How Is Crude Oil Extracted?
In short: From the rotating drill bit and drilling mud to completion, produced water and the refinery, a sourced look at the physical steps that turn a hole in rock into a working oil well.
A 1:51 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Natural Gas STAR Program, “Well Completions and Workovers | US EPA”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Swansea University, “Separating oil from produced water - Swansea University”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum production - Drilling, Refining, Extraction | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Natural Gas STAR Program — Well Completions and Workovers | US EPA · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Swansea University — Separating oil from produced water - Swansea University · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum production - Drilling, Refining, Extraction | Britannica · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Natural Gas STAR Program: Well Completions and Workovers | US EPA
- Also: www.eia.gov — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Swansea University: Separating oil from produced water - Swansea University
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum production - Drilling, Refining, Extraction | Britannica
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