GLOSSARY

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Battery

Equipment to process or store crude oil from one or more ...
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bbl

Abbreviation for barrel. 1 barrel = 159L = 5.9GJ
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Benzene

A light aromatic hydrocarbon, which occurs naturally as a part of ...
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Bitumen

Petroleum in semi-solid or solid forms.
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British thermal unit (BTU)

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one ...
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bcf

Billion Cubic Feet (One bcf = 0.176 Mboe)
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bopd / boe

bbls of oil per day / bbls of oil equivalent.
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Brent blend

International marker for crude oil pricing based on a blend of ...
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Blow-out Preventers (BOPs)

High-pressure wellhead (top of casing) valves designed to shut-off flow of ...
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