Andrew Wells

Fracking and The Technologies of Humility and Hubris Over the past several years there has been an outcry from U.S. environmentalists regarding a process for extracting extremely large caches of oil and natural gas that, prior to this process, were unattainable. This process in called Hydraulic Fracturing, or Fracking for short and has strong support on both sides of the issue as to whether it is a safe practice or could cause irreversible damage to the environment. It is the intention of…

Oil has been a vital part of everyday life for decades. It is our main source of fuel in automobiles and other machinery. Oil has its benefits, but people seem to ignore the process of acquiring oil. Oil drilling is a dangerous and risky process. It runs the risk of contaminating the surrounding water and harming the organisms that live in it. The process also emits large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, better known as the BP oil spill, was a prime…

In the year, 2005 a Wells Fargo employee by the name of Julie Tishkoff came in contact with the Human Resources Department of Wells Fargo and she had claimed to see employees opening up fake accounts, illegally forging signatures and sending out “unsolicited” credit cards. As a result this woman was fired for revealing this information. On the 8th of September Wells Fargo made the promise that they would pay $185 million in fines that resulted…

planned to develop the Dodo - NAG Wells Project to meet the objectives of the company. Along with business objectives the idea of SPDC was to help locals by supplying domestic gas and bring the gas flares down (Flaring into atmosphere also known as emission of gases causing pollution and wastage of energy) as the field has potential to get developed due to discoveries of NAG reservoirs in recent times in vicinity of OML 35. Fig 1. Map of Nigeria showing Dodo NAG well project Area…

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 FACTS The dispute is pertaining to the detention by the Spanish authorities of the vessel M/V “Louisa” having the flag of Saint Vincent and Grenadines. Chronological facts of the case are as follows: 20.08.2004 – 29.10.2004: The vessel M/V “Louisa” was conducting surveys of the sea floor in the internal waters and territorial sea of the Spain to locate oil and gas deposits on the basis of a permit issued by the Spanish Ministry of Environment. 29.10.2004: The vessel was voluntarily docked at…

Exxon Valdez Table of Contents Introduction: (Skinner, S.K. and Reilly, W.K., 1989)[1] A catastropic event taken place on March 24th 1989 at Prince William Sound, Alaska. An Oil Tanker known as Exxon Valdez owned by Exxon Shipping company was transporting 53.09451 million US gallons of crude oil. At 12:04 am the ship struck the Prince William Sound, Bligh reef. This caused 10.8 million US gallons of crude oil to spill hereby creating a huge environmental disaster and it was known that…

For over a hundred years, Wells Fargo has been a lead provider of both personal and business banking. Financial services including insurance, credit cards, mortgage and investments are offered through the company. According to the 2015 Wells Fargo CSR plan, two of their core principles include putting customers first and valuing their team members. However, in 2011, allegations against Wells Fargo began to accumulate that employees were reportedly opening fraudulent accounts and credit cards…

Offshore drilling, this is something that helps and hinders many people, companies, and countries. The process of offshore drilling takes lots of energy, time, and money. It is a process where a rig or boat drills a hole through the ground till the rig hits oil or the desired product that’s being drilled. There is domestic and foreign drilling that produces oil for our companies, domestic drilling saves America millions of dollars. (Offshore Drilling)Sometimes America can’t provide the major…

The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 is often called the worst oil spill in US history. On April twentieth 2010 BP oil rig exploded killing eleven people and causing a leakage of about 3.19 million barrels to pour into the gulf. The twenty-two mile long plume not only rested on the surface of the water, but also adhered together and fell to the ocean floor. This largely and negatively affected marine life. The number of average number of dolphin deaths per year went from sixty-three to one hundred and…