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The environmental impact of Canada's oil sands industry
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The environmental impact of oil refineries in Canada
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Arabian-Iranian basin oil fields
Major oil fields of the Arabian-Iranian basin region.
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northern Eurasian oil and gas fields
Sedimentary basins and major oil and gas fields of Europe, Russia, Transcaucasia,...
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