Petroleum production

killing animals and one or two humans. This is people when the air blew the ash miles away, because unknowingly drank polluted water and inhaled toxic air. About 114,000 tons of that oil started to biodegrade[2], which means the petroleum of the oil break down into simpler substances. Harsh types of oil can burn eyes, burn skin, irritate or damage sensitive membranes in the nose, eyes and mouth. Hydrocarbons can trigger pneumonia if it enters lungs. Benzine,…

Benzene and leukemia Melonie Brown Columbia Southern University Introduction Benzene is a hydrocarbon that is highly flammable. The hydrocarbon is used in many industrial processes. Statistics indicate that it is among the top 20 chemicals that are widely used in different industries across the world. The substance has wide application in oil and gas industry. As a matter of fact, it is used in making various types of lubricants. Benzene can be formed through natural processes such volcano…

Case Study: HR Outsourcing at BP Amoco British Petroleum, or BP Amoco, is a leading international energy and petrochemicals company. Currently, it operates in more than 40 countries and has more than 80,000 employees, with an equal or greater number of retirees. Several years ago, BP decided that drilling and finding oil was its primary mission. Everything else was deemed secondary. The U.S. company Exult defined this type of full service HR outsourcing in December 1999 when it announced a $600…

Sources become less available, but people’s life style will continue to remain the same. Transportation and electricity are the two major area that are consuming the scarce sources in our country. Transportation uses 56% of gasoline and electricity generally used 27% of natural gas in 20141. Gasoline and natural gas become less available as time goes by. Algae biodiesel can replace gasoline after 20 years. Nuclear power and coal power can provide baseload electricity; solar power and natural gas…

Part I. “Cultural Aspects of doing Business in Saudi Arabia” In doing my research on what potential countries we may do business with, I came across the country of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia being well known and rich for its natural resources of Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold and copper, I would think that undergoing business in Saudi Arabia can be a highly-beneficial venture for us if we can handle the culture differences. In order to deepen our relationship with the Saudi market and…

Using coal as an energy production resource is a high producer of greenhouse gasses without regulation policies. In 2013 it is estimated that coal produced up to 39% of energy in the U.S. (U.S. EIA). The use of coal facilities that use coal for energy production produce vast amounts of green house gasses. Unless these facilities are regulated and upgraded with better technology, production of high levels of carbon dioxide will continue. The good news is that…

emission than the regular oil production. Alberta oil sand is said to become a major industrial contributor in North America to climate change. The main caused of climate change is the greenhouses gas emissions, and nearly forty percent of Canada’s emission comes from the Alberta oil sand project. It does not include the other oil sands infrastructure in other parts of North American. The emission gas produced by the oil sand is drastically increasing as more production needs it. Not only…

ecosystem, dead. Soon after these images were made public on every news outlet of the time, the PR machine at one of the largest fossil fuel companies went to work. With spin and confuse tactics, paying off “everyday folks” to say they stood by British Petroleum and appreciated so much that they were there to help. The year was 2010, an oil rig drilling roughly 45 miles off the coast of Louisiana exploded causing a disaster on levels not previously seen in history. The facts of this instance are…

The Environmental Protection Agency defines frackings as “A well stimulation process used to maximize the extraction of underground resources; including oil, natural gas, geothermal energy, and even water”(Environmental Protection Agency). This process, employed to release natural gas involves drilling deep into the ground and shooting a high pressure water solution into rock formations in order to release the gas inside. Although the history of fracking can be traced back to the 1940’s, it…

fossil energy is including petroleum, natural gas, and coal. They are three major use resources in the past few decades. The reason for them to be the main resources because they can transfer into different energies. So that make them to be more ways to use in our daily. In the past few decades to present, and maybe in the future, we will still heavily use them. From the article U.S. Energy: Overview and Statistics mentions, “Consumption of major energy resources—petroleum, natural gas, and…