Strategic Petroleum Reserve

unleash an explosion in the number of wells applying the hydraulic fracturing method (Lane). Initially widely utilized in the Barnett shale reserves of Texas, gas production by means of fracking increased by 3,000 percent between 1998 and 2007. After the success of the Texas reservoir, a “natural gas revolution” took place, resulting in the targeting of shale reserves underlying Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, and Arkansas. Nationally, between 2004 and 2008, the number of fracking…

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 took a massive hit to public image, brand name, and to the overall prosperity of the company, following the oil spill that occurred on April 20, 2010. The spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi River Delta, at the Deepwater Horizon Oil Facility (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill). Since this horrific incident, which basically crippled the company, they have been employing numerous tactics to try to recover from it. There are two categories in which one can place…

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…

The world has solely relied on fossil fuels to supply us energy. Alone petroleum, coal, natural gas, and oil makes up eighty-one percent of the United States of America’s energy. If the world does not push to use alternative energy, eventually completely switching to alternative energy, leaving fossil fuels in the past, we will never stop some of the environmental problems contributed with burning fossil fuels. Some of the harsh environmental problems are air pollution, water pollution, and oil…

These ISIS sympathizers are also a key component to the groups financing. When it comes to the financial status of ISIS, it is estimated that they are worth up to $2 billion USD. This occurrence is clear when one looks at the various tools, networks, and opportunities the group has to finance itself. First and foremost, it is important to understand that the organization has technically existed since 1999, and since then has built a large network through the Middle East. Although, under the name…