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Oseberg

Oseberg is a Norwegian North Sea oil and gas field around 130 km northwest of Bergen, discovered in 1979, producing since 1988, and operated by Equinor.

Oshskoye Oil Field

Oshskoye Oil Field (Ошское) is an oil field in Russia's Timan-Pechora province, developed by LUKOIL-Komi since 2012 and known for a 2021 pipeline spill into the Kolva River.

Oso Oil and Gas Field

The Oso Oil and Gas Field is a giant offshore gas condensate field about 12 miles off southeastern Nigeria, discovered in 1967 and producing since 1992.

Øst Frigg

Øst Frigg is a shut-down Norwegian North Sea gas field, east of Frigg, which produced gas from 1988 to 1997 and is being redeveloped as part of Yggdrasil.

Otakikpo Oil and Gas Field

Otakikpo is a marginal oil and gas field in the Niger Delta's coastal swamp, Rivers State, Nigeria, producing commercially since February 2017 under Green Energy International.

Otumara Oil and Gas Field

Otumara Oil and Gas Field is an onshore oil and gas field in the western Niger Delta of Nigeria, part of OML 43 near Warri.

Ourhoud Oil Field

Ourhoud is a giant onshore oil field in eastern Algeria's Berkine Basin, the country's second largest after Hassi Messaoud, producing from Triassic sandstones since 2002.

Ovintiv

Ovintiv is a Denver-based oil and gas company formed in 2020 when Canada's Encana Corporation reorganized as an American company, operating in the Permian and Montney.

Oxiacaque Oil and Gas Field

Oxiacaque is an operating onshore oil and gas field in Tabasco, Mexico, discovered in 1977 and operated by Pemex, producing medium sour crude from a fractured carbonate reservoir.

Oyot Oil and Gas Field

The Oyot Oil and Gas Field is an offshore oil and gas field in Nigeria in concession block OML 70, distinct from the similar Oyo field in OML 120.

Ozenmunaigas

Ozenmunaigas (Kazakh: Өзенмұнайгаз) is a Kazakhstani oil and gas production company wholly owned by KazMunayGas, which develops the Uzen and Karamandybas fields and produced about 5 million tonnes of oil in 2024.

Pacassa Oil Field

Pacassa Oil Field (Campo de Pacassa) is a conventional oil field in shallow water offshore Angola, discovered by Elf in 1982 and producing from Cretaceous Pinda carbonate reservoirs.

Packer (oil well tool)

A packer is a downhole device that expands to seal the wellbore annulus in oil and gas wells, isolating zones for controlled production, injection, or treatment.

Palagua Oil and Gas Field

The Palagua Oil and Gas Field is an oil field in the Middle Magdalena Valley Basin of Colombia near Puerto Boyacá, discovered in 1954 and operated by Ecopetrol.

Palanca Oil Field

The Palanca Oil Field is an offshore oil field about 37 km off Angola, discovered in 1981 with first oil in 1985 and developed by Elf Aquitaine.

Pambi Oil Field

Pambi is an offshore oil field in Block 3/05 in the Lower Congo Basin, about 37 km off Angola, discovered in 1990 with first oil in 1995.

Pampa Energia

Pampa Energía is an Argentine integrated energy company producing about 9% of the country's gas and 15% of its electricity, and its largest producer of styrenics.

Pampo Oil Field

The Pampo Oil Field is an offshore field in the Campos Basin off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, discovered by Petrobras in 1977 and owned by Trident Energy since 2020.

Pamyatno-Sasovskoye Oil Field

Pamyatno-Sasovskoye oil field (Памятно-Сасовское месторождение) is an oil field in Volgograd Region, Russia, discovered in 1992 and operated by LUKOIL subsidiary RITEK, described as the largest in Volgograd Oblast.

Pandion Energy

Pandion Energy is a Norwegian independent oil and gas company established in November 2016 through a management buyout of Tullow Oil Norge, backed by Kerogen Capital and headquartered in Oslo.

Papa-Terra Oil and Gas Field

Papa-Terra is a deepwater heavy-oil field in block BC-20 in Brazil's southern Campos Basin, about 110 km off Rio de Janeiro, discovered in 2003, producing since 2013, and operated by Brava Energia.

Parabe/Eko Oil and Gas Field

The Parabe/Eko Oil and Gas Field is an operating conventional oil and gas field offshore Nigeria on the Niger Delta continental shelf, operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited with NNPC.

Paraffinic Froth Treatment

Paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) is an oil sands bitumen cleaning process, first commercialized by Albian Sands in 2002, in which a paraffinic solvent precipitates asphaltenes from bitumen froth.

Paramount Resources

Paramount Resources is a Canadian independent oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, founded by geologist Clay Riddell and public since 1978.

Parco refinery

The Parco refinery is a 94,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming, opened in 1923 and owned by HF Sinclair since 2022; it serves the Rocky Mountain region.

Parex Resources

Parex Resources is a Canadian oil and gas company focused on Colombia, headquartered in Calgary and founded in 2009 as a spin-off from Petro Andina Resources.

Parkland Corporation

Parkland Corporation is a Canadian fuel distributor and convenience retailer headquartered in Calgary, with about 4,000 retail and commercial locations across Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean.

Partitioned Zone (Saudi Arabia–Kuwait)

The Partitioned Zone, also called the Neutral Zone, is an area between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia left undivided by the 1922 Uqair Convention, with oil wealth shared.

Pasadena Refinery

The Pasadena Refinery is a Chevron-owned oil refinery in Pasadena, Texas, on the Houston Ship Channel, built in 1919 with a capacity of 125,000 barrels per day.

Patoka (oil hub)

Patoka is the second-largest crude oil storage and pipeline hub in the United States after Cushing, Oklahoma, located in Marion County, Illinois, and serving as the terminus of the Dakota Access Pipeline.