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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...

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...

Truman Proclamation/Continental Shelf

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

Lasting Damage of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Alaska

that if you travel over the area by plane and look down, it does seem as though ecological balance has been achieved, that time ha...

Oil Production Questions

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

The Argument that "Oil Won the War" - World War II

This 7 page paper argues the U.S. oil production was a vital resource that contributed to the Allied victory in WWII. The writer e...

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...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Types of Drilling Fluids

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

Overview of Offshore Drilling Rigs

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

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...

Technology at Shell

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

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...

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...

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....

The Oil Spill During the Week of June 6, 2010

mention of surges of natural gas, but rig workers report that numerous surges were experienced in the weeks prior to the explosion...

Drill Baby, Drill...Still?

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

Death as Treated by the 19th Century Tlingit Culture

Ravens and Eagles (which he states are known as Wolves in some localities). Emmons (21) identifies a third moiety among the Sanya...

Ecological Crisis of the Earth

ozone layer is that portion of the Earths atmosphere that contains high concentration of ozone (Busman and Belen). This exists in ...

Policy Analysis of Alaska Senate Bill 56

direct violation of a defendants Sixth Amendment rights (AkRepublicans.com, 2005). In effect Blakely v. State of Washington resul...

Alaska's Glacial Moraine Succession

exposed rock of the moraines: "the rebirth of the temperate rainforest begins, with alder, willow,...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

The Evolution of Alaska the Territory into the State of Alaska

of Secretary of State William H. Seward (Cohen, 1996). Initially, however, Seward would be ridiculed for the purchase of Alaska. ...