Northern Drilling, The World 's Third Largest Exploration Drilling

TOPIC: 1. Find an example (not in the course readings) where the interests of humans and the environment are in conflict (recall the Monarch butterfly reserves in Mexico). What would your judgment be in resolving this conflict? Explain your decision.Are there possibilities for negotiation or compromise?

American Association of Drilling Engineers (also known as AADE) is an organization that focuses on the field of drilling industry. The main purpose of this organization is to provide knowledge and to increase interest/awareness to the students that is going to oil and gas drilling industry. They set out weekly meetings, field trips and they participate in national conferences. Info sessions are usually hosted by oil and drilling industry companies as well as companies that supports same area of study.

My career is being an Oil Well Driller which is a job where you go to a curtain area and to a curtain rig and work on that rig, land or off shore rig, to drill oil for curtain company and make a lot of money.

Exploration drilling is the first step in determining the position of a mine and whether it is a viable business opportunity. Drilling determines the exact positions of ore bodies suitable for mining. This also achieves samples which are tested to find out the quality of the ore body. Drilling is performed within a set area to find the size of the ore body.

Similarly, mankind mining of the same minerals is found to be unprecedented. Man digs, drills, crushes, extracts, and processes minerals based on his needs (Bardi,

Five years have passed since the horrific explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that led to the tragic end to the lives of eleven men and critically injured seventeen. 3.19 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas was leaked in to the Gulf of Mexico. Though there were countless efforts made to clean the oil out of the water, the environment and even the people in the surrounded areas are still being greatly affected by the spill both financially.

Under his leadership, Petrello has enabled the Nabors industries to provide directional drilling services, and innovative technologies to other drilling companies in the world. This has greatly contributed to the rise of the company’s share price

The purpose of this report is to discuss estimated ultimate reserves of gas, oil, and NGL. Also, to discuss the drilling and development costs per well for the Eagle Ford shale, the Bakken shale, the Marcellus shale, and the Tuscaloosa Marine shale. Next, I will comment on the first exploratory well and the company responsible for the discovery well. I will then discuss the

Luisier Drilling has provided superior customer services and drilling to the Greater Oconto Falls region for over 75 years.This immense wealth of experience has allowed them to create an unmatched quality of service within their field. Throughout the years, their reputation has evolved into one of dependability, honesty, and affordability.

Arctic Mining Consultants is a mining company that deals with mineral exploration. In this case study, the project given is staking 15 claims in Eagle Lake, Alaska. The project Manager was Tom Parker, who has a wide experience and specialized knowledge in all nontechnical aspects of mineral exploration. He is a geological field technician and field coordinator for Arctic Mining Consultants. He assigned his previous field assistants John Talbot, Greg Boyce and Brian Millar to help him complete the project. The job required them to stake at least 7 lengths each day in order to be completed on time. However, the whole team has became very tense and agitated, especially Tom Parker, as the deadline was

Canada has a long history in mining of a number of minerals which include copper, nickel, Uranium, potash, gold and diamonds among others. It also has a refining industry which makes it a producer of aluminium and refined copper and nickel. Foreign capital has always played a role in the development of the mining industry until recently when the domestically controlled companies have begun to play a more significant role. The mining industry has once being under a brief wave of nationalisation which resulted in a restrictive foreign investment regime. And now a relatively liberal regime has been in place. Foreign direct investment flows to the mining sector have increased rapidly recent growing from under $5 billion to over $20 billion from

When drilling for oils, companies need to have regulations and one of those requirements is for environmental protection. This is a requirement that conducts operations in a way, that protects mineral resources, other natural resources. The companies need to be paying attention to the environment and what is affecting the environment. The companies have to inspect the land and determine what material is being drilled. (University of Colorado).

This case study mainly focuses on Arctic mining consultants of geological mines, its management and organizational behavior particularly with much emphasis on the employees who are coordinated by Parker (Case study). Tom Parker, 43, is now a field technician and coordinator for Arctic Mining Consultants. He is experienced in this field since he has worked with headstone installer and prospectors among other companies. He worked as a ranch hand, high steel rigger, headstone installer, prospector and geological field technician. Now he is responsible for hiring, training and supervising field assistants for all Arctic Mining Consultant’s programs. He has experience in mineral exploitation, trenching and installation of grid. For this project Parker will be acting as team manager though this is not his normal role. Tom has hired three people to work for him on a past project at Eagle Lake, John Talbot, Greg Boyce, and Brian Millar. He wants to enforce these policies to his fellow workers due to his powerful influence without considering their abilities. This is what has resulted to issues of organizational behavior not being put in consideration in a bid to fulfill his ambitious goals (Theresa, Devansheesh, Andrew & Melanie, 2011). The project stipulates that within a seven day window the team stakes 15 claims, 60 miles in total, which would be an average of 7.5 lengths per day among the four team members. These stipulations also include mobilization and demobilization. Mr.

Mining is one of Canada’s main industries primarily involving the processes of extraction, refining and processing of valuable minerals and rocks. The industry is a major employer, with approximately 375,000 people working in the mining and processing industries. In fact, these employees enjoy an average annual salary of around $100,000 compared to the average $33,000 of other industries (forestry, finance, and manufacturing) in the country. More so, more than 3,700 companies globally, supply engineering, environmental, financial and other relevant services towards Canada’s mining industry. (http://mining.ca/resources/mining-facts )

When the oil and gas companies drill for oil, they also get a byproduct of drilling is natural gas. This gas can be used to generate power and then those power can resell as electricity; but this conversion process requires a lot of investment such as pipelines, power plants, and infrastructure. However some oil Company just sell the oil and burn the gas because it’s cheap compare to extract it, which is called gas flaring. Flaring and venting of natural gas is a wasted resource from an economic viewpoint and also responsible for polluting the environment. Every year, roughly about 140-150 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas is flared into the atmosphere which account for 1% of global carbon emissions gas flaring. Gas flaring is