Woodbourne is a
village in both the
Parish of
Saint Philip and
Christ Church in
Barbados. It is the area where most of the
crude oil
Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude ...
is being currently produced in Barbados,
by the
Barbados National Oil Company (BNOC). BNOC was established in 1983, when the
Barbados Government bought out the interest of
Mobil Oil.
References
Populated places in Barbados
Christ Church, Barbados
Saint Philip, Barbados
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