Occidental Petroleum

1. What are Seismic Imaging Technology and Chevron use of the technology? Seismic Imaging is a tool/technique to find the availability of crude oils and natural gas underground. It is also known as reflection Seismology as it is a process of inspection geophysics to evaluate the properties of Earth’s subsurface by using the principles of seismology from the reflected seismic waves. Sound waves are recorded by Seismologists using an ultrasensitive device called geophone as they echo under the…

Causes of the accident The direct and indirect causes connected to the sequence of events in the Bourbon Dolphin accident are listed below: Direct causes • External forces from weather and current; • Unfavourable heading of the vessel in relation to external forces; • Machinery black out and the consequent reduction of manoeuvrability; • Lowering the towing pin, which led to larger angle of attack; • Loading condition and vessel stability characteristics. Indirect causes • Weakness in…

Diesel engine The diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition engine) is an internal combustion engine that uses the compression to initiate ignition and burn the fuel that has been injected into the combustion chamber. This contrasts with spark-ignition engines such as a petrol engine (gasoline engine) or gas engine (using a gaseous fuel as opposed to gasoline), which use a spark plug to ignite an air-fuel mixture. The diesel engines have the highest thermal efficiency in any internal…

Machu Picchu, the Hidden Place The city of Machu Picchu, which comes from the Quechua language, has been abandoned by the Incas of Cusco for over three-hundred years. It also stands in the Andes Mountains and lingers over the Urubamba River. It’s elevated 10,000 feet and has walls that not even a credit card can not slide through, puzzling archaeologists for many years (Schreiber 1). Machu Picchu, located in Peru, is a place filled with amazing artifacts and ruins. The buildings’ architecture…

Challenges & Impact Discontinuation of diesel In Europe, it is common to own a diesel vehicle as almost half of the total car sold in Europe were diesel vehicles. This is because the customers thinks that fuel efficiency is the biggest factor to consider when driving and the fact that the price of diesel is lower than petrol(Schipper, Marie-Lilliu et al. 2002). The corollary of better fuel efficiency is higher nitrogen oxide emissions. The fact that the popularity of diesel vehicles were…

TEXTING WHILE DRIVING The minimal time to look at a text message is 5 seconds. Taking your eyes off the road for 5 seconds at 45 mph or above can be crucial. Driving while over 45 mph means that you are driving a football field distance in 10 minuets. Without looking at the road , you are putting your life and others lives in danger. You should always look at the road. Texting while driving should be a crime in the Missouri. People should care more about the lives of others and the…

marketplace and the constant drive for survival and excellence has put the companies on toes to modify their strategies for the next round of competition. Consequently, cost optimization is the near-term strategy in the whole oil & gas industry, and Qatar Petroleum (QP) is no exception. As part of cost optimization, QP examined all the current and the future environmental and climate change initiatives using microscopic lens. Aligned with the QP’s vision to achieve world-class environmental…

In the era that we live in today, mankind has become dependent on fossil fuel just as much as water and oxygen. We continue to depend on fossil fuel for every aspect of our daily lives while at the same time fighting against mother nature. As we continue this ignorant battle against nature who knows what the future will look like. Will we still have fossil fuel? Will we still have water? In Octavia Butlers, “Parable of the Sower”, she creates a world full of chaos and catastrophe yet a world…

Water used to be the most common substance that could be found anywhere in the world, but as of lately that hasn't been the case. It is been getting harder and harder to fulfill our need of water. In the excerpt “Water Controversies Boil Over” written by Mat Weiser, published in April 26, 2009 he talks about how people are starting to fight over water and how 46 nations risk violent conflicts over water. Weiser explains how the United Nations stated that in the future there won't be conflicts…

Recently, the New York Times published an article that left people both stunned and amused and unlike some of their articles it dealt with...trash. Apparently, more than one hundred and eleven million dollars have been spent and invested in the recycling industry. Now why would someone spend one hundred and eleven million dollars on the recycling industry one may ask, the answer is simple... economy benefits. Recycling can lower capital cost, make us use 80 to 90 percent less energy, lower our…