Offshore Oil Drilling 1 The Time Has Come For More Offshore Oil Drilling [pic] Figure 1 shows what a typical offshore oil rig looks like. http://jonesact.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/oilrig.jpg Bryce D. Cates EPD 155 Sec 3 “Research Project” April 15, 2010 Offshore Oil Drilling 2 To: Paul Ross From: Bryce D. Cates Date: April 15, 2010 Subject: Cover Memo What do we do to obtain oil to meet the needs of Americans without having
Brown, Jacob E., The North Slope Basin, Alaska The North Slope is a foreland basin that spans the entire width of Northern Alaska. The northern boundary of the basin is just off shore of the Coastal Plain Province where it meets the Beaufort Sea (Figure 1). The Barrow Arch, a subsurface passive high margin, is the boundary between the North Slope Basin and the Canada Basin that extends north into the Artic Sea. The southern boundary is Brooks Range, a thrust-fault mountain belt that extends from
Oil Drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge The main issue presented in my research involves the debate between environmentalists and the United States government on whether to open and develop a portion of the Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the northern coastal plain of Alaska for the purpose of drilling for oil. Environmentalists argue that opening up this region of ANWR to future oil drilling would destroy the current ecosystems, disrupt animal habitats and adversely change
ANWR: Drilling Mandatory or Unnecessary Shannon Bowerman Hour 7 Laughlin -- February 12, 2008 English Research Paper Shannon Bowerman Hour 7 February 12, 2008 English Research Paper – Introduction Since 1987, the issue of whether or not drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) should be allowed has been one of the concerns of political figures, as well as many Americans. This issue has been fought before the Senate at least
two sections of expansions. b) First, it would connect Cushing, Oklahoma, where there is a current bottleneck of oil, with the Gulf Coast of Texas, where oil refineries abound. c) Second, it would include a new section from Alberta to Kansas. It would pass through Bakken Shale region of eastern Montana and western North Dakota. Here, it will pass through a region where oil extraction is currently booming and take on some of this crude for transport. C. Delay on the expansion is costly
Executive summary Nexen is an oil & gas exploration and production company that operates out of Calgary Alberta, Canada. They are a well-run, profitable, and responsible company that operates in 7 countries and does both onshore and offshore drilling for conventional oil & gas, shale gas, and oil sands. Their board of directors has recently unanimously agreed to a $15.1 billion buyout by China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC), which is currently under review by the
use oil every day. Powering cars, heating homes, and providing electricity are just a few examples of how we use oil fuels in our daily life. Where would we be if we woke up tomorrow and couldn't fly because there was no fuel, or products containing plastic were taken off the market? "In fact, oil is a part of everyday items such as crayons, bubble gum, and deodorant (Mooney 19). Oil is the number one source of energy in the U.S. today. However, the U.S. imports 140 billion worth of its oil supply
The British Petroleum Company plc (BP) is one of the five largest oil companies in the world today. It is United Kingdom’s largest corporation. BP discovered oil in Iran before World War I. By the mid 1990’s it produced over 1.5 million cubic feet of natural gas every day. It has more than 16,400 service stations around the world. It is an integrated oil and gas company. The company provides its customers fuel used in transportation, petrochemical products that are used in making paints, clothes
Isaac E. Blake having the idea to have kerosene available to the public in an affordable way, in the Ogden, Utah region. In the early twentieth century, the Phillips brothers began drilling with great success. After both companies were strong individual success, they formed a merger ConocoPhillips, with the strengths of oil and gas that merged in 2002 to form a partnership. Being a strong competitor in the industry, the main competitors include the likes of BP, ExxonMobil, etc. Although
British Petroleum and Recommendations for Improvement and Success Abstract This paper will look at British Petroleum, BP, one of the largest oil companies in the world. Following the Gulf Oil Spill does BP have sustainability in this market? This paper will examine the early history of the company. It will look at the competitive advantages of the organization by looking at its SWOT analysis. The company’s market strategy will be examined including its growing interest into alternative fuels