Petroleum industry

The main issue that the majority of environmentalists have a common and most attention grabbing concern in, is that of the emission of GHGs (GreenHouse Gases) into the atmosphere. This is one of the most challenging issues that the oil sands industry faces as the emission of GHGs occurs in almost every step of the refinement of Bitumen. Ranging from the production of GHGs from massive heaters used to refine the Bitumen to as simple tasks as the transport of the oil once operations have been…

While this is in fact a more recent study the same holds true for older boomtowns. Sour Lake experienced a huge influx of unmarried men to a town with little else to offer other than the work in the oil industry. The town had no bars, no theater, no stores, essentially no businesses other than the hotel. Many of these single men arrived with no shelter or food and no way to attain these things. Consequently, these men had a lot of time on there hands in which to get into trouble. As a…

An Analysis of BP’s Difficulties, “Signature Processes” & Performance BP is the multinational holding company and one of the world’s major petroleum and petrochemical groups. BP’s primary activities include: exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas; refining, marketing and transportation; and manufacturing and sales of petrochemicals. In 1908, William D’Arcy and George Reynolds struck oil in Persia and established the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). In 1935 APOC was renamed…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The ROYAL SHELL DUTCH usually called as SHELL by people all over the world. And, is known as SPDC in Nigeria (Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited). SPDC along with JV with NNPC, NAOC and TOTAL had planned to develop the Dodo - NAG Wells Project to meet the objectives of the company. Along with business objectives the idea of SPDC was to help locals by supplying domestic gas and bring the gas flares down (Flaring into atmosphere also known as emission of…

SHELL MALAYSIA’S BACKGROUND Shell is owned by Royal Dutch/Shell Group which has more than 145 branches around the world. Malaysia's first oil well was discovered by Shell on Canada Hill in Miri, Sarawak in 1910, Shell Malaysia is one of them which is wholly-owned, joint-venture and public-listed company. It was introduced in 1960 as Shell refining company berhand and they invested over RM 70 billion over the past four decades which had a current investment commitment of RM 12 billion from 2003…

technology and its application in the environment represent the most direct impacts of the industry. Hence, technology and the practices developed for its application represent the best opportunity for the industry to directly mitigate the negative impacts as well as enhance any potentially beneficial impacts. Exploration 1. Locating Exploratory technology for deep-sea mining is currently in use and is similar to petroleum exploratory technology. Active vents can be located from the plume,…

BP and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill (case analysis) BP is a multinational oil and gas company. This company is headquartered in London, UK. Not so long ago, this company has faced one of the world’s worst environmental tragedies. After its explosion in April 20th, 2010, the company’s situation had kept on getting worse and worse. The communication problem is that the crisis team that Tony Hayward (the CEO of BP) prepared to find solutions to the issue isn’t making much progress. Each month…

Management Profile of Punctureman - Punctureman, a leading puncture repair service established on 23 November, 2011 in association with India's largest oil conglomerate Indian Oil Corporation. It served for the last three years and today, it is in eight states as Delhi NCR, Maharashtra, U.P., Gujrat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttrakhand and eighteen main cities like Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Pune, Panjim, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Dehradun, Kolkata, etc. Its…

INTRODUCTION OF WELSPUN CORP LTD • Welspun Corp Ltd. (WCL) is the flagship company of Welspun Group and is a global giant in the Large Diameter Line Pipe segment. Over the last 15 years, the company has emerged as a leading name in the industry and today offers a one-stop solution with its wide range of products. Having a profile of clients coming from amongst the Fortune 100 companies especially in the Oil and Gas sector, Welspun Corp has established itself as a recognized brand when it…

given a license of exploration .Olioberi was the first commercial oil field discovered in the Niger Delta. Prior to discovery of oil, Nigeria depended on agricultural exports to other countries. The largest fossil fuel company in Nigeria is Shell Petroleum Development Company, which operates over 6000 kms. The villages’ individuals surrounding facilities of oil production occasionally drill holes into pipelines for purposes of arresting oil and transferring it illegally out of Nigeria (Begby,…