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Aguada de la Arena Oil and Gas Field

Aguada de la Arena is a hydrocarbon field in the Vaca Muerta shale, Neuquén Province, Argentina, granted as a concession in 1997 and owned and operated by YPF.

Ahdab Oil and Gas Field

The Ahdab oil field (Al-Ahdab, Ahdeb) is an onshore field in Wasit Governorate, Iraq, discovered in 1979 and site of Iraq's first post-2003 technical service contract with China's CNPC.

Air drilling

Air drilling is a rotary drilling method that uses compressed air rather than water or mud as the circulation medium, typically in hard, dry formations where it drills faster.

AJ Lucas Group

AJ Lucas Group is an Australian drilling and energy services company headquartered in Brisbane, providing directional drilling and coal mine gas drainage, and listed on the ASX in 1999.

Ajax Resources

Ajax Resources was a Houston-based oil and gas company formed in 2015 to develop Permian Basin assets in West Texas, sold to Diamondback Energy in 2018.

Ajeel Oil and Gas Field

Ajeel, also spelled Ajil, is an oil and gas field in northern Iraq near Tikrit, discovered in 1977 and suspended in 2015 after the ISIS takeover.

Akacias Oil Field

Akacias Oil Field is a heavy-oil field in the Llanos Basin of Colombia, discovered in 2010 and operated by Ecopetrol in the Meta department, southeast of Bogotá.

Akal Oil and Gas Field

The Akal field is an offshore oil and gas field in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico, discovered in 1976 and operated by Pemex as the main producer of the Cantarell complex.

Aker BP

Aker BP ASA is a Norwegian oil and gas company on the Norwegian continental shelf, headquartered at Fornebu near Oslo and one of Europe's largest independent listed oil companies.

Aker Solutions

Aker Solutions, formerly Aker Kvaerner, is a Norwegian engineering company serving the global oil and gas industry and energy transition projects, with about 11,800 employees.

Akpo Oil and Gas Field

Akpo is a deep offshore gas and condensate field in Nigeria's Niger Delta, discovered in 2000 and brought on stream by operator TotalEnergies in March 2009.

Akshabulak Oil and Gas Field

Akshabulak is an oil and gas field in the South Turgay Basin of central Kazakhstan, about 150 km north of Kyzylorda, operated by JV Kazgermunai.

Al Bunduq Oil and Gas Field

Al Bunduq, also written El Bunduq, is an offshore oil and gas field straddling the maritime boundary between Qatar and Abu Dhabi, discovered in 1965 and producing since 1975.

Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field

Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field (الغراف), also written Garraf or Gharraf, is an onshore oil field in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq, producing since 2013.

Al Khalij Oil and Gas Field

Al Khalij (الخليج) is an offshore oil field in Qatari waters of the Persian Gulf, discovered by Total in 1991, producing since 1997, and operated by TotalEnergies with QatarEnergy.

Al Shaheen Oil and Gas Field

Al Shaheen is an offshore oil field in Qatari waters of the Arabian Gulf, discovered in the 1970s and today accounting for up to 45% of Qatar's oil production.

Al-Dabbiya Oil and Gas Field

Al-Dabbiya Oil and Gas Field (حقل الضبعية), also called Al Nouf, is an onshore oil field in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, discovered in 1983 and producing since 2005 under ADNOC Onshore.

Al-Mussaib Thermal power plant

The Al-Mussaib Thermal Power Plant (محطة المسيب الحرارية) is an oil-fired steam power station about 75 km south of Baghdad, commissioned in 1987 with four units and a capacity of about 1,200 MW.

al-Omar Oil Field

al-Omar Oil Field (حقل العمر النفطي) is Syria's largest oil field, in the Euphrates Graben about 45 km southeast of Deir ez-Zor, producing since 1989.

al-Tanak Oil Field

al-Tanak Oil Field is an onshore oil field in Deir ez-Zor governorate, eastern Syria, discovered in 1987 and ranked the governorate's second largest, historically producing light crude.

Al-Zour Refinery

Al-Zour Refinery is an oil refinery about 90 kilometers south of Kuwait City, operated by KIPIC and, at 615,000 barrels per day, the Middle East's largest refinery.

Alamein Oil Field

The Alamein oil field is an onshore oil field in Egypt's Western Desert near the Mediterranean coast, discovered in 1966 and among the Western Desert's first producing fields.

Alaska North Slope

The Alaska North Slope is the petroleum province covering northern Alaska north of the Brooks Range, home to Prudhoe Bay, North America's largest oil field.

Albacora Leste

Albacora Leste is a deep-water oil field in the Campos Basin, offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, discovered by Petrobras in 1986 and produced through the P-50 FPSO.

Albacora oil field

Albacora (Campo de Albacora) is a giant deep-water oil and gas field in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil, discovered by Petrobras in 1984 and producing since 1987.

Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission

The Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission, or APMC, is a provincial Crown corporation of Alberta created in 1974 that markets the Crown's royalty share of crude oil, natural gas, and bitumen.

Albian (oil sands)

Albian is an oil sands surface-mining complex in the Athabasca deposit about 70 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, comprising the Muskeg River and Jackpine mines, owned by CNRL.

Alderson Oil and Gas Field

Alderson Oil and Gas Field is an oil and gas field in southern Alberta, Canada, where a 1883 railway water-drilling crew accidentally discovered natural gas, possibly Canada's first.

Alif Oil Field

The Alif Oil Field is an onshore oil field in the Marib-Al Jawf Basin of Yemen, the country's first commercial oil discovery in 1984 and first producing field in 1986.

Alvheim Oil and Gas Field

Alvheim Oil and Gas Field is a Norwegian North Sea field discovered in 1998 and produced through the Alvheim FPSO vessel since 2008, operated by Aker BP.