The National Emergency Petroleum Act was passed in 1973. It was in response to the crude oil and petroleum crisis. This action was taken by President Richard Nixon. It states that the President has the promulgate regulation to distribute and control price of petroleum products. This was big in the oil crisis because we were running out of oil and no one could get it. If it weren’t for President Nixon our country could have been in deep trouble with no oil or petroleum products . This means that…
of 3.15 trillion in vehicle miles; while the year before, in 2014, Americans drove an average of 3.02 trillion of vehicle miles. The numbers are there, showing that the vehicle miles that Americans are driving every year are going up as the gas prices is going down. Furthermore, the general population is spending more time on the roads compare to previous years, either sitting in their own cars or on any other form of transportation. On the other hand, The National Highway traffic safety…
OPEC and the U.S. Economy OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) was founded in Baghdad in 1960. It originally had five members; Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Venezuela. In 1965 the headquarters for OPEC moved to Vienna where it remains today. OPEC is currently made up of thirteen countries and they are responsible for over 40% of the world’s oil production as well as over 70% of the world’s proven oil reserves. OPEC’s mission statement, according to its official…
The depletion and of petroleum and to their harm to the environment, biofuel arise as a promising option to replace fossil fuels in the future. Biofuel are derived from biomass conversion with many different examples such as biogas, biodiesel and bioethanol as the most currently used, and biofuels are considered not to leave a carbon print to the environment since they are considered CO2 neutral (1). The total dependency on fossil fuels such as gasoline, natural gas and petroleum gas makes it…
The Declassified Selection Guide to Petroleum Programs Deciding where to go to college is perhaps the biggest decision a high school student will ever make. The average student determined to pursue a degree in petroleum engineering will need to choose the right college for them. Selecting a university can be overwhelming as high school prospects do not often know what factors to take into account. Colleges can be analyzed in three main areas: academics, student life, and financial factors. Each…
business with the expected increase in demand for oil and petroleum products across the world. According to World Oil Outlook (WOO), long-term oil demand is projected to grow 20 Mbbl/d, reaching 108.5 Mbbl/d by 2035. Of this increase, developing Asia would account for 88% while the demand in China, India and other developing countries in Asia would reach 94% of that of the OECD countries by 2035. According to WOO, the global demand for petroleum products is expected to increase to 111.1 Mbbl/d…
Oil (or petroleum) is a very important thing to us. We use it every day. We use a lot of it in just a single day. Our life depends on oil. It may not be the only thing but it is one of the most important. My report is on oil and how it affects us. Oil is a fossil fuel. It was created millions of years ago from the remains of prehistoric organisms at the bottom of lakes or oceans.10,9,17 Fossil fuels are formed from the remains of dead plants or animals.The plants or animals were called plankton…
Biodiesel is most commonly made through transesterification which is taking triglycerides and converting them into methyl esters. Biodiesel does not contain any petroleum and contains used restaurant grease, soybeans or other renewable resources. Biodiesel does create a cleaner engine in trucks. Trucks that use biodiesel have superior emissions that are cleaner and burns more hydrocarbons, less carbon monoxide is…
Mexico’s Modern Problems In the early years of Mexico there were many problems. They had to become an independent nation, which took many brave lives and quite some time. Then Mexico had a dispute over land with the United States that resulted in a war. After that they had a financial problem that put an even larger gap between the rich and the poor. Mexico had to overcome all of this, then many years later they were a mostly civilized country. That leads into the next set of problems that…
Going into depth with the energy crisis, the biggest issue was the want and need for oil with not enough oil to go around to everyone causing issues with members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies (OPEC). After the Iranian Revolution the oil industry was just not the same causing the prices of oil per barrel to skyrocket (Britannica Staff). This became a problem within the energy crisis since the majority of people living in the United States of America depended on oil for…