oil extraction
Pumping crude up
Oil extraction is the process of removing petroleum or other oils from the ground, plants, or seeds.
For petroleum, this involves drilling wells and pumping crude oil to the surface: The company's oil extraction operations span three continents.
For plant-based oils, extraction uses pressing or chemical solvents to separate oil from olives, soybeans, or similar sources.
- frackingExtracting gas via pressure
- wellheadSurface opening of bore
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- oil rigOffshore petroleum extraction structure
- pump jackMechanical oil well extractor
expeller · cold pressing · mining · offshore platforms · deep water · oil sands · bioremediation · degumming · chemical processing · crude oil · carbon footprint · filtration · waste management · black gold · fossil fuels · peak oil · agriculture · shale
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- pollutionair pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, smog, toxic waste
- extractionmining, excavation, distillation, filtration, drilling
- primary industriesforestry, ranching, quarrying, aquaculture, lumbering
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- agroindustryfood processing, grain milling, meat packing, sugar refining, cotton ginning
oil extractionoil refining
Separating crude into fuels
petroleum refining · oil consumption · refining · fuel production
oil extractioncarbon sequestration
Removing and storing atmospheric CO2
reinjection · underground storage · carbon capture · land reclamation
oil extractionsolar power
Energy derived from sunlight
wind energy · sustainable energy · green energy · energy conservation · hydroelectric power
petrol, extraction, extracts, extracted, extracting, oiler, oiliness, oilcloth, oilcan