Oil reserves

The difficulty of mining oil sands varies depending on the location of the oil sands. Oil sands deposits that are less than about 250 feet below the surface can be removed using conventional strip-mining methods. The strip-mining process includes removal of the overburden, excavation of the resource, and transportation to a processing facility. Nearly all mined bitumen is currently upgraded to synthetic crude oil. Oil sands extraction processes are generally divided into two categories: mining…

of the infinity of Nature than all that have gone before him.’ However, nature is no longer seen as infinite; it is ephemeral, finite, a depleting resource. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy measured only enough oil to last for the next 46.2 years, and enough gas in reserves to meet 58.6 years of global production. The World Health Organisation predicts that by 2025, ‘absolute water scarcity’ will effect 1 800 million people. Land artists orientate their work to address…

Oil sands, defined simply are a mixture of water, sand, clay, and natural bitumen. Natural bitumen is a heavily viscous oil, which must undergo specialized procedures in order to be extracted. While oil sands occur in many places in the world, the largest such occurrence is located in the forests of Northern Alberta. This area is referred to as the Alberta Oil Sands, or the Athabasca Oil Sands. Oil sands were not always included when estimating the world’s recoverable oil reserves. It is…

1. The Federal Reserve two primary goals, are: - Controlling Inflation; - Controlling Unemployment; The current Dual mandate of the Federal Reserve first made its way into the Federal Reserve Act in November 1977. Federal Reserve tries to achieve: 1) maximum employment; 2) stable prices; and 3) moderate long-term interest rates. The inflation rate over the longer run is primarily determined by monetary policy, and hence the Committee has the ability to specify a longer-run goal for inflation.…

This bubble had more to do with human behavior and government intervention than it did with the principles of supply and demand. Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, The Federal Reserve, banking regulators, and various other political and government entities all had agendas that served their needs, but may have even been working against each other to try and get the housing market or the economy to do what they felt they needed or…

History before WWII My paper is about the Federal Reserve, The RMS Titanic Sinking, and The Clayton Anti-Trust law. In my essay I will talk about what the Federal Reserve, The RMS Titanic, and The Clayton Anti-Trust are about. I will also be talking about why the Federal Reserve, The RMS Titanic, and the Anti-Trust law are important. I will be talking about how they all lead to WWII and how important they were to the United States. The Federal Reserve is about the Central Bank of the United…

fairly typical, it in fact does not illustrate the process and method by which banks hold deposited funds. The actual method is called Fractional reserve banking [FRB], in which banks are required to keep a fraction of the total reserves (deposits) held, hence the name fractional reserve banking. Any amount held beyond the reserve requirement (excess reserve) can be loaned out and put into the economy. However as a result of such practice, a particular amount of actual money can be multiplied…

selected that they have heard of Argan oil before and have used it in the past. The interviews revealed that the participants became aware of Argan oil mostly through the Internet (via Articles, Beauty Blogs) as well as recommendations from family members. It can be inferred that young adult Vietnamese consumers are fairly aware of Argan essential oil product. However, approximately 30% of young adult Vietnamese consumer population has yet to become aware of Argan oil. Although the participants…

and can be seen as performance art because it combined both artist’s movement and strong visual impact. Cai use gunpowder as the material to paint his art, he will set the gunpowder on the paper and covered the entire paper and gunpowder, he will reserve a fuse so he can then set the fire on and burn the gunpowder under the cover. The beauty of the performance is short but incredible, after hours of set up, the final art piece will be finished in a second after the gunpowder was been burned.…

are the “largest oil-sand deposits in the world” (Pasqualetti 2009, p. 250). The Alberta oil sands provide a necessary resource that is valuable to the Albertan and Canadian economies. The oil sands have received ample attention in recent years from the media and from various environmental agencies and groups due to “growing concern about a range of environmental impacts” (Jordaan 2012, p. 3611). These concerns are not without merit, as the ongoing development in the Alberta oil sands pose a…