This “area” is now Midland. An Ohio real estate firm bought land at Midland and founded Midland Town Company. They started to promote the town across the Midwest and they drilled three water wells. In January 1886 the city’s first school opened, and newspaper, the Midland Gazette, was advertising Midland as “the Queen City of the South Plains.” In 1890 the population grew to 600 and The First National Bank of Midland was chartered. By that time…
Fracking has been a controversial topic for many years now and continues to be questioned. There are debates about the definition of fracking and whether the term refers to the entire industrial process or just the underground water blast that fractures the rock after the drilling is finished. One of the concerns about fracking are the flow back water containing a cocktail of chemicals used for many beneficial purposes but often contains radioactive materials and salts from the underground…
trust with the customers, Wells Fargo took actions in three primary ways: assisting customers, strengthening operations, and enhancing government practices. Wells Fargo abandoned its sales goals, assigned new management and paid back millions in refunds to ensure their reputation. Total of $6.1 million they paid to refund customers for its fraudulent bank accounts. The bank also paid $910,000 to refund customers for the improper online bill enrollments. Additionally, Wells Fargo also agreed to a…
The Wells Fargo fraudulent account case started forming during September 8th of 2016. Wells Faro Bank was accused by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Los Angeles City Attorney. The firms claimed that Wells Fargo during 2011 and 2016 created additional fraudulent bank accounts for pre-existing customers. Signing up over 2 million customers for new credit cards and fees that they were unaware of. The fraud allegedly resulted from our…
There are many different ways to refine the crude oil to get to the end product. Crude oil is basically fossil fuel that has been formed from dead animals and plants from millions of years ago. Engineers go through a process of locating where oil may be by using sonar. When they believe they have found an area that has this fossil fuel, they begin by drilling a hole and then pump the crude oil out to either a barge or into a pipe that goes directly to land. Once the crude oil makes it to the…
The Environmental Protection Agency defines frackings as “A well stimulation process used to maximize the extraction of underground resources; including oil, natural gas, geothermal energy, and even water”(Environmental Protection Agency). This process, employed to release natural gas involves drilling deep into the ground and shooting a high pressure water solution into rock formations in order to release the gas inside. Although the history of fracking can be traced back to the 1940’s, it…
more like a safe net and for others it 's a ticket for having fun, excitement and adventure. A family 's cultural style often falls into one of four categories or a blend of the two says Arne Boudewyn; head of family dynamics for Abbot Downing, a Wells Fargo company. These four categories are as follows: 1. Cautious/ conservative- this family is extremely cautious about every financial decision they make. It takes them a long time to decide if making a big purchase is right for them. This…
featuring the Bollywood actor Prem Chopra. In this advertisement Vaseline employs the use of ethos, by displaying Chopra, and claiming he uses their cream, and logos, by claiming the cream will make you look cooler and smarter, and it lasts all day, as well as other visuals, to persuade young Indian men to purchase their hair cream so they can “stay cool… look smart.” This advertisement features Chopra on the right side of the advertisement, taking up most of…
In this paper I will discuss the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project, its goals and eventual failures. The aim of the Project was to build a 1,070 km underground pipeline to transport oil from three oil fields in the Southwest of Chad, through Cameroon, and ending in a floating facility in the Atlantic Ocean (“Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project”, 2017 para 1). Although the Pipeline succeeded in being built and generating revenue, the Project did not succeed in using that revenue for poverty reduction.…
Problem : April 22 of 2010, approximately 206 million gallons of oil was spilt in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mother Nature Network stated, “Gulf Oil Spill is the officially the largest oil spill in the world history”, (“Mother Nature Network”, Laura Moss). The Gulf Oil Spill started when oil went miles below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, and it exploded. It caused BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig that it killed 11 people. The oil spread for more than 85 days and oiled 572 miles. Along the way,…