Independent Petroleum Association Of America

In our society, oil is one of the core requirements. Whether it is to drive from a point A to a point B or to fly between distant countries, oil always had a fundamental impact on our civilization. Its impact is felt, on a daily basis and under many aspects. Not a day goes by without hearing about the Brent's changing undulation, on the markets in New York or London. Some have thought that the desire to gain control of Iran's oil resources was the core of the CIA's intervention in that country, in the 1950s. In recent years, it was considered, by left-wing groups, that the war in Iraq was based upon an attempt of foreign control over the Iraqi petroleum resources. Even though both events have an unquestioned place

An interest group is a group of people who try to influence government. Each group has a specific target area in which they desire to influence government policy. Many groups are single issue groups, such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Others seek to influence policy in a particular field, like healthcare or civil rights. This usually involves discussion about a range of issues. In either case, interest groups exist to influence political decision-making at the highest levels.

Americans have been drilling for oil for more than half of their existence. Before the 1850’s oil was of little use and had no market for commerce as there was not one overwhelming use for it. Until around the 1850’s, when technology advanced, with it sparking search for one of the most sought after natural resources that countries would later go to war over, petroleum oil. Early inventions like the kerosene lamp provided a new stable home necessity to live by, increasing the demand for crude oil. This would be met in part by Colonel Edwin Drake, who drilled the first successful oil well in 1858. While Drake’s invention for extracting crude oil from the ground would bring about a new era for industrialization, his “black gold” would bring about an even larger effect, the environmental disasters caused by man. For over one hundred and fifty years of drilling for oil, both on shore and offshore, has led to some of the worst catastrophes to both nature and mankind. While many of these catastrophes have led to the deaths of hundreds of crew members, they have also led to long lasting effects on the environment, local and national economies, legislation, regulations, and human morale. These following effects can be seen in the most recent and most contaminated marine oil spill in history. To the media and public it’s known as the British Petroleum offshore drilling oil spill in 2010.

The AMPI/CPA also filed a petition for writ of certiorari where they argued, among other things, “[t]he COGCC has the duty to both promote oil and gas development and regulate the industry by preventing or mitigating adverse gas development and regulate the industry by preventing or mitigating adverse impacts development may have on public health, safety and welfare when

I am very intrigued by the oil drilling industry. I really hadn’t put much thought into the industry until around three years ago. Since then I have seen many arguments on the pros and cons of drilling for oil either offshore or inland. Some of which I completely understand and believe changes should be put into place soon so that we do not cause more damage than necessary. . Numerous arguments though are just people looking to place blame and are not seeing the bigger picture. In order to appreciate the benefits of oil drilling we need to understand the process that happens, our daily consumption and finally how we can be more dependent with our own sources.

During the past three weeks I have been reading a book called The Prize, by Daniel Yergin. I decided to read this book because it traces the history of the oil and gas business dating back to the mid eighteen hundreds up to recent times. This book is important because oil production is one of the biggest economic issues around today. The Prize explains the fluctuations in the oil business beginning with Edward Drake 's first successful oil well in Pennsylvania, followed by Teddy Roosevelt 's anti-monopoly case against Standard Oil and finishes with the development of the oil industry in Saudi Arabia.

America has been dependant on oil since the 1800’s and the invention of modern machinery. From skin care products to the gasoline in our cars and engines, petroleum is the basis of almost everything we use for everyday life. Without oil the nation could not meet the energy demands we need to survive. Continued exploration has been the topic of heated debate among supporters and opponents, especially when it comes to offshore drilling. My goal here is to show the differing view points of drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico and present a better understanding from a national perspective. Drilling for our own offshore oil reserves can save the United States billions of dollars.

Independent Marketers - The Independent marketers, comprises largely indigenous petroleum marketing companies. The FGN introduced the Independent Marketing Scheme in 1978 because of petroleum products shortage of the 1970s and the lack of sufficient investment by major marketing companies in the rural areas. This led to the establishment of the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in 1982. Membership is open to every independent marketer duly licensed and authorised to operate by the NNPC or other appropriate organisation in charge of this function. The trade group of these companies is referred to as the independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). Examples of Independent marketers are Zenon Petroleum, Capital Oil & Gas and Ascon Oil & Gas.

In the United States oil consumption is an everyday occurrence, for every citizen. Our country without oil would not be able to function properly within all aspects of life. Our political, transportation and economics systems would all encounter drastic affects if there were no oil to transform into petroleum. Due to our huge dependency on petroleum products, oil companies like British Petroleum (BP), Exxon Mobil, and Saudi Aramco hold extreme power over many countries and make billions off our need to live our daily lives. The extraction of oil from these companies are causing life altering effects for future generations, by causing major environmental complications. Each of the three main oil companies have experienced oil spills that were damaging to the environments around them and gain the global attention, because of the size of the oils spills and the lack of effort to accurately clean the spills.

Executive director for Energy and Climate Solutions, Joseph J. Romm accurately declares, “There is no question that today oil companies control the government and incentives to discourage alternatives.” Like in the movie corporations do control the government's choice and actions for the

Southwestern Energy Production Company, Pennsylvania Superior Court opened the doors to trespass laws against fracking and natural gas companies. Southwestern Energy Production Company put wells in the land adjacent to the Briggs siblings’ land but when the wells were placed in the ground they were going into the Briggs’ property. The company has allegedly been extracting natural gas from the Briggs’ property since 2011 without their permission. The result of the case was that now the law is that Pennsylvanian law of fracking will not apply to capturing of natural gas from fissures that flow towards unpaid areas--making it illegal to do so (Morgan-Besecker, 2018). As well, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of six teenager environmental activisits. In the case, the court ruled in favor of making public health and environment the antecedence instead of creating an harmony between natural gas and environmentalism because they determined that this would not be effective (Paraskova, 2018). Lastly, Dakota Access Pipeline is one more instance of where environmentalism has gone against the big natural gas companies. The Dakota Access Pipeline is controversial due to its impact on the environment and has been protested heavily by Native American people such as the Sioux and Meskwaki people. Natural gas companies have been running constant television advertisement to sway people to support them however it is not working. Natural gas companies see the resistance, which despite the support of the current U.S. president, and continue to push against environmentalists and NODAPL supporters (Hand,

Based on the IEA’s latest Medium Term Market Outlook (October 2012), structural change is largely the market response to:

To analyze the documentary A Crude Awakening we must first identify the actors participating in the network. The documentary talks about society’s dependence on oil and how essential it is to the world today. The people seem to understand that there are flaws in the use of oil and that it harms the environment however that doesn’t stop people from using it. The documentary talks about oil being “God,” an essential item to keep society running. People forget that oil will run out, they forget that there isn’t an unlimited supply. It’s a precious resource that will run out sooner than people expect. Peak oil

Asme has an important purpose. According to ASME web page published on the ASME web site,”The ASME Foundation provides support for ASME programs, scholarships, awards and honors. The ASME Foundation champions ASME's mission to serve diverse global communities by advancing, disseminating and applying engineering knowledge for improving the quality of life, and communicating the excitement of engineering.” [1]. I personally believe this website is credible because what they are offering could help many young engineers and even some experienced engineers learn some new things, because as the saying goes “the more you know the more you are worth” and that is

Background: The Pioneer Petroleum Corporation is a hydrocarbons-based company, concentrating on oil, gas, coal, and petrochemicals. One of the critical problems confronting management and the board of Pioneer was the determination of a minimum acceptable rate of return on new capital investments. The company's basic capital budgeting approach was to accept all proposed investments with a positive net present value when discounted at the appropriate cost of capital.