oil and gas
Underground energy resources
Oil and gas refers to the petroleum industry—the exploration, extraction, refining, and distribution of crude oil and natural gas.
The phrase functions as a single economic sector: She works in oil and gas, oil and gas companies, the oil and gas lobby.
In legal and property contexts, oil and gas rights determine who may extract resources from land.
- fossil fuelsCombustible prehistoric organic deposits
- frackingExtracting gas via pressure
- OPECPetroleum exporters' coalition
- drilling rigWell-boring machinery platform
- wellheadSurface opening of bore
refinery · carbon emissions · pipeline · energy market · geologist · storage tank · directional drilling · price volatility · royalties · environmental regulations · petrochemicals · tar sands · reservoir · commodity trading · barrel of crude · offshore · energy security · diesel
- sectorsfinancials, industrials, technology, materials, tech
- UK industriesaerospace, automotive, construction, engineering, finance
- Regulated Industriesbanks, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, securities
- ASEANASEAN, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore
- ShreveportShreveport, Red River, state fair, Highland, Southwood
- technologyelectronics, computing, computer, internet, social media
oil and gasrenewable energy
Self-replenishing natural power
renewables · solar power · wind power · clean energy · hydroelectric power
oil and gasenergy independence
Generating power domestically
green economy · energy transition · electrification · microgrids