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Links last updated 2022-10-03 13:58:52.

Antartic Scientific Drilling project

http://andrill.org/education/
The Antarctic (Scientific) Drilling project web site. Relevant, since tremendous supplies of petroleum might exist under Antarctica.

API's Adventures in Energy-Refining

http://www.adventuresinenergy.com/interactive/all_5000.html
Click on refining, then enter an extremely detailed explanation of the myriad methods and processes of refining.

API's Oil and Natural Gas Education Site

http://www.classroom-energy.org/
Yes, the same API that you see on the bottle of motor oil.

ASPO the Association for the Study of Peak Oil

http://peakoil.net/

Centre for Energy (Canada)

http://centreforenergy.com/
Aggregator of energy information in Canada. Offers many educational materials sponsored by the Canadian petroleum industry.

Crude Oil Depletion

http://arts.bev.net/roperldavid/minerals/crudeoil.htm

Energy4Me--The Society of Petroleum Engineers

http://www.energy4me.org/
The Society of Petroleum Engineers provides information about energy for teachers to use. Energy4Me distributes educational materials about energy resources, developed by teachers, tested in classrooms. Energy4Me also provides speakers and web resources.

Extreme Oil | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/extremeoil/index.html
A PBS series on our supply and demand of oil.

Gas Buddy Price Map of US Gasoline Prices

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx
See a color-coded map of recent prices by county, also available for Canada. Useful for researching geographic dependence of price of gas. Zoom in to compare by zip code.

http://www.opec.org/

http://www.opec.org/

New England Fuel Institute

http://www.nefi.com/

News item-Oil well safety and kids

http://www.mcalesternews.com/articles/2004/05/04/news/school_news/skl04.txt

ONTA--Hydrocarbon Samples

http://onta.com
Based in Toronto, this organization offers kits of oil and coal-bearing rocks for educational purposes.

Shell Eco-Marathon

http://www.shelleco-marathon.com/
The Shell Oil company sponsors this annual event in which teams compete to build vehicles that get over 1000 mpg. Most vehicles carry one person (the driver), travel about 25 kph, and run on gasoline.

Texas Energy Museum

http://www.texasenergymuseum.org/
Beaumont, Texas.
Petroleum centered information, offering tours to schools and youth groups.

The Post Carbon Institute

http://postcarbon.org/
Publications and recordings on resiliency in a future without fossil fuels.
This organization hosted EnergyBulletin.net, now offline. Check Archive.org for past publications.
Nonprofit organization incorporated in Oregon, USA.

This Week In Petroleum

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/twip/twip.asp
Check the latest trends in petroleum stockpiles and prices, pump prices.