Petroleum

HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society Institute of Petroleum Engineering MSc Petroleum Engineering Field Report Student name: Yrysbek Ayaganov Registration number: Mentor’s name: Faisal Zainal Abidin Field name: Wytch Farm 30.10.2015 Whytch Farm Oil Field Introduction The oilfield initially was found near the farm called Wytch, in Dorset, south UK in December 1973, that’s why it carries the name Wytch Farm. It’s the largest…

need to find resources that are closer to home as well as earth friendly more options need to be sought. At this day in age, Algae biofuel is no longer a backburner option for viable fuel alternatives. This environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum is a realistic contender to battle with other biofuels and fossil fuels. Algae is more than just the green seaweed at the bottom of the ocean that people associate it with. It is a versatile and sustainable resource that is produced in…

These objections are not ridiculous when they call this oil “dirty”, this petroleum is described as heavy and dense (Kalen). The crude oil comes from tar sands in Alberta, Canada. In turn, this makes the product more difficult to refine than other types of petroleum (Kalen). While looked down upon in his report, the “dirty” crude oil that can be extracted will create more jobs by its difficulty to refine. It goes like…

It is now time for us all to realize that the energy that supplies about 85% of our need such as coal, natural gas, and petroleum, is under attack. The newest attack on our energy supplies are proposals to tax carbon. A carbon tax is, “an environmental fee levied by governments on the production, distribution, or use of fossil fuels.” The amount of the tax depends on the amount of carbon dioxide each type of fossil fuel emits when it is used to run factories or power plants, provide heat and…

The Teapot Dome scandal involved national security, big oil companies, bribery and corruption at the highest level of the United States government. Before Nixon and the Watergate affair, this was the most serious scandal in our country’s history. The affair took its name from Teapot Dome, a rock formation in Wyoming that looked like a teapot and, more importantly, stood atop a large government naval oil reserve. Albert B. Fall, a rancher and New Mexico’s first U.S. Senator, served as secretary…

it could be brought down to around $1 per gallon.”(Clark, Josh “Grassoline” 6-7) Unfortunately, transportation is another problem that cellulose ethanol is dealing with. “Ethanol is highly corrosive and can’t be shipped via pipelines as oil and petroleum can. This means that it must be transported by trucks, which adds to the cost of production and lowers the energy ratio, since big tanker trucks require more fossil fuels to transport the ethanol for distribution.” (Clark, Josh “Gassoline” 7) On…

Fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, and oil are currently the main source of energy in the United States. Although by burning these fossil fuels, we can power our cars, heaters and televisions, and other helpful things, extracting and burning these rare resources come at heavy cost to humans, the Earth and other living things. The current practices of using fossil fuels for energy are harming living organisms and the Earth. Animals are being killed from converting fossil fuels to energy.…

considerable amount of travelers to New Zealand from around the globe. These direct results from oil spills will then lead to a chain of negative consequences such as an increase in job loss in not only the aquaculture and tourism sector but also the petroleum and minerals…

Depends on composition calorific value can vary between 25-49 KJ/Kg. Raw biogas has got comparatively less calorific value and might not seems to be a good option in automobile IC engines, though it can be used for stationary application IC engines installed near the Biogas production plant. It is the large percentage of CO2 in the raw or unpurified biogas that reduces the heating value of the gas, increases the compression and transportation costs. And as the compression and transportation are…

Fossil Fuel Responsibility on Ice Sheet Melt Fossil fuels are the most important assets responsible for the humanity survivor. It gives the humanity, oil, petroleum, energy, gas to cook, heat for warm ourselves in the cold nights, production of asphalt, and the production of products like plastic, which we are completely dependent to it. But, the environment is being damaged with the excessive and no controlled harvesting of those fuels. The environment is being damaged, because big…