Petroleum

In order to illustrate how fracking works, jets shoot fracking fluid, which is a mixture of sand, water, and hundreds of chemicals, into the drilled hole to create cracks in the shale. The fracking fluid breaks down the shale releasing the oil, which gets pumped back up to be treated. Most of the fracking chemicals are undisclosed by fracking companies and could be potentially harmful; can be performed in a vertical oil well, as well as into shale and tar sands (Walsh). When mining deeper oil…

Sustainable Development Every year, the population of the world increases more and more and by the year 2020, the population of humans will be eight billion. How can we continuously develop the world around us to benefit our lives, while at the same time preserving natural resources and species? So far, instead of trying to preserve the environment, we as humans have been destroying it in the process of developing our world. By overreaching the sustainability of our world, we have been…

Sustainability has become an issue throughout the whole globe. Sustainability is a complicated term which generally means an “approach to development that meets the needs of the present without negatively affecting the ability of the future generations to meet their needs.”(Clarke, Earle, and Wallace, 2006) According to Land Learn organization sustainability means “an ability or capacity of something to be maintained or to sustain itself.” (http://www.landlearnnsw.org.) In my opinion, it is…

Equatorial Guinea is a small country on the west coast of Africa and has five offshore islands (Bernault 346). They gained independence on the 12th of October in 1986 after they had been under Spanish control for 190 years. They are currently under the control of President Obiang, and he has been in power for 37 years (The World Factbook). The Prime Minister is Vicente Ehate Tomi (Infoplease). The capital is Malabo, and it is located on the island of Bioko (The World Factbook). Equatorial…

Daniel DiMarcella Dr. Margaret Bryans BIT 120 December 6th 2016 Biofuels: Are they the Future? Everything humans need come from our planet whether it is food, water, metals or fuels. It has been determined that if we use up any one of these resources then we will be without forever. Fossil fuels, coal, oil, and natural gas are non-renewable resources. Formed from plant and animals that lived up to 300 million years ago, fossil fuels are found in deposits deep beneath the earth. The fuels are…

A country’s level of stability must be judged based on many different factors. In fact, it is easier to define the stability of those individual factors, than it is to judge them as a collected whole. In American popular culture, we generally tend to think of the Middle East an area of the world that is full of instability. If one were to look at all of the civil unrest they would come to that conclusion. The Middle East is much more than that, however. The civil unrest is just the top layer of…

The demand for oil or gasoline in the United States is on a steady rise. With the increase of automobile users every year how can we afford to drop the price of gas. People are buying it, whether the price rises or falls, so why not keep it at a steady price. This all has to do with how oil firms perform in the short and long run. Also what and how much government influence has to deal with the way the price changes. Gas and oil prices play a major role in our economy, so when they rise or fall…

The western portion of the island of New Guinea is involved West Papua. West Papua is understood as the world's one of the biggest asset wealthiest nations which has high substance of unrefined petroleum, copper, gold and timber from its rainforests, which is a territory to tree kangaroos and excellent winged creatures. The number of inhabitants in West Papua comprises of roughly one million, whereby the locals generally make due on chasing and assembling. Prior to the year 1949, West Papua…

of crude oil. Causing 176 million gallons of thick black crude oil just poured, swallowing and smothering all life spreading through the ocean like butter on bread. BP also referred to by its former name British Petroleum, is one of the world's six "super…

Importance of American Technology WWI During the twenties, America experienced extreme development and urbanization. Many new inventions and innovations were made. Such as, steel, oil, and the assembly line along with many other inventions and innovations. Technology played a big role in World War I and continued to develop afterwards. It could be argued that steel and oil made America the way it is today. Steel was a very important aspect to the growth of America.Steel was needed to…