Drilling

Over the past several years relationships have shifted their focus. Instead of talking and calling others people choose to send them a text. People may not realize the effects this dependency has on many aspects of life. Society has become so dependent on the availability of the internet. People are so dependent that it is driving other things out of today’s culture. Maps are no longer on large sheets of paper, but on the screen of phones. Calling and texting are so common that people have lost…

People have had concerns about Fracking how it can contaminate drinking water also air pollution. Americans have argued that such efforts to recover natural gas need to be expanded. Formations that people have used for drilling is taking high pressured water, sand, and beads they use to get the Natural Gas out of the ground. But can do damage to people’s lives and to the earth. People in the United States that agree with Fracking say, how fracking technology have made tremendous…

keeping the energy surging in our lives, home, and nation. The extraction of natural gases and resources has been a method that has evolved over the years; there are many different aspects to harnessing these resources including fracking. “Vertical drilling” was thought to be the original method to obtaining these natural gases; however, the pipes and equipment used for…

An Analysis of BP’s Difficulties, “Signature Processes” & Performance BP is the multinational holding company and one of the world’s major petroleum and petrochemical groups. BP’s primary activities include: exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas; refining, marketing and transportation; and manufacturing and sales of petrochemicals. In 1908, William D’Arcy and George Reynolds struck oil in Persia and established the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). In 1935 APOC was renamed…

The oldest recorded source of water was from a well. A well is a hole in the ground from which a fluid is withdrawn. Water wells can be dug, driven, bored, or drilled. These wells are constructed with a type of tool or machine, some go down farther than others, but they all serve one purpose. To bring water to people’s homes (World Book Encyclopedia). Water wells are the most common types of wells today. The water in these wells come from rain that soaks in the ground. The underground water in…

The world we live in is changing daily. Fossil fuel consumption has to be reduced, before our planet can begin to repair the damage man has caused. “It is estimated the world uses 87.8 million barrels of crude oil a day” (Friedman 195). “In 2000 it was estimated that the US consumed nearly 20 million barrels of oil a day, which is about 5% more than similar nations” (195). Oil consumption demand is going to increase as long as the supply can meet the demand. Once the supply is depleted, the…

Have you ever imagined your swimming pool filled with oil? The explosion happened back in 2010 but still impacting us today. The Deepwater Horizon was an offshore oil rig that initially was ignited and caught on fire, then soon after exploded. Approximately more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico, for a total of 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in U.S history. Affecting millions of people and the atmosphere, the Deepwater Horizon explosion was the…

Firstly, carbon emissions increased dramatically because more cars were produced, and the combustion engine was applied in numerous ways, increasing oil consumption. Secondly, because of the high demand, oil spills and deforestation from oil drilling destroyed more tracts of land and oceans than they ever had before. However Tucker explains that another consequence of the Motown cluster was increased rubber consumption for vehicle tires. More plantations were established to supply demand,…

Six years ago, if you would have asked me what a petroleum engineer was, I'd say I have no idea. Five years ago, I would have answered "Someone who digs up oil out of the ground.” Five years ago, I met my step grandmother's step mom's son, Jaimie. Jamie was a petroleum engineer at One Shell Square.I told him that I was a graduating senior in high school and that I had not yet decided on my major or what college I was going to.He told me all about what he did at Shell. He told me that if I went…

Humans have exploited the of the ecosystem. Marine mammals utilize the environment for resting, and socializing. An example of habitat degradation is commercial and recreational vessels. These vessels pollute the water by oil spills, sewage, gas drilling and construction. The people need to realize that there are animals under them trying to…