this is a oilfield related question.  haliburton has books with tables with this information in them but one is not available to me right now.
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Try this site:\n\nhttp://www.grantprideco.com/drilling/catalog/drilling_Catalogs.asp
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The US was purchace from Russia in the mid 19th century.  It was called Seward's Folly because it was believed that there wasn't anything worth having.  If they would have known about the oil, they would have given Seward a medal
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Answer is in the attached link.
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Try KBR a Halliburton company.
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Sorry to say despite a thorough search,  I can't find it anywhere on the net.   \nI hope however that you may find this useful:  \n\nhttp://dhevee.ammas.com/a1/advisors/index.cfm?r=va&qid=90960&cid=3739999
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oil not gasoline. according to this blogger, yes\n\nSen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is demanding that the Commerce Department release detailed reports on which companies are exporting U.S. oil, how much and where it went.\n\nLast year the nation exported 268 million barrels of oil. Shockingly, according to Dept. of Energy figures, that's about equal to the amount of oil we imported from Iraq in 2001, the year before our latest war with that country began. It's also about equal to the most optimistic guesses about production volume from ANWR, if drilling is allowed there.\n\nIn other words, if we simply held onto our own oil, the United States would have no oil interest in Iraq at all. And it would also negate any perceived need to disturb an irreplaceable wildlife refuge in the search for oil.\n\nBut the Commerce Department refused to provide the detail Wyden wants, saying it could only be released to a Congressional committee, not an individual representative. The agency also claims federal law forbids disclosure unless a finding is made that withholding the information contradicts national interests. That sounds like hogwash to me.\n\nWyden's request is of significant interest for two more reasons. First, it is likely that if oil drilling is approved in ANWR, much of that oil will be exported to Asia rather than sold in the U.S. Secondly, the more obvious reason is that every motorist and politician who can warm a chair is concerned about the nation's growing dependence on imported oil. It would seem to contradict our economic and political interests to worsen this imbalance by selling off our own supplies.\n\nIn a letter sent Monday to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Wyden demanded release of the information, calling it "directly relevant to the coming Congressional debate on how to address our nation's dependence on imports of oil and other petroleum products."\n\nI'd call that an understatement. But Wyden faces an uphill battle to get a committee to demand the numbers. Though Wyden is a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, it and all other Congressional committees are controlled by Republicans. And as we've seen, Republicans these days aren't very interested in facts, especially if those facts contradict their agenda.
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I agree it sounds like a con.  I do know that most oil well drilling projects lose money.  Oil drilling companies make money because the few projects that make money, more than make up for the ones that lose money.  Unless you are an expert in oil drilling, do not invest in oil wells.  They are probably selling a well no oil company is dumb enough to invest in.
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http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html
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This site gives good information:\n\nhttp://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos053.htm
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There is a PFD on WDWR that has some information on this topic. (see first link below)\n\nThe second link is from the WDWR Human Resource Management Course.
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My father manufactured the active ingredient in agent orange,(C-5,6), at Hooker Chemical's Montague Michigan plant for the duration of the Vietnam War. The process was so volatile and so toxic that it had to be manufactured on a seven story wall-less superstructure in the middle of a 160 acre field. All of the production was then loaded on railway tankcars for shippment to Dow Chemical of Midland Mi.for addition of solvents and packaging for shipment to the military. At the close of the war, the superstructure was dismantled, and it, and all associated equipment, tools etc. were buried in a huge clay lined disposal pit on the site. The site remains a Toxic hot spot to this day and all of the surrounding neighborhood has water piped into them as the groundwater is highly contaminated. From '82-'93 my father ran a chlorine plant's maintainence department on the persian gulf, about 25 kliks from Kuwait City in Saudi. In 1997 he fell ill with the small cell cancer that has become consistent, though unrecognized by our government, as due to exposure to AO or its components. I know this as I was a service officer for the Am Legion Post here in my  town, and have seen the wreckage that this stuff left in its wake. I am an Non Combatant, US Navy, Vietnam Era vet, ( Commonly refferred to as a "rear echelon puke" ), who salutes and thanks you for your service. Hope you are well, and look forward to your Photo posts as you are quite knowledgeable on the subject. God Bless, Jed
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I am a geologist and have never heard the tem Petroferous before.  Are you sure this is the item you are to research.  \nHere is a bit of info concerning a heavy oil deposit in India.\nSaturday, February 04, 2006\nWORLD DEPOSITS \nOrigin\n\nThere is no single explanation for the origin of all heavy and extra-heavy crude oils or bitumens. There is evidence that light ends have been lost through differential migration or microbiological attack on some medium and light oils while in their reservoirs. It has also been suggested that some heavy and extra-heavy crude oils and bitumens are formed as a result of oxidative processes that occur when oxygen-bearing ground water invades a petroleum-bearing reservoir. Neither of these processes, however, can account for the particularly high content of vanadium or combination of vanadium and sulfur, in some of these crude oils and bitumens.\n\nOccurrences\n\nHeavy and extra-heavy crude oil and bitumen occurrences are widespread, being known on all continents, at depths as great as 4,000 metres, in rocks of various lithologies and ages, and under all climatic regimes both on and offshore. Reliability of information on these occurrences has been improving with time in the last few years. In the past, such information was scarcely available even with respect to heavy and extra-heavy crude oil deposits discovered and left “behind the pipe” to produce higher quality reservoirs, plugged and abandoned, or else never tested. The amount of heavy and extra-heavy crude oil and bitumen resources estimated in the world today and recoverable by existing or presently visualized technology exceeds 160 billion metric tons (1,000 billion barrels). Estimates of the total amount of resources in-place range between 600 and 1,000 billion metric tons (3,800 and 6,100 billion barrels). Current annual world heavy and extra-heavy crude oil and bitumen production is believed to be in excess of 190 million metric tons (1.2 billion barrels) and cumulative production in excess of 7 billion metric tons (45 billion barrels); these estimated are incomplete with respect to the Russia and China. The countries with the largest reserves of heavy oil and bitumen are Kuwait, Former Soviet Union, Venezuela and Canada. In Canada, Alberta and Saskatchewan have the majority of the deposits; there is a small deposit at Hay River in northeastern British Columbia.\n\nHeavy Oil in India\n\nThere is only one major heavy oil deposit here at Mehsana in Gujerat state containing about 150 million m3 of 12-17º API oil of viscosity 60-550 cp. The Kalol sand, 10-20 m thick, is located at a depth of 1000 m, has a strong bottom water drive. Two in-situ combustion pilots were performed here. After primary production 8-21% recovery was obtained.
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There is no agreement on how much oil there is. Therefore, 'peak oil' is a meaningless concept.  Besides, the US media is only interested in attacking their political opponents.  They couldn't care less about facts.
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Contact Reynolds Investor relations.  You can probably find a link on their web site.
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Well enviromentalist pretty much keep anyone from doing that in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR) .. I've heard there is probably as much oil in ANWAR as there is in the Middle East .. so go figure.
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Probably alternative fuels.  It would be nice to spend some research and get some other sources to diversify risk.  Right now, if the Middle East embargoes oil, we would be sunk.  If we had other sources, it wouldn't be as big of a deal.
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try the petroleum companies... usually overseas...