Poulnabrone dolmen megalithic tomb, Burren, County Clare, Munster, Republic of Ireland (Eire), EuropeThe Burren (from Irish: Boireann, meaning - great rock) is a unique karst landscape in northwest County Clare, Ireland. The limestone area measures 300 square kilometres and is roughly enclosed within the circle comprised by the villages Ballyvaughan, Kinvarra, Gort, Corrofin, Kilfenora, Lisdoonvarna and the Black Head lighthouse. The definitive article (ie "The" Burren) has only been added to the name by academics in the last few decades as it has always been traditionally called Boireann or Boirinn in Irish and Burren in English.

Crude Oil Line in the Qatari desert, Qatar, Middle East

Marine loading arms also known as mechanical loading arms or MLA.at Mumbai port used to transfer fluids and liquefied gases into small or large crude carriers.

Sushi restaurant, Shinjuku,Tokyo, Japan

Tapa,tuna,tartar with soya, ginger and wasabi sauce.Tickets Bar,AV del Paralelo 164, Barcelona, Spain

Tapa,tuna,tartar with soya, ginger and wasabi sauce.Tickets Bar,AV del Paralelo 164, Barcelona, Spain

Fawley, Southampton, England UK 14 , The Stena Sarita a crude oil tanker with tug Phoenix and stern line attached Maneuvering into a berth at Fawley oil terminal

Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation; the gas is burned because no pipelines have been built to transport it to market, Watford City, North Dakota, United States, North America

Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation; the gas is burned because no pipelines have been built to transport it to market, Watford City, North Dakota, United States, North America

A worker vacuums oil from behind a containment boom on the Kalamazoo River during the cleanup of a major oil spil in which 800, 000 gallons of oil spilled from an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Workers place containment boom on the Kalamazoo River to contain an oil spill during which 800, 000 gallons of oil spilled from an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Man wearing a Lucifer costume strangling a smiling woman, crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

A worker vacuums oil from behind a containment boom on the Kalamazoo River during the cleanup of a major oil spil in which 800, 000 gallons of oil spilled from an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Storage tanks of the Company Unitank for fuel oil and diesel fuel, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Tanker landing at fuel depot, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Model of an offshore oil rig, Petroleum Museum, Stavanger (European Capital of Culture 2008), Norway, Europe

Model of an offshore oil rig, Petroleum Museum, Stavanger (European Capital of Culture 2008), Norway, Europe

Natural gas tanks, Biberach ad Riss, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Sign, natural gas station, Biberach a.d. Riss, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

An industrial pumpjack in the sunset, silhouette

Pumping station to extract oil being repaired, wine district, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Tank and terminal facilities of Deutsche BP AG, storage tanks for various petroleum products, port of Gelsenkirchen, at the Rhine-Herne Canal, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Oil tanks, tank building, back light, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Ruhr Oel GmbH refinery and A2 motorway, Horst district, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Palazzo dell'ENI or Grattacielo dell'ENI, a 21-storey building designed by Marco Bacigalupo, headquarters of the oil multinational ENI, EUR district, Rome, Italy, Europe

Pumpjack as memorial, Zistersdorf, Weinviertel quarter, Lower Austria, Europe

Oil well, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA

Oil well, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA

Oil well, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures, woman filming a gay wedding, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Basque man with a stuck-up nose wearing a beret, crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Oil rig of the Brazilian oil company Petrobras passing Sugarloaf Mountain, Bahia de Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Oil rig of the Brazilian oil company Petrobras passing Sugarloaf Mountain, Bahia de Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Woman dominating a man, footmen rolling out the red carpet, crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Oil drilling platform, Limbe, Cameroon, Africa

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Trans-Ecuadorian oil pipeline, SOTE, Sistema de Oleoducto Transecuatoriano, operated by the national oil company Petroecuador, transporting crude oil from the east of the country across the Andes to the Pacific Ocean, east of Quito, Cuyuja, Ecuador, South

Tanker, LNG tanker on the Kiel Canal, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

LPG tanker leaving the Holtenau lock, Kiel Canal, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Tanker at the fuel depot, Gothenburg, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Oil pumpjack

Petroleum refinery, industrial plant, detail

Oil slick on the beach, Galle, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, South Asia

Trans-Ecuadorian oil pipeline SOTE, Sistema de Oleoducto Transecuatoriano, operated by the national oil company Petroecuador, transporting crude oil from the east of the country across the Andes to the Pacific Ocean, east of Quito, Cuyuja, Ecuador, South

Tank and terminal facilities of Deutsche BP AG, storage tanks for various petroleum products, port of Gelsenkirchen, at the Rhine-Herne Canal, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Petroleum refinery, industrial plant, detail

Petroleum refinery, industrial plant, detail

Petroleum Museum, Stavanger (European Capital of Culture 2008), Norway, Europe

Tank and terminal facilities of Deutsche BP AG, storage tanks for various petroleum products, port of Gelsenkirchen, at the Rhine-Herne Canal, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Petroleum refinery, industrial plant, detail

Oil field, oil industry on the Abseron peninsula, Azerbaijan, Caucasus Region, Eurasia

Derrick

Oil feed pumps in Allermoehe, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Tank and terminal facilities of Deutsche BP AG, storage tanks for various petroleum products, port of Gelsenkirchen, at the Rhine-Herne Canal, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Oil pump producing oil in the prairie, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oil pump jack

Oil pump pumping oil, Prairies, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oil storage tanks, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Oil field, oil industry on the Abseron peninsula, Azerbaijan, Caucasus Region, Eurasia

Petroleum Museum, Stavanger (European Capital of Culture 2008), Norway, Europe

Rear view of a crude shelter on a calm beach, St. Lucia

Pumpjack in a field with the foothills and snow-covered Rocky mountains in the background; Alberta, Canada

Working pumpjacks in the middle of a golden wheat field, post harvest, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Silhouetted Pumpjack At Sunset With Mountains In The Background And Glowing Sunlight, Alberta, Canada

Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Interior Alaska in summertime; Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Pumpjack at sunset; Alberta, Canada

Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Interior Alaska in summertime; Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Pumpjack at sunset; Alberta, Canada

Man working on a laptop and smart phone with an oil refinery in the background; Alberta, Canada

Pumpjack in a field with the foothills and snow-covered Rocky mountains in the background; Alberta, Canada

Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Interior Alaska in summertime; Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, McKittrick, Kern County, California, USA

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, McKittrick, Kern County, California, USA

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, McKittrick, Kern County, California, USA

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, California, USA, McKitrrick, Kern County, California, USA

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, McKittrick, Kern County, California, USA

Crude oil extraction from Monterey Shale near Bakersfield, McKittrick, Kern County, California, USA