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Riyadh PP11 power station

Riyadh PP11 power station (محطة كهرباء الرياض الحادية عشر) is a gas-fired power plant near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, opened in 2013 with a capacity of 1,729 MW.

Rizhao Port–Jingbo Oil Pipeline

The Rizhao Port–Jingbo Oil Pipeline (日照港-京博输油管道), known as the Rijing pipeline, is a crude oil and product pipeline in Shandong, China, linking Rizhao Port to refineries in Zibo and Binzhou.

Rizhao power station

Rizhao power station (华能日照电厂) is a coal-fired power station in Rizhao, Shandong, China, owned by China Huaneng and with a capacity of at least 2,060 MW.

Rizhao-Yizheng Oil Pipeline

The Rizhao-Yizheng Oil Pipeline is a Sinopec crude oil pipeline in eastern China, commissioned in 2011 to carry imported crude inland to Yangtze River refineries.

Robert E. Murray

Robert E. Murray, known as Bob Murray, was an American coal executive who founded Murray Energy Corporation in 1988 and was a prominent opponent of mine safety and environmental regulation.

Robert Emmett Ginna nuclear power plant

The Robert Emmett Ginna nuclear power plant is a single-unit Westinghouse pressurized water reactor plant on Lake Ontario near Rochester, New York, owned by Constellation.

Robert H Saunders hydroelectric plant

The Robert H. Saunders hydroelectric plant is a 1,045-megawatt hydroelectric station at Cornwall, Ontario, owned by Ontario Power Generation and generating baseload power since 1958.

Robert J. Creagan

Robert J. Creagan was a Westinghouse nuclear engineer from 1949 into the 1990s, known for analyzing pressurized water reactor limits and holding nuclear fuel patents.

Robert Jay Budnitz

Robert Jay Budnitz is an American physicist and nuclear safety engineer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2017.

Robert Moses Niagara hydroelectric plant

The Robert Moses Niagara hydroelectric plant is a 13-turbine generating station at Lewiston, New York, opened in 1961 as the largest hydropower facility in the Western world.

Robert-Bourassa Generating Station

The Robert-Bourassa Generating Station, known until 1996 as La Grande-2, is a hydroelectric plant on Québec's La Grande River with 5,616 MW of capacity, the largest power station in Canada.

Robinson Nuclear Plant

The Robinson Nuclear Plant, formally the H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, is a single-unit pressurized water reactor near Hartsville, South Carolina, operated by Duke Energy.

Rock Island Dam

Rock Island Dam is a run-of-river hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River near Wenatchee, Washington, completed in 1932 as the first dam to span the Columbia River.

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.

Rocket stove

A rocket stove is a wood-burning cookstove conceived by Dr. Larry Winiarski at Aprovecho Research Center in Oregon in 1982, using an insulated chimney for a hot, efficient burn.

Rockport Plant

The Rockport Plant, also called the Rockport Generating Station, is a two-unit coal-fired power station in Rockport, Indiana, whose units entered service in 1984 and 1989 and together provide about 2,600 MW.

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.

Rokan-Dumai Oil Pipeline

The Rokan-Dumai Oil Pipeline is a 367 km crude oil pipeline in Riau, Indonesia, carrying oil from the Rokan Block to the Pertamina refinery at Dumai.

Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant

Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (六ヶ所再処理工場) is Japan's first commercial spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, located in Rokkasho Village, Aomori Prefecture, and operated by Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited.

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.

Rolleston Coal Mine

The Rolleston Coal Mine, marketed as Rolleston Open Cut, is a large open-cut thermal coal mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin, mining since 2005 and owned by Glencore.

Rolling blackout

A rolling blackout, also called loadshedding, is a deliberate, rotating shutdown of power to blocks of customers to keep demand from exceeding supply and protect the grid.

Rolls-Royce SMR

Rolls-Royce SMR is a British company, launched in 2021 and majority owned by Rolls-Royce, that designs a 470 MWe pressurised water small modular reactor built from factory modules.

Roma Gas Field

The Roma gas field is a natural gas field in the Surat Basin of central Queensland, Australia, surrounding the town of Roma, first discovered in 1900.

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.

Romgaz

Romgaz is a Romanian natural gas company headquartered in Mediaș and the largest producer and main supplier of gas in Romania, majority owned by the state.

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.

Rondo Heat Battery

The Rondo Heat Battery is an electric thermal energy storage system by Rondo Energy of Alameda, California, storing renewable electricity in refractory brick as high-temperature industrial heat.