Oil and Gas industry knowledges

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Safety is no accident!

First thing first, the oil and gas industry is potentially one of the most hazardous industry sector in the world. Safety is number one concern of every oil operator and oilfield services company. Read more here.

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The Petroleum industry Life Cycle

The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major sectors: upstream (or exploration and production - E&P), midstream and downstream.

Click on the links below to explore each of these sectors.

| Upstream | Midstream | Downstream |

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Organization in the Oilfield

There are two types of company in the oil and gas industry: one that own and operate the oilfield, and produce petroleum related products, called “Oil company” (also called “Operator”), and the other are companies that provide the services to the industry, called “Service company”.

This section briefly explains the typical organization structure employed by these two type of company.

| Operator - Oil Company | Services Company |

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Miscellaneous

Useful information and free utilities can be found here

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