Drilling

Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is not only ethically wrong but can also be very harmful to the environment and surrounding communities. The ANWR is a wildlife refuge in Alaska, it includes more than 19 acres of land and is very significant to the National Wildlife Refuge System (defenders.org). Drilling is ethically wrong in this area because it is one of America's last intact and untouched landscape and is home to 45 species of mammals, 42 fish species, and more than 200…

the largest Wildlife Refuge in the country at 19,286,722 acres. For more than over a decade there has been political debates about whether or not there should be drilling for oil on the coastal plains. Oil drilling cause’s damage to the wildlife there and cause for animals to become extinct. I think that there should not be any drilling for oil on the refuge because it’s harmful to the wildlife living there and there are already enough threats to wildlife. On January 3, 1959, before Alaska was…

(NRV) is essential in MPD operations. A U-tube analogy demonstrates that any positive unbalance in the annulus will result in forcing fluid up the drill pipe. [4] Referred to as a float, the NRV is usually driven by a piston. During circulation, drilling fluid forces the valve open against the spring. When pumps are off the valve is closed through a combination of the spring and wellbore pressure. [2] Figure 2.7c Rig layout for MPD operations (KCA Deutag Source – adapted) Note: Refer to…

Arctic region.The expectations of drilling regarding to wildlife are concerning when it comes to some of the species like the caribou and the polarbears. Drilling the these areas can cause melting of the icecaps moving the wildlife further in the mainland and disturb the migration patterns as well. If the drilling happens in these areas it will result in the decrease in birth rates of the species that migrate in that area. Problems that could arise from drilling in this…

few pristine wilderness left and drilling the oil would ruin Alaska. Even with technology and new drilling techniques, drilling will still negatively affect Alaska. Only 85.1 billions of barrels of oil are found in North America. While drilling in Alaska would be dreadful for the habitat, America would be more independent from getting foreign oil, especially from the Middle East. The Middle East has 673.7 of the billions of barrels in the world of oil. While drilling would bring job…

oil well drilling offers benefits for both the global economy and the global environment.” (Flournoy, Blake. “Oil Drilling Benefits.”) Also, some scientists have noticed that offshore oil drilling is not the worst amount of maritime pollution and is helping the environment even though it is normally thought that offshore oil drilling is very bad for the environment. The greatest source of ocean oil/gas pollution is actually natural offshore oil seepage. In fact, offshore oil drilling has…

What is the environmental cost of drilling? Do we dare touch such a fragile ecosystem that could never resurrect itself just because “gas prices are too high?” Is mankind so greedy and superficial that we have to take away one the most vast and unique areas of the world just for our own benefit? These are some of the many argumentative questions rational, environmentally aware individuals are asking after a significant amount oil has been recorded under the layers of the Arctic National Wildlife…

Mid-Atlantic region. The formation of this rock contains an important volume of natural gas that is tripped inside some tiny spaces within the shale. The formation of this gas at the depth requires new advanced technologies in facilitating the drilling process. These drilling technologies that are accompanied by increased markets have significantly made exploration of the Marcellus shale to be highly attractive to the oil and gas industry. The…

Futuristic: It is important for the taxpayers of the United States to consider the options of the oil drilling industry. Supported by the prior research and evaluation, the continuation of conventional oil drilling throughout the United States will not only improve its economical and environmental futuristic aspects, but will ensure the survival of the United State’s global dominance in the oil industry. OPEC has faced severe drops in profits from the competition of booming private American oil…

cycle. 2) Predicting our future oil supply is controversial and involves some uncertainty because we don’t know for sure how much oil there is left in this world as well as how much oil we are looking at using in the future. 3) Offshore drilling of oil and drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have both positive…