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American Petroleum Institute                                    
Explore to learn more about oil and natural gas, how they are produced and how they become the products you count on. You’ll also find useful tips on how to conserve energy and use oil and natural gas products in ways that protect you, your family and our environment.

Energy Tomorrow                                                        
Achieving energy security is one of the greatest challenges our nation faces. We're confident we have the experience, technology and vision to deliver reliable, affordable energy supplies for future generations. We welcome a conversation about what we're doing to create that future.

Classroom Energy                                                      
Visit for background information, classroom activities, interactive tours, and links to a variety of energy education resources.

Fuel Choices for Advanced Vehicles
Read about advancements in the internal combustion engine, cleaner-burning and alternative fuels, improved emissions control devices, and new powertrain technologies such as hybrids. Fuel Choices for Advanced Vehicles covers past successes and the progress and potential of future fuels and vehicles, and offers dialog on evolving technologies such as hydrogen-powered fuel cells.

U.S. Department of Energy                                        
The U.S. Government’s energy division

Energy Information Administration                            
Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy                  
U.S. Department of Energy’s energy efficiency and renewable energy site.

Alliance to Save Energy                                             
Promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energy security.

Schlumberger’s Online Dictionary of Oil Field Terminology

Museums

Take a tour of all the petroleum museums listed here:

American Oil & Gas Historical Society
1201 15th St. NW, Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 857-4785

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources
3853 Smackover Highway
Smackover, AR 71762
(501) 725-2877

Britain’s Offshore oil and Gas Industry
2nd Floor
232-242 Vauxhall Bridge Road   
London
SW1V 1AU
+44 (0)20 7802 2400

Caddo-Pine Island Oil Museum
P.O. Box 897
Oil City, LA 71061
(318) 995-6845

California Oil Museum
1001 East Main St.
PO Box 48
Santa Paula, CA 93060
(805) 933-0076

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry - Petroleum Planet
57th St. and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 684-1414

Drake Well Museum
RD #3
Titusville, PA 16354
(814) 827-2797

East Texas Oil Museum
Highway 259 at Ross St.
Kilgore, TX 75662
(903) 983-8295

Farmington Museum - From Dinosaur to Drill Bit
3041 E. Main
Farmington, New Mexico 87402
(505) 599-1174

Healdton Oil Museum
315 East Main St.
Healdton, OK 73438
(405) 229-0317

Houston Museum of Natural Science -- Wiess Energy Hall
One Herman Circle Drive
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 639-4600

Illinois Oil Field Museum and Research Center
Oblong, IL

Kansas Oil & Gas Museum
P.O. Box 696
383 E. Central
El Dorado, KS 67042
(316) 321-9333

Kern County Museum - Black Gold: The Oil Experience
3801 Chester Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661) 852-5000

Museo Nacional del Petroleo
Argentina

Offshore Energy Center
2002 Wharf C (Pier 19)
20th St. & Harborside Drive
Galveston, TX 77550
(409) 766-7827

Oil and Gas Museum
119 3rd Street
P.O. Box 1685
Parkersburg, WV 26101

Oil Patch Museum
PO Box 245
1-70 and US 281
Russell, KS 67665
(913) 483-6640

Panhandle Plains Historical Museum - Oil and Gas
WTAMU Box 967
Canyon, TX 79016
(806) 656-2244

Petroleum Museum
1500 Interstate 20 West
Midland, TX 79701
(432) 683-4403

The Canadian Petroleum Discovery Centre
#6-20 Haven Ave.
Devon, Alberta T9G 2B9
(866) 987-4323

The National Gas Museum
PO Box 28
195 Aylestone Road
Leicester LE2 7QH
0116 250 3190

The Rig Museum
International Petroleum Museum & Exposition
P.O. Box 1988
Morgan City, LA 70381
(504) 384-3743

Texas Energy Museum
600 Main St.
Beaumont, TX 77701
(409) 833-5100

West Kern Oil Museum
PO Box 491
Taft, CA 93268
(805) 765-6664

Wood River Refinery History Museum
PO Box 76
Roxana, IL 62804
(618) 255-3718