Energy with a capacity of 194,000 barrels of bitumen per day.
Forties oil field
Forties is a giant oil field in the UK North Sea, about 180 km east of Aberdeen, discovered by BP in 1970 and the largest oilfield on the UK Continental Shelf.
Foster Creek oil sands project
Foster Creek is a steam-assisted gravity drainage bitumen project in northeastern Alberta operated by Cenovus Energy, the oil sands' first commercial SAGD project, started in 2000.
Frac pack
A frac pack is a well completion combining hydraulic fracturing with gravel packing in one operation, for sand control and stimulation, first used in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 1980s.
Fracking
Fracking, also called hydraulic fracturing, is a well stimulation technique first used commercially in 1949 that cracks tight rock to release oil and natural gas.
Frade Oil and Gas Field
The Frade Oil and Gas Field is a deepwater oil field in Brazil's Campos Basin, discovered by Petrobras in 1986 and operated since 2020 by PRIO.
Fram Oil and Gas Field
Fram is an oil and gas field in the northern Norwegian North Sea, 20 km north of Troll, discovered in 1990 and producing since 2003, operated by Equinor.
Fuman Oil and Gas Field
Fuman Oil and Gas Field is an ultra-deep oil and gas field in the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China, operated by PetroChina and producing from Ordovician carbonates below 6,000 m.
Fushan Oil Field
The Fushan Oil Field (福山油田) is the only onshore oil field on Hainan Island, China, discovered in 1999 and operated by a CNPC subsidiary, supplying all its output within Hainan.
Gachsaran oil field
The Gachsaran oil field (گچساران) is a giant onshore oil and gas field in Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran, discovered in 1928 and developed into one of the country's most important oilfields.
Galveston Bay Refinery
The Galveston Bay Refinery is a Marathon Petroleum refinery in Texas City, Texas, on Galveston Bay, opened in 1934 and refining 631,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
Garten Oil and Gas Field
Garten is an oil and gas field in the UK North Sea, discovered by Apache in 2018 and tied back to the Beryl Alpha platform.
Garyville Refinery
The Garyville Refinery is a Marathon Petroleum crude oil refinery in Garyville, Louisiana, along the Mississippi River, and the third-largest in the United States at 617,000 barrels per day.
Gas flare
A gas flare, also called a flare stack, is a device that burns waste gases at oil production sites, flaring about 151 billion cubic meters globally in 2022.
Gas lift
Gas lift is an artificial lift method for oil and gas wells in which high-pressure gas is injected into the tubing to lighten the fluid column.
Gasífero Oil and Gas Field
Gasífero Oil and Gas Field, Spanish for gas-bearing, is an onshore oil and gas field in the Veracruz Basin of Mexico, discovered by Pemex in 2012 and producing light crude and non-associated gas from Miocene sandstones.
Gasikule Oil Field
Gasikule Oil Field (尕斯库勒) is an oil field in the western Qaidam Basin, Qinghai, China, the basin's largest, discovered in 1977 and operated by PetroChina.
Gbaran Oil Field
The Gbaran Oil Field is an onshore oil and gas field in the Niger Delta near Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, operated by Shell and discovered in 1967.
Gbeibe Oil Field
Gbeibe Oil Field (حقل كبيبة) is a large, sour, heavy oil field in al-Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria, brought onstream in the late 1970s and operated by the Sino-Syrian Kawkab Oil Company from 2004.
Gear oil
Gear oil is a lubricant formulated for gear sets like manual transmissions and differentials, distinguished from engine oil by extreme-pressure additives and SAE J306 viscosity grades.
Geleki Oil and Gas Field
Geleki Oil and Gas Field is an oil and gas field in Sivasagar district, Assam, India, discovered by ONGC in 1968 and producing commercially since 1974.
Geological modelling
Geological modeling is the construction of a 3D numerical representation of the subsurface, used mainly in petroleum geology to estimate resources and plan oil and gas field development.
Geosteering
Geosteering, also called real-time well placement, is a drilling technique that uses real-time geological data to keep the wellbore within the target reservoir, mainly in horizontal wells.
Ghawar Field
Ghawar Field, also known as Ghawar oil field (حقل الغوار), is the world's largest conventional oil field, in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, discovered in 1948 and producing since 1951.
Gialo Oil Field
The Gialo Oil Field, also written Jalu or Gallo, is a giant oil field in Libya's Sirte Basin, operated by the Waha Oil Company and producing since 1961.
Gindungo Oil Field
Gindungo Oil Field is an ultra-deepwater oil field offshore Angola in Block 32, discovered in 2003 and producing since 2018 through the Kaombo Norte FPSO.
Gippsland Basin
The Gippsland Basin is a sedimentary basin in southeastern Australia, extending from onshore Gippsland into Bass Strait, that has supplied most of Victoria's oil and gas since the 1960s.
Girassol Oil Field
Girassol, Portuguese for sunflower, is a deepwater oil field in Block 17 off Angola, about 210 km northwest of Luanda, discovered in 1996 and on stream since 2001, with TotalEnergies as operator.