Oil well

discusses shale oil and its effect on oil prices in the United States. Shale oil is a term used by the oil industry for oil that is obtained from low-permeability rock, and it has caused a resurgence of oil production in the United States. This type of oil production was not available until quite recently, because of several technological advances in the industry. Currently, shale oil production, mostly from western states, accounts for a sizeable amount of the country’s crude oil production…

Task 1 Part A Shell Oil Company globalization impacted the Ogoni culture in the Niger Delta, Nigeria (Unknown, UNPO, 2009). In 1956 Shell Oil Company, out of Britain found oil deposits and commenced drilling the Niger Delta (Unknown, UNPO, 2009). Before the oil industry globalization, the Ogoni culture had a culture of tradition expanding over 500 years. Furthermore, the Ogoni culture lived off the land, without repercussions from today’s modernization, laws and technology. The Ogoni culture…

The eastern part of the Plains consists out of taller grass and more rivers, and “a number of widely spaced, broad valleys of the east-flowing rivers. […] it is relatively well watered and wooded and contains tall grasses with deep roots” (Sutton 2008, 259). This could be a devastating project if there would be a small leak because the Native Peoples in the eastern region of the Plains use the water to live and survive. Not…

The oil sands have been one of Canada’s most vital process of operations to achieve economic stability since 1978 with the foundation of Syncrude and the establishment of the largest oil processing mine of any type in the entire world. Another mine was also developed by Syncrude in the Athabasca Oil Sands and began operations in 2003 however was later bought out by Marathon Oil Corporation in 2007. Another $33 million project was also being developed in in Fort Hills by Petro Canada but lost…

during the late 1940’s. Migrations of oil field workers were produced by frequent shifts in the demand for petroleum. More specifically, an oil boom is defined by these shifts and the three different types of workers who would arrive on an oil drilling site during different times and would contributed in different ways to the project. The three types of oil workers were the boomers, mobile workers and the drifters who along with their families, all followed the oil from town to town all in the…

Canadian Oil Sands Limited, is a publically traded, Canadian company, which earns money through investing in oil sands. It generates money by funding in Syncrude Joint Venture (a company that extracts and manufactures oil from oil sands). COS Ltd. was created in 1978, by PanCanadian Petroleum (currently known as Encana). Presently Canadian Oil Sands is being led by Ryan M. Kubik (the CEO), who also happens to be the director and chair board of Syncrude Joint Venture. Canadian Oil Sands used to…

provision of oil mining machinery and advanced technology. Operating on a multinational level, Gloil targets countries with oil mining, but focuses on those that have only recently discovered their oil wells. 1.1 Products and Services Among the products that the company provides include tricone bits, sucker rods, oil drilling stabilizers and hydraulic accumulators (Oil News). These forms of machinery make it easy to execute the drilling process without physically having to contact the risky oil…

The “ Oil Patch” in the United States has been feast or famine since the discovery of crude oil in Oil Creek, Pennsylvania. Each time the price rises for a barrel of Crude oil specialized and hard workers are needed to pull this resource from the ground. I would compare a boom cycle to the likes of a gold rush. When oil prices are high, there is a feeling that the good times will never end, employee salaries sky rocket, and people are willing to go just about anywhere to get a piece of this…

Willow Springs Park runs through the Cherry Hill fault zone and has a history of artesian flowing springs. This paired with 90 years of oil production, a new urban farm, and Coastal Sage Scrub (CSS) community makes the park a uniquely diverse environment. The purpose of conducting research at Willow Springs Park is to monitor the growth of CSS, which consists of low-growing shrubs, many of which are summer deciduous, with some succulents and long-lived grasses, sages, buckwheats, etc. CSS…

gas has the ability to improve our economy, the environment, and geopolitical conditions as well provide a constant, dependable, global energy supply for at least a century. He backs these claims by listing examples of recently discovered natural gas basins in the United States and abroad and by showing that the current gas supply has already put downward pressure on oil prices. The result of lower oil prices makes many products more affordable and improves the global economy. He posits that…