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Brent Crude
Brent Crude, also known as Brent Blend, is a light, sweet North Sea crude oil that serves as the pricing benchmark for roughly two-thirds of internationally traded crude.
Brent oil field
The Brent oil field was a Shell and Esso oil and gas field in the UK North Sea, producing from 1976 to 2021 and giving its name to Brent crude.
Bretaña Norte Oil and Gas Field
Bretaña Norte is a heavy crude oil field in Block 95 of the Marañón Basin in northern Peru, operated by PetroTal since 2018 and Peru's largest producer.
Bright spot (seismic)
A bright spot is a local increase of amplitude on a seismic reflection section, classically caused by gas in a sand and used as a hydrocarbon indicator.
Brightoil Petroleum Holdings Ltd
Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Limited (光汇石油) was a Bermuda-incorporated, Hong Kong-listed energy company in oil trading, bunkering, and upstream production, suspended since 2017 and delisted by Hong Kong's exchange in 2020.
Brunei Shell Petroleum
Brunei Shell Petroleum is Brunei's upstream oil and gas company, equally owned by Shell and the government, producing about 90 percent of the country's oil and gas revenues.
Bu Haseer Oil Field
Bu Haseer is an offshore oil field in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, operated by Al Yasat Petroleum, which began production in March 2018 at 8,000 barrels per day.
Bualuang Oil Field
Bualuang Oil Field (บัวหลวง), formerly named Pornsiri, is an offshore oil field in the Gulf of Thailand about 110 km off Chumphon, producing since 2008.
Buckland Oil and Gas Field
Buckland is an oil field in the UK northern North Sea, discovered in 1979 and produced since 1999 as a subsea tieback to the Beryl Alpha platform.
Bufalo Oil Field
Bufalo Oil Field, called Búfalo in Portuguese sources, is an offshore oil field in Angola's Block 3/05, discovered in the early 1980s and producing since 1985.
Bukit Tua Oil and Gas Field
Bukit Tua is an offshore oil and gas field in the Java Sea, about 110 km off East Java, Indonesia, operated by PETRONAS with first oil in 2015.
Bul Hanine Oil and Gas Field
Bul Hanine (بو الحنين) is Qatar's largest offshore oil field, producing crude and gas in the Persian Gulf about 120 km east of the coast since 1972.
Buncefield fire
The Buncefield fire was a vapor cloud explosion and five-day fire at an oil depot near Hemel Hempstead, England, on 11 December 2005, injuring 43 people.
Bunduq Oil Field
Bunduq Oil Field (Arabic البندق) is an offshore oil field on the Qatar–Abu Dhabi maritime boundary, discovered in 1965, producing since 1975, and equally shared between the two governments.
Bunker C
Bunker C, or No. 6 fuel oil, is the heaviest residual fuel oil, used mainly as boiler fuel and marine bunker fuel, and must be heated before pumping.
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.
Burmah Oil
Burmah Oil was a British oil company founded in Glasgow in 1886 to develop Burma's oilfields, dominating the Burmese industry until 1962 and acquiring Castrol in 1966.
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.
BW Energy
BW Energy is a Bermuda-incorporated oil and gas exploration and production company that develops proven offshore fields in Gabon, Brazil, and Namibia, and is listed on Euronext Oslo Børs.
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.