Links to Other Energy Resources
Education
- Chevron's prospecting primer
- Chevron's Learning zone
- American Petroleum Institute - Facts About Oil
- Ashland.com - What's oil and what do you do with it
- Energy
Information Administration - petroleum page
- Kansas Petroleum Primer - Kansas petroleum geology, plus general petroleum information
- Oil on My Shoes - learn about the geology and technology behind oil exploration
- Petroleum Communication Foundation - Educational Resources
- San Joaquin Geological Society - explains the process of hunting for oil
- Thinkquest.org - Information on fossil fuels
- Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary - look up those perplexing petroleum terms!
Kids
Paleontology and Oil
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico - Information on deep marine sedimentation
- Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand - study of forams, a common index microfossil
- University of California, Berkeley - Using microfossils in petroleum exploration
- Geologic Time Scale - From the Micropaleontology Press at the American Museum of Natural History
Oil History
- The Drake Well Museum
- Oil history links - A site dedicated to cataloging links on oil history across the US
- Spindletop Newspaper Articles - Galveston Daily News Articles From the Early 1900's
- Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Assc of Oklahoma - Historical Tour of Oklahoma's Oil and Gas Industry
Oil in the News
- Hydrocarbon Online - Catalogues the most recent developments in the world of petroleum
Professional Organizations
- The American Petroleum Institute Home Page
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists homepage
- American Geological Institute
- Ontario Petroleum Institute
Geophysics
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists - A good overview of the process of exploring for oil
Corporate
- ExxonMobil
- ChevronTexaco.com
- Shell.com
- Unocal.com
- Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
- Oil.com - overview of the oil industry
Natural Gas
- Canada's Digital Collections - Has information on natural gas
- Northwestern
Energy - Good basic natural gas information, suitable for kids,
too
Links
- Links to Petroleum-Related sites
- By Design - A large variety of links on oil, natural gas, and coal
