As for Canada's heralded oil sands region--sure it's a massive resource, but easy oil it ain't.
Oil States operates in the Canadian oil sands region of Fort McMurray, where firms like Exxon and Suncor need homes for their personnel, and the same is true in Western Australia, where Oil States services iron ore and LNG producers.
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It moves oil from the Athabasca oil sands region in Alberta, Canada to hubs and refineries in the US. The pipeline system spans 2, 150 miles and currently has the capacity to deliver up to 590, 000 bpd of crude oil from Canada into the US markets.
South Sudan, for years the largest oil producer in the region and locked in an oil dispute with Sudan, now wants to send crude out through Kenya on a pipeline to a proposed new port in Lamu (see map).
In an oil-drenched region, all these countries are united by the relative scarcity of their energy reserves.
While this oil-soaked region has 77 billion barrels of proven reserves, most of this vast landmass is unexplored.
In addition, the battle for control of Kirkuk, a city in an oil-rich region, must still be resolved.
Estimates from the US Geological Survey indicated that there could be 60 billion barrels of oil in the region.
The initial 4G roll-out includes the oil-producing region of Cabinda, as well as 15 densely-populated cities and towns including Luanda.
Observers say the US finds it hard to criticise a country which is seen as an ally in a volatile, oil-rich region.
In particular, the Kurds want control of the oil-producing region of Kirkuk.
Kirkuk, about 290 kilometers (180 miles) from Baghdad, is home to a mix of ethnic groups with competing claims to the oil-rich region.
After years of violence, the oil-rich region is experiencing relative peace thanks to a 2009 amnesty that offered salaries and training for thousands of ex-militants.
Shell's local subsidiary is the top foreign oil producer in the Niger Delta, an oil-rich region of mangroves and swamps about the size of Portugal.
Tensions peaked this month when South Sudan seized the oil-producing region of Heglig, a resource that fuels the economies of both nations, from its northern neighbor.
Tensions between the two nation peaked last month when South Sudan seized the oil-producing region of Heglig, which fuels the economies of both nations, from its northern neighbor.
Of the rest, 80% is earmarked for spending on education, health, rural development, infrastructure, environmental and water management, and 5% is to be spent in the oil-producing region.
Simmering tensions peaked this month when South Sudan seized the oil-producing region of Heglig from Sudan, raising the stakes by targeting a resource that fuels the economies of both nations.
Analysts believe that Clair - along with other developments in the area - could lead to the Atlantic overtaking the North Sea as the UK's biggest oil-producing region within 20 years.
Talks between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir concluded in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, where the two agreed to temporary arrangements over a disputed oil-rich region claimed by both countries.
But now, with this proof of concept, Oil Creek Valley and the surrounding region erupted in the first oil boom.
Oil facilities in the region accounted for close to half of Sudan's entire production of about 115, 000 barrels of oil daily before wells were shut down due to the conflict.
An oil company doing business in the region, Genel Energy, began shipping Kurdish oil by truck to Turkey in January.
This has left the region dependent on erratically priced oil, which makes up 73% of the region's exports.
The two sides fought in the oil-rich border region of Abyei earlier this year.
Both countries shared an interest in regionals stability, which would allow uninterrupted oil flows from the region.
Georgia is an important link in the energy corridor that connects the oil-rich Caspian region with the outside world.
Oil producers in the region stoke emissions by subsidising petrol: it is cheaper in Venezuela than anywhere except Kuwait.
Shell now hopes that it might even resume oil production in the region.
Oil companies believe the region holds the greatest potential for new exploration and is the nearest to existing infrastructure.
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