Petroleum industry

The U.S. should not drill for oil in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge because it would endanger animals, they wouldn’t make a lot of money, and pollution would damage the environment. A recent U.S. department of energy (DOE) assessment says there is ‘’ Considerable Uncertainty regarding both the size and quality of the oil resources that exist in ANWR.’’ Even if it is 7-7 barrels a day that will be able to recover the current upper limits of ANWR oil production is the transportation of TAPS(…

There have been recent complaints from North Dakota residents that there is a “black snake” forcing itself onto their private land. I thought that this was America! First of all, no need to have private land, this country was built on the values of sharing. Just look at the first Thanksgiving! Such a wonderous turnout don’t you think? Anyways, enough of the history we know and love so dearly. Let’s get back to the trivial topic of the Native Americans not wanting to allow the good-intentioned…

Lama Tamang 1 Pasang Lama Tamang Professor Sherry Sharifian Government 2306.73011 30 April 2017 Limiting the power of Local Control in Texas Local Control has been favored by most of the people in Texas but the recent issues related to Local Control has been addressed by most of the people. Misuse of the power has made the debate rise over recent years. Even the Texas political leaders have sued the government several times for the policies that are changing the Texas into the unrecognizable…

Vaseline’s story begins with Robert Augustus Chesebrough, the founder, finding inspiration through whale oilers. The oilmen smeared the whale oil on their skin to heal cuts and burns; ever since then Vaseline has been a major household brand. Around 1964 they released an advertisement featuring the Bollywood actor Prem Chopra. In this advertisement Vaseline employs the use of ethos, by displaying Chopra, and claiming he uses their cream, and logos, by claiming the cream will make you look cooler…

In this paper I will discuss the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project, its goals and eventual failures. The aim of the Project was to build a 1,070 km underground pipeline to transport oil from three oil fields in the Southwest of Chad, through Cameroon, and ending in a floating facility in the Atlantic Ocean (“Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project”, 2017 para 1). Although the Pipeline succeeded in being built and generating revenue, the Project did not succeed in using that revenue for poverty reduction.…

launched the “Dow of tomorrow” strategy in 2006. The strategy includes two parts – First part is pursuing an asset-light approach to its low-margin, but cash-rich, commodity businesses, this part was achieved by a joint venture with Petrochemical Industries Company; the second part is building high-growth and high-value-added performance businesses which plan to be achieved by purchases of Rohm and Haas. In the acquisition of the Rohm and Haas. Both companies were facing some risk. In the Dow’s…

In Chapter 94 of Moby-Dick, “A Squeeze of the Hand,” Melville exposes the reader to the bizarre and coveted substance that catalyzed the rapid expansion of the whaling industry. Spermaceti is a waxy, oil-like substance produced in the spermaceti organ in the skull of the sperm whale. Originating from the spermaceti-organ, the fluid is located in the cranial cavity of the sperm whale and occupies a major part of the skull, holding up to 1,900 litres of spermaceti. Since the spermaceti organ, a…

Saudi Aramco Introduction Saudi Aramco is considered to be one of the best and top oil companies worldwide as it explores oil, gas and other type of natural resources such gold and coil (Dipaola & Mahdi 2017). Saudi Aramco is 100 percent owned by Saudis government and it was established back in 1933. Nowadays, Saudi Aramco is number one oil producer and it holds and manages two third of oil crude oil that we have in this planet (Raval, 2016).. This paper will focus on Saudi Aramco and the way…

the first commercial oil field in 1956 in the Niger Delta, Shell Nigeria began exporting oil in the year of 1958 and has been doing so ever since. At one time, oil exportation was seen as a way to transition from relying solely on the agriculture industry for exportation and move into what was thought to be the booming economy of oil. The locals of the Niger Delta area have experienced little to no growth as a result of Shell Oil’s operations and additionally have experienced negative…

A company headquartered in Virginia that is a desirable employer is Catalina Cylinders. They are a very large manufacturing company that produces aluminum cylinder tanks for various industries. Catalina Cylinders has locations in Virginia and California, employing thousands of people. “Unions play a pivotal role both in securing legislated labor protections and rights such as safety and health, overtime, and family/medical leave and in enforcing those rights on the job” (Walters & Mishel, 2003).…