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Banyu Urip

Banyu Urip is an onshore oil field in the Cepu Block in Bojonegoro Regency, East Java, Indonesia, discovered in 2001 and operated by ExxonMobil Cepu Limited.

Baobab (oil field)

Baobab is a deepwater oil and gas field in Block CI-40 off Côte d'Ivoire, discovered in 2001 and producing since 2005 through the FPSO Baobab Ivoirien.

Bare Oil and Gas Field

Bare Oil and Gas Field is an onshore heavy-oil field in the Hamaca area of Venezuela's Orinoco Belt, with roughly 1.8 billion barrels of remaining reserves, operated for decades by PDVSA.

Barracuda Oil and Gas Field

Barracuda is a deepwater oil and gas field in Brazil's Campos Basin, offshore Rio de Janeiro, discovered in 1990 and operated by Petrobras, peaking at 163,900 barrels per day in 2006.

Barsa Gelmez Gas Field

Barsa Gelmez, also written Barsa-Gelmez, is an onshore gas and oil field in western Turkmenistan near the Caspian Sea, discovered in 1962 and still producing.

Barúa Oil Field

Barúa Oil Field is an oil field on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo in Zulia state, Venezuela, discovered in 1928 and operated under the Petroquiriquire joint venture.

Basrah Heavy

Basrah Heavy is a heavy, sour Iraqi crude oil export grade, 24° API with 4% sulfur, launched by SOMO in June 2015 to protect Basrah Light's quality.

Batan Oil and Gas Field

Batan is an onshore oil and gas field in the western Niger Delta of Nigeria, within Oil Mining Lease 42 and operated since 2011 by Neconde Energy.

Bauge (oil field)

Bauge is a Norwegian oil field on Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, discovered in 2013 as Snilehorn and producing since 2023 via a subsea tieback to Njord, operated by Equinor.

Baúna Oil and Gas Field

The Baúna Oil and Gas Field is an offshore oil field in Brazil's Santos Basin, discovered in 2008 and operated by Karoon Energy since 2020.

Bavlinskoye Oil Field

The Bavlinskoye Oil Field (Бавлинское месторождение) is a large multi-reservoir oil field in southeast Tatarstan, Russia, discovered in 1944, which yielded the republic's first high-flow Devonian oil in 1946 and pioneered waterflooding.

Bavuca South Oil Field

Bavuca South Oil Field (Bavuca Sul) is an operating conventional oil field in Block 15, offshore Angola, discovered in 2022 and operated by an ExxonMobil affiliate.

Baytown Refinery

The Baytown Refinery is an ExxonMobil petroleum refinery on the Houston Ship Channel in Baytown, Texas. Founded by Humble Oil, it began processing oil in 1920.

Bayu Undan Oil and Gas Field

Bayu-Undan is a gas-condensate field in the Timor Sea discovered in 1995 that produced condensate, LPG, and LNG from 2004 until it ceased production in June 2025, as Timor-Leste's largest source of petroleum revenue.

Bed-3 Oil and Gas Field

Bed-3, also called Badr El Din 3, is an operating onshore oil and gas field in Egypt's Western Desert, discovered by Shell in 1983 and operated by BAPETCO.

Belayim Land Oil and Gas Field

Belayim Land is a giant onshore oil field on Egypt's Sinai coast on the central Gulf of Suez, discovered in the mid-1950s and operated by Petrobel, the Eni–EGPC joint venture.

Benicia Refinery

The Benicia Refinery is a petroleum refinery in Benicia, California, built in 1968 by Exxon and owned by Valero since 2000, with a capacity of 145,000 barrels per day.

Berbigão Oil and Gas Field

Berbigão is a pre-salt oil field in the Santos Basin, about 230 km off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, developed through the FPSO P-68 and operated by Petrobras.

Berri oil field

Berri is an onshore and offshore oil field in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province near Jubail, operated by Saudi Aramco, with production begun in the late 1960s.

Beryl Oil and Gas Field

The Beryl oil and gas field is a petroleum field in UK block 9/13 in the northern North Sea, discovered in 1972 and producing since 1976 under operator Apache.

Bibi Hakimeh Oil Field

The Bibi Hakimeh Oil Field is a giant onshore oil field in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, southern Iran, discovered in 1961 and on stream since 1964.

Bilbao refinery

The Bilbao refinery is an oil refinery at Muskiz in Bizkaia, northern Spain, owned by Petronor, a subsidiary of Repsol, and the largest refinery in the Repsol system.

Bin Umar

Bin Umar, also written Bin Omar and historically Nahr Bin Umar, is a super-giant oil and gas field in Basra province, southern Iraq, with reserves of more than 5 billion barrels.

Bir El Msana Oil Field

Bir El Msana (BMS) is an onshore oil field in the Berkine basin of eastern Algeria, operated by Cepsa with Sonatrach and producing about 12,500 barrels of oil per day since 2015.

Bisat Oil Field

Bisat Oil Field is an onshore oil field in Oman's Block 60, discovered in 2017 and operated by OQEP, producing crude from the Shuaiba limestone formation.

Bitumen

Bitumen, or asphaltic bitumen, is a highly viscous hydrocarbon mixture found chiefly in Alberta's oil sands, also the refinery binder, mostly used in road paving, that holds asphalt pavement together.

Blake Oil and Gas Field

Blake is an oil and gas field in the UK North Sea, about 120 km northeast of Aberdeen, discovered in 1997 and onstream since 2001.

Blending (refinery)

Blending in a petroleum refinery mixes semi-finished blendstocks like reformate, alkylate, and butane into finished gasoline and diesel meeting commercial specifications, capturing a large share of refining margin.

Block 6 (Oman)

Block 6 is Petroleum Development Oman's main onshore oil and gas concession in Oman, covering roughly a third of the country and most of its oil output.

Bloque VII Ceuta Oil Field

Bloque VII Ceuta is an operating oil field in Lake Maracaibo, western Venezuela, discovered in April 1956 by Mene Grande Oil Company and developed by the Petrozamora joint venture.