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Should the US Drill for Oil in Alaska?

a minimum. He points out that the protection that the oil companies have "provided for wildlife" at their drilling sites at Prudho...

Oil Production Questions

would reduce the delays in the process, possibly by a considerable level (Marathon, 2010). Tools such as pumps within the pipeline...

Canadian Arctic and Toxins Bioaccumulation

many threats, perhaps one of the greatest is the slow bioaccumulation, or bioconcentration, of toxins in the Arctic primarily from...

The Economics of Oil

looking at the macroeconomic impact of oil during the oil shock of the 1970s and the more resent oil crisis the highly complex inf...

Truman Proclamation/Continental Shelf

over activities off its shores," which pertain to the utilization of these resources (Truman). Having laid out the rationale for...

The Marcellus Shale: Drilling and Issues after Recent Environmental Problems

efforts to extract the abundance of natural gas in the Marcellus shale. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Glossary 1.2 Pur...

Drilling for Oil

American dependence on foreign oil, there is a cost to the environment. Further, the threat of an oil spill is also an issue. Alte...

Technology at Shell

look at the role of technology here before looking at some more practical application of technology in the company. In th...

The Use of Lasers to Drill Gas and Oil Wells

comparison. In traditional drilling the process is slow and much of the time used is with support services to help and facilita...

Overview of Offshore Drilling Rigs

depth of 160 meters(Freudenrich 2004). DRILLSHIP:...

Types of Drilling Fluids

a similar task, these are collectively known as "deflocculants and filtrate reducers" (OilWorld, 2002). If shale inhibition is req...

Alaska's Drilling for Oil Controversy

In a paper consisting of 5 pages this paper discusses the controversial practice of drilling for oil in Alaska in terms of a possi...

Oil Industry's Changing Technology

In twelve pages this paper examines how the oil industry changed in the 20th century due to such technology as satellites, compute...

International Trade Increases and Oil Price Impacts

and as such this theory was built upon and developed by theorists such as Ricardo, which helps to explain, to a greater extent, wh...

Foreign Control and Drilling for Oil in the Gulf of Mexico

Shell Oil Company and Aramco Oil Company are two of the largest petroleum producers and refiners in the world. These...

Why Offshore Oil Drilling is a Good Idea

groups such as Al Qaeda and Hezbollah got involved. In Venezuela, Miller says, many poor people may try to make some money by trad...

Great Lakes Region and Oil Drilling

2001). That point alone is enough to render the expedition ridiculous. For just a temporary fix, a lot of risk would be taken....

Gabon and Economic Theory

In nine pages Gabon, Africa is examined in terms of its economic background with applications of Keynesian and Monetarist theories...

Oil and the Economic Diversity in the Persian Gulf

the economic welfare of these countries in the coming century (Mardini, 1996). Oman, only one of the Persian Gulf countries, pr...

Economy Of Nigeria

B.C. when it was a sparsely population area (Pearson Education 2008). The Nok culture is known to have resided there between 800 B...

Hubbert's Peak

(The Coming Global Oil Crisis 2003). Some Middle Eastern countries said their oil peaked in 1970, which allowed OPEC to create an ...

Business Proposal for Mobile Oil Change, LLC

It appeals to businesses that have their own fleet mechanics and those that do not. Those businesses that maintain their own flee...

Drill Baby, Drill...Still?

In the 2008 Presidential campaign, Sarah Palin flippantly outlined her proposal for getting...

The Petrochemical Industry in Saudi Arabia

reserves are in these areas. One of these oil fields is the largest oil field in the world; Ghawar, this onshore oil field alone ...

Paint and Art

one author that Hubert is "Credited with inventing oil painting" and "was so idolizes for his discovery that his right arm was pre...

Case Analysis of the Exxon Valdez Alaskan Oil Spill

in his command. Says, Rawl -- who admits that even though he was not personally responsible for the accident, much of the respons...

The Gas Pipeline Industry

Montana and North Dakota are two states explored in the context of this topic. This paper outlines political and legal implication...

1996's Oil Spill Off Rhode Island's Coast

seas forced the oil barge "North Cape" into Rhode Islands Nebraska Shoal at Moonstone Beach near South Kingston, Rhode Island, an ...

Middle East Success of Bahrain

In a paper consisting of five pages Bahrain's economic success is compared to the Middle East and world in terms of diversificatio...

Post 1973 OPEC Oil Embargo and Its Economic Impact Upon Botswana, Norway, and the United Kingdom

In ten pages this paper discusses how economic and social policies of these areas were affected by the OPEC oil embargo. Eight so...