Reliance Petroleum

Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is a type of drilling that uses water, sand and chemicals, shot at high pressure, to release energy resources trapped inside rocks. This recently new technology for drilling allows areas that were previously inaccessible for drilling, like very concentrated rocky areas, to now be opened up through fracking to obtain natural gases and oil. The water solution used with this drilling technique produces almost the same amount of “sludge” as an after…

Oil is a fossil fuel used in everyday lives, yet this abundant resource is not infinite so requires new pockets to be continually found. Worldwide concerns have sparked many controversies over whether oil has been reached its maximum extraction known as ‘peak oil’. There is also a worldwide concern towards on what will happen when in Marion King Hubbert graph reaches the declining period. In the social aspect it could lead to even more political instability between countries and cause conflicts…

Fracking: A Small Benefit with Innumerable Hazards Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is a process used to obtain natural gas from shale rock formations. This type of drilling is used with another type called “horizontal drilling” (The Pennsylvania Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing, or "Fracking). A common question that arises is “Why is fracking being done?” The answer is simple and a quote by Jeremy Grantham perfectly explains this question. The quote is “The world is using up its…

Across the planet, the human race has begun to take notice of a rapidly changing climate. Of particular concern is the unnaturalness of such a global climate change, pointing to the fact that it is largely mankind’s doing, or rather, undoing. In addition to climate change, environmental problems such as water and air pollution, species extinction, and deforestation are rampant, indicating the all-encompassing degradation of industrial activities on the natural world. However, hydraulic…

the compression would be provided at the seabed instead of on the platform. Statoil is currently carrying out two of these projects on the Norwegian continental shelf and was awarded for a breakthrough in the subsea technology in 2012 (Norwegian Petroleum, 2016, 2). Using gravity in the form of the weight of water is a clever solution and Norway is a perfect place to try such an innovation because of diverse research programs that are funded by the…

Picture your life twenty five years from now, where do you see yourself? If you do not think you will still be around, then where are your kids, grandchildren, or nieces and nephews? Wherever it is, you are probably wrong. There are many things that can happen between now and then to keep you and them from getting wherever it may be. Now, the question is: What are you willing to do to get to this place you desire to reach? Every year people across the continents are polluting the world with…

Third Written Report This section of Reframing Contemporary Africa by Peyi Soyinka – Airewele and Rita Kiki Edozie looks at external and internal factors were affecting the African nation. In ‘The New Oil Gulf of Africa: Global Geopolitics and Enclave Oil Producing Economies” by Okbazghi Yohannes looks at the participating of Africa in the world economy and how resource reach African countries have been affected by it. In "The Politics of HIV/ AIDS in Africa: Representation and the Political…

1) Massive Oil Pipeline Leak under North Dakota Farmer’s Field The North Dakota farmer found an oil spill the size of seven football fields during harvesting the wheat. The farmer said that the crude was bubbling up out of the ground when he found it and the crude can be smelled for days before the tires of the combines were coated in it. The damage of the pipeline causes the oil spewing and bubbling six inches high. It was one of the largest spills recorded in the stated which was equal to…

British Petroleum William Knox founded British Petroleum in May 1908, as Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The Shah of Iran gave Mr. Knox permission to drill for Iran´s oil. In 1909 the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) was incorporated and shares were sold to the public. The first chairman was Lord Stratchona, he also owned a minority shareholder. BP is a public limited company, their ownership is spread among the general public in many shares of stock, and these stocks are freely traded on a stock…

My second critical response essay is on the reading Getting Fossil Fuels Off the Plate by Michael Bomford. This reading is about how food is grown, processed, and transported around the world and how much energy it takes to get food from its origin to your plate. Our aptitude to obtain food with ease is our most treasured resource, but regrettably our present structures of food production, especially agriculture, are causative to the failing strength of the world’s air and water, while…