Geography 3422A/B Study Guide - Conocophillips, Barnett Shale, Port Arthur, Texas
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Canada has a capacity of 1. 9 million barrels: top 10 refinery capacity. Canada 10, 2. 2% of the world"s refining capacity. Port arthur, texas a major terminal for oil imports: billion being spent to update refinery. Few refinery"s are able to handle heavy crude or high sulfur content. Conventional gas reserves russia has the most with 47. 5 cubic metres of conventional reserves: countries typically have much more shale gas than conventional gas reserves. Poland has shale gas available and wants to go ahead with fracking. 45% of the world"s recoverable natural gas reserves are unconventional comprised of shale, tight gas and coal-bed methane. Alberta accounts for 78% of canada"s production. Know where the following countries on a map are: russia, us, iran, uk, netherlands, saudi arabia, algeria, malaysia, turkmenistan (north of iran) Natural gas consumption per capita: russia, canada, saudi arabia, us.