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Transformation of petroleum in the
reservoir, 42
Transportation, 91,197
Natural gas, 97
Pipeline, 93,198
Seagoing tankers, 94,198
Traps, 37
Trinidad Lake Asphalt, 10
Tuttul, 7
Ultimate recoverable resource, 118
Ultra deep-water drilling, 222
Unconventional resources,
126,221,247
Undiscovered oil, 234,249
Undiscovered petroleum initially
in place, 117
UOP characterization factor, 110
Upgrading facilities, 221
Upstream price, 178
US domestic production, 67
US import dependency, 199
US-Iran nuclear tension, 168
USOETF,171
US petroleum imports, 57
US refining capacity, 182
VAPEX, 90
Viscosity, 109
Variation with temperature, 84
Water
Interstitial, 40
Water drive, 78
Waterflood, 81
Water-oil transition
zone, 42
Water-washing alteration, 43
Well completion, 73
Christmas tree, 74
Wellhead crude oil, 92
Wells
Multilateral, 70
Secondary, 70
Western Hemisphere
producers, 196
West Texas intermediate (WTI)
crude oil, 128,129,165
Wet gas, 25
Whipstock, 73
Wildcatter, 138
Wildcat well, 138
World petroleum reserves,
57, 219
World production, 153
World refining capacity, 182
World War 1,141
World War II, 142,230
WTI ICE, 171
Ziggurat, 4