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INDEX
Oil prices, 65,137,145,147,159
Analysis, 168
Anatomy of crude oil prices,
66,172
Anatomy of gasoline
prices, 175
Dependency, 160,165,167,172
Effect of OPEC, 66,163,174
Effect of refining capacity, 178
Factors affecting, 227
Fluctuation, 223
History, 161
Outlook, 187
Seasonal swings, 203
Strategies, 164
Trends, 65
Oil product pricing, 3
Oil sand, see Tar sand
Oil saturation, 50
Oil shale, 216,248, 255
Oil supply, 215, 227
Economic factors, 223
Geopolitical factors, 228
Peak oil, 189,217,231,236
Physical factors, 216
Technological factors, 220
OPEC, 66,143,144,164,174,188
Formation, 230
Quota rules, 218
Producers, 151,163,218
Reference Basket crude oil, 128,
129,166
Reserve estimates, 218,250
Open pit mining, 239
Organic sediments, 107
Organization for Economic
Cooperation and
Development, 200
Original oil in place, 113
Origin and occurrence of oil, 31
Overburden ratio, 62
Over-production, 147,229
Oxygenate fuels from
biomass, 262
Patterns of use, 151
Peak oil, 119,189, 217,218,231,236
Theory, 231
Effects and consequences of
peak oil, 235
Impact of heavy oil and tar sand
bitumen, 237
Production, 136
Pennsylvania Rock Oil
Company, 14
Permeability, 38
Petroleum, 21; see Crude oil
Alteration, 42
Assay, 166
Carbon-based resource, 3
Classification, 105; see Crude oil
classification
Composition, 3,22,36, 44,179
Conventional, 21,56,245
Culture, 135,136,138
Dependence on, 267
Distillation, 12
Energy from, 19
Historical use, 3,5,138
Liquid fuels from, 19
Migration, 36,39,40,41
Occurrence, 19, 32
Patterns of use, 151
Prices, 159
Pricing strategies, 164
Properties, 44,61,108,179
Quality, 20, 31
Word derivation, 3
Petroleum accumulations, 38
Petroleum Administration
for Defense Districts
(PADD), 199
Petroleum culture, 135,136,138
Petroleum economics, 159
Petroleum imports, 57
Petroleum price
Dependency, 160,165,167,172
Factors affecting, 227
Historical variation, 161,173,201