oil and gas industry
Energy extraction sector
The oil and gas industry encompasses companies involved in extracting, refining, and distributing petroleum and natural gas—from exploration and drilling to pipelines and retail fuel sales.
The sector divides into upstream (extraction), midstream (transportation), and downstream (refining and sales).
She spent her career in the oil and gas industry.
Often shortened to oil and gas or O&G.
- oil rigOffshore petroleum extraction structure
- wildcatterSpeculative petroleum explorer
- pipelinesTubes for transporting fluids
- storage tanksContainers for bulk materials
- drillingHole-making by rotation
refineries · offshore platforms · boomtown · boom and bust · peak oil · natural gas · tanker ships · roughneck · directional drilling · exploration · carbon capture · pipe · petrodollar · OPEC · flare · hydraulic fracturing · barrel · petrochemicals
- Cameron ParishCameron, Creole, marshlands, marshland
oil and gas industryhydroelectric power
Energy from moving water
renewables · geothermal energy · nuclear power industry · alternative energy · green energy