Liquefied petroleum gas

starting with holding workshops and lecture series on university campuses. This will require building relationships and networking with universities such as the American University of Iraq, University of Tehran in Iran and the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Saudi…

targets because of their enormous oil reserves. There is evidence of this occurring before how the United States Of America bombed Afghanistan in response to Septembers 9/11 attack. Many speculate that Afghanistan was sitting on a significant oil and gas reserve of the Caspian sea (Heinberg, 2003). In the near future, peak oil could influence more conflicts with countries that have an industrialised society, which is dominated by oil. The environment is often compromised to facilitate for the…

60% using new technology that could move compression which is needed to pump up oil and gas out of most wells closer to the reservoir (Reuters, 2013). This means the compression would be provided at the seabed instead of on the platform. Statoil is currently carrying out two of these projects on the Norwegian continental shelf and was awarded for a breakthrough in the subsea technology in 2012 (Norwegian Petroleum, 2016, 2). Using gravity in the form of the weight of water is a clever solution…

Picture your life twenty five years from now, where do you see yourself? If you do not think you will still be around, then where are your kids, grandchildren, or nieces and nephews? Wherever it is, you are probably wrong. There are many things that can happen between now and then to keep you and them from getting wherever it may be. Now, the question is: What are you willing to do to get to this place you desire to reach? Every year people across the continents are polluting the world with…

Third Written Report This section of Reframing Contemporary Africa by Peyi Soyinka – Airewele and Rita Kiki Edozie looks at external and internal factors were affecting the African nation. In ‘The New Oil Gulf of Africa: Global Geopolitics and Enclave Oil Producing Economies” by Okbazghi Yohannes looks at the participating of Africa in the world economy and how resource reach African countries have been affected by it. In "The Politics of HIV/ AIDS in Africa: Representation and the Political…

British Petroleum took a massive hit to public image, brand name, and to the overall prosperity of the company, following the oil spill that occurred on April 20, 2010. The spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi River Delta, at the Deepwater Horizon Oil Facility (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill). Since this horrific incident, which basically crippled the company, they have been employing numerous tactics to try to recover from it. There are two categories in which one can place…

British Petroleum William Knox founded British Petroleum in May 1908, as Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The Shah of Iran gave Mr. Knox permission to drill for Iran´s oil. In 1909 the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) was incorporated and shares were sold to the public. The first chairman was Lord Stratchona, he also owned a minority shareholder. BP is a public limited company, their ownership is spread among the general public in many shares of stock, and these stocks are freely traded on a stock…

These ISIS sympathizers are also a key component to the groups financing. When it comes to the financial status of ISIS, it is estimated that they are worth up to $2 billion USD. This occurrence is clear when one looks at the various tools, networks, and opportunities the group has to finance itself. First and foremost, it is important to understand that the organization has technically existed since 1999, and since then has built a large network through the Middle East. Although, under the name…

On the 3rd November 2016 the Hazelwood Power Station, which produced brown coal in the Latrobe Valley, announced the entire plant would close at the end of March 2017. After supplying electricity to Victoria for over 50 years, the plant’s owners Engie argued that it was no longer economically viable to continue to run one of Australia’s most ‘dirty’ power plants, thus laying off almost 1,000 jobs. Engie states that the growing pressure for renewable energy was the main factor for the closure of…

Thames Water, as the biggest water company in England and Wales, has made unacceptable failure to control water leakages just months after pouring raw sewage into London’s main river. The companies’ behaviors bring a set of moral issues and is a right/wrong conflict. The most important moral challenge in this case is that Thames Water made profit at the cost of environment and public health while its primary obligation is to protect public health. Thames Water is being investigated by regulator…