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Bunker fuel

Bunker fuel is the fuel oil supplied to ships for propulsion and onboard power, named for the ship's storage bunkers, with Bunker C the heaviest grade.

Burgan Field

Burgan Field is a giant oil field in southeastern Kuwait, discovered in 1938, producing since 1946, and ranked the second largest oil field in the world.

Burgman Oil and Gas Field

Burgman is an oil field in Block 28/9a of the UK Central North Sea, discovered in March 2011 and onstream in May 2018 as part of the Catcher Area development.

Burren Oil and Gas Field

The Burren Oil and Gas Field, also called Burun, is an onshore field at the western end of the Nebit Dag contract area in western Turkmenistan, operated by Eni since 2008.

Buzachi Severnyy Oil and Gas Field

Buzachi Severnyy (Северные Бузачи), also called North Buzachi, is an onshore oil field in western Kazakhstan discovered in 1975 and operated by CNPC and Sinopec.

Buzios Field

The Búzios Field, discovered in 2010 under the name Franco, is a giant pre-salt oil field in the Santos Basin off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's largest.

Buzurgan Field

Buzurgan Field (حقل البزركان) is a large oil field in Maysan Governorate, southeastern Iraq, near the Iranian border, discovered in the early 1970s and producing since 1976.

Buzzard oil field

The Buzzard oil field is a large oil field in the Outer Moray Firth of the UK Central North Sea, discovered in 2001 and producing since 2007.

Byford Dolphin

Byford Dolphin, also known as Deep Sea Driller, was a Norwegian semi-submersible drilling rig, the first built to the Aker H3 design, best known for a 1983 diving accident that killed five people.

Bystrinskoye Oil Field

The Bystrinskoye Oil Field is a large oil and gas-condensate field near Surgut in Western Siberia, Russia, discovered in 1964 and operated by Surgutneftegas, producing over 150 million tonnes.

Ca Tam Oil Field

Ca Tam Oil Field (mỏ Cá Tầm), also known as Sturgeon or Beluga, is an offshore oil field in Vietnam's Cuu Long basin, producing first oil in 2019.

Cabaca South East Oil Field

Cabaca South East is a deepwater oil field in Block 15/06 offshore Angola, discovered in 2010 and brought on stream in February 2017 through the Armada Olombendo FPSO.

Cabimas Oil Field

The Cabimas Oil Field is an onshore oil field on the northeast shore of Lake Maracaibo in Zulia state, Venezuela, discovered in 1917 and part of the Bolivar Coastal Complex.

Cabinda Oil and Gas Field

The Cabinda oil and gas field is a group of producing offshore fields in shallow waters off Cabinda province, Angola, operated by Chevron in concession Block 0 since first oil in 1968.

Cactus Lake Basman-Bakken Oil Pool

The Cactus Lake Basman-Bakken Oil Pool is a heavy-oil pool in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada, discovered in 1974, producing commingled oil from the Bakken Formation and overlying Mannville sands.

Cainan Oil Field

Cainan Oil Field (彩南油田) is an onshore oil and gas field in the eastern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China, discovered in the early 1990s and operated by PetroChina's Xinjiang Oilfield Company.

California oil and gas industry

The California oil and gas industry extracts and refines crude oil and natural gas in California, producing about 245,000 barrels of crude per day in early 2026.

Caño Limón Oil and Gas Field

Caño Limón is a giant oil field in Arauca, Colombia, about six miles south of the Venezuelan border, discovered by Occidental Petroleum in July 1983.

Caño Sur Este Oil Field

Caño Sur Este Oil Field, also known as Fauno, is an operating onshore oil field in Puerto Gaitán, Meta, Colombia, operated by Ecopetrol, which discovered it in 2011.

Cantarell Field

Cantarell Field is an offshore oil field complex in Mexico's Bay of Campeche, operated by Pemex, which peaked in 2004 as the world's second-largest producing field.

Caofeidian 11-1/11-2 Oil Field

Caofeidian 11-1/11-2 (曹妃甸11-1/11-2) is a pair of connected offshore oil fields in western Bohai Bay, China, discovered in 1999 and 2001 and producing since July 2004 from Block 04/36.

Caofeidian 6-4 Oil Field

Caofeidian 6-4 (曹妃甸6-4油田) is an offshore oil field in the west-central Bohai Sea, China, developed and operated by CNOOC Limited, producing light crude since March 2021.

Captain Oil and Gas Field

Captain is a billion-barrel heavy-oil field in UK North Sea Block 13/22a, about 90 miles northeast of Aberdeen, producing since 1997 and operated by Ithaca Energy.

Carapeba Oil Field

Carapeba is an offshore oil field in the Campos Basin, Brazil, off Rio de Janeiro, discovered in 1982 with an estimated 184 million barrels of recoverable oil.

Caratinga Oil and Gas Field

Caratinga (Campo de Caratinga) is a deepwater oil and gas field in the south-central Campos Basin, offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, discovered in 1994 and operated by Petrobras.

Carmópolis Oil and Gas Field

Carmópolis is an onshore oil and gas field in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin in Sergipe, Brazil, discovered by Petrobras in 1963 and sold to Carmo Energy in 2022 for $1.1 billion.

Cartagena refinery

The Cartagena refinery is Repsol's largest industrial complex in Spain, a petroleum refining and petrochemical site in the Escombreras valley near Cartagena, Murcia, operating since 1950.

Casabe Oil and Gas Field

Casabe is a mature crude oil field in Yondó, Antioquia, Colombia, discovered by Shell in 1941, once among Colombia's most productive fields, and operated by Ecopetrol since 1975.

Casing cementing

Casing cementing is the process of pumping cement slurry down a well's steel casing and up the annulus, bonding the casing to the formation and sealing fluid zones.

Casing while drilling

Casing while drilling, also called casing drilling, is a well-construction technique in which the steel casing serves as the drillstring, drilling and casing the well in one operation.