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Rex NE oil field

Rex NE is a conventional onshore oil field in Arauca, Colombia, discovered in late 2017 and declared commercial in 2018, operated by SierraCol Energy near Caño Limón.

Rex Tillerson

Rex Wayne Tillerson is an American energy executive who led ExxonMobil as chairman and CEO from 2006 to 2016, then served as Secretary of State under President Trump.

Rhourde El Baguel oil field

Rhourde El Baguel is a large onshore oil field in eastern Algeria, about 90 km southeast of Hassi Messaoud, once the country's second largest oil field after Hassi Messaoud.

Rhourde El Krouf oil field

Rhourde El Krouf (RKF) is an onshore oil field in the Berkine Basin of eastern Algeria, discovered in 1992 and producing light oil since 1996.

Richard J. Stegemeier

Richard J. Stegemeier was an American petroleum engineer who spent 45 years at Unocal, rising from its first research engineer in Brea, California to chairman, president, and CEO.

Richfield Oil Corporation

Richfield Oil Corporation was an American oil company based in Los Angeles that operated on the West Coast until its 1966 merger into Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO).

Ring Energy

Ring Energy, Inc. is an American oil and gas exploration and production company developing conventional Permian Basin assets in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.

Ringhorne oil field

Ringhorne is an oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, in the southern Viking Graben, producing since 2003 from a platform and operated by Vår Energi.

Rockcliff Energy

Rockcliff Energy is a Houston-based private natural gas producer in the East Texas Haynesville shale, founded in 2015 and sold to TG Natural Resources for $2.7 billion in 2023.

Rodnikovoye field

Rodnikovoye field (Родниковое месторождение) is an oil field in the Surgut district of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Western Siberia, discovered in 1977, developed from 1986, and operated by Surgutneftegas.

Rogozhnikovskoye field

Rogozhnikovskoye field (Рогожниковское месторождение) is an oil field in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Western Siberia, Russia, discovered in 1988, in production since 2005, and operated by Surgutneftegas.

Rolf oil field

Rolf is a small oil field in the Danish sector of the North Sea, discovered in 1981, producing from a chalk reservoir, and operated by TotalEnergies as a satellite to the Gorm field.

Romashkino field

The Romashkino field, also spelled Romashkinskoye, is a giant oil field in Tatarstan, Russia, discovered in 1948 and developed from 1952 as the centerpiece of the Volga-Ural oil province.

Ronald L. Geer

Ronald L. Geer (born 1926) is an American mechanical engineer who spent his 35-year career at Shell Oil Company, contributing to deep-water offshore drilling including the Blue Water I vessel.

Roncador Field

Roncador Field is a giant deepwater, post-salt oil and gas field in the Campos Basin off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, discovered in 1996 and operated by Petrobras with Equinor.

Rosa field

Rosa is a deepwater oil field in Block 17 offshore Angola, discovered in 1998 and producing since 2007 through a subsea tieback to the Girassol FPSO.

Rosneft (Роснефть)

Rosneft (Роснефть), formally PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, is a Russian state-controlled oil and gas company headquartered in Moscow, the country's largest oil producer, led by Igor Sechin since 2012.

Rostashy-Konnovskoye field

The Rostashy-Konnovskoye field is an operating, medium-sized oil field in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, in the Volga-Ural province, combining two fields discovered in 1982 and developed from 1989.

Rotary steerable system

A rotary steerable system is a downhole drilling tool that steers a well directionally while the drill string rotates continuously, first commercialized in the late 1990s.

Rubiales field

The Rubiales field is a heavy oil field in the Llanos Basin near Puerto Gaitán, Colombia, discovered in 1981 and today the country's largest producer.

Rumaila field

The Rumaila field (الرميلة) is a super-giant onshore oil field in southern Iraq, about 50 km west of Basra, and the country's largest producing oil field.

Rush Lake Sparky Oil Pool

Rush Lake Sparky Oil Pool is an onshore heavy oil pool in west-central Saskatchewan near Lloydminster, discovered in 1971 and produced mainly by steam-assisted gravity drainage.

Russkinskoye field

The Russkinskoye field (Русскинское месторождение) is a large oil field about 124 km north of Surgut in Western Siberia, discovered in 1982 and operated by Surgutneftegas through its Komsomolskneft division.

Russkoye field

The Russkoye field (Русское месторождение) is a giant high-viscosity oil field on the Yamal Peninsula in the Russian Arctic, discovered in 1968 and developed by Rosneft subsidiary Tyumenneftegaz.

RussNeft

RussNeft (РуссНефть) is a Russian vertically integrated oil company founded in Moscow in September 2002 by Mikhail Gutseriev, ranked among Russia's top 10 oil and gas companies by production.

S-OIL

S-OIL (에쓰오일) is a South Korean oil refining and petrochemical company founded in 1976 and headquartered in Seoul; Saudi Aramco's Aramco Overseas Company holds a 63.4 percent stake.

S. Nurzhanov field

The S. Nurzhanov field (С. Нұржанов кен орны) is an onshore oil and gas field in western Kazakhstan's Atyrau Region, operated by Embamunaigas, a KazMunayGas subsidiary, and producing since 1963.

SA-SAGD

SA-SAGD (solvent-assisted steam-assisted gravity drainage) is a bitumen recovery process for oil sands that co-injects a hydrocarbon solvent with steam, cutting steam demand and emissions.

Saadat Abad field

Saadat Abad field, also written Saʿādat-ābād, is an onshore oil field in Interior Fars, southern Iran, about 120 km southeast of Shiraz, with reserves of 41 million barrels.

Sabanchinskoye field

Sabanchinskoye field (Сабанчинское месторождение) is an oil field in the Bavly District of Tatarstan, Russia, discovered in 1963 and operated by Tatneft, one of its six major producing fields.