South American nation’s tar-like oil is what many Gulf coast facilities were built for but ramping up production to 3m barrels a day will be a long game ...

Explore the differences between shale oil and conventional oil, including extraction costs and methods, and how these impact ...

Summary: Crude moves from the wellhead to market through a sequenced network of flowlines, gathering systems, stabilization and metering, then via pipelines, marine tankers, rail, barges, or trucks.

The world’s oil wealth is highly concentrated as a relatively small group of countries controls the majority of known crude ...