My Texas and US government class has impacted my education the most outside of my engineering classes. Knowing about the governmental system and political parties helps engineers like me understand and influence the policies that affect our jobs. The federal, state, and local governments determine and enforce safety and environmental standards through agencies like OSHA and the EPA. It also controls patents, publications, and engineering licensing. Depending on the current political party or special
The following document is a transcript from a sit down interview conducted between chief executive officer Jim Ellis who is responsible for the operations of the new Alberta Energy Regulator and Crystal Lameman who is known to advocate on behalf of Alberta First Nations. The interview is concerning the controversial Athabasca tar sands (also known as oil sands) which are known to contain large amounts crude oil in the world and the largest of three major oil sands deposits in Alberta (Terry, 2009)
United States, China and Russia are the top 3 producers of Oil shale in the world. Oil shale is important because of its usage and economical factor , It can be transformed or treated into diesel and jet fuels or petrol. Oil shale was deposited in the Songlio Basin(NE china) during the upper cretaceous period, representing an excellent hydrocarbon source of rocks. By definition Oil shale also knows as kerogen shale is a fine grained sedimentary rock containing organic matter that yields substantial
Remediation efforts have repaired the site. I think that working in a location that has been remediated has given me a desire to research how humans can more efficiently use the landscape at a minimal environmental cost. Water is very interesting to me as well. The Yellowstone River has numerous oil pipelines that cross the channel. An oil spill in 2011 near
price of oil all over the country making gas prices go up and eventually affecting the whole economy. Then the United States would have no oil and the economy would be suffering from a lack of jobs from a quarter of the oilfield being shut down as well as higher gas prices which slows travel down. With higher gas prices people do not travel as much and hotels, airlines, and many other industries will be suffering from it. The United States already imports oil from unstable countries such as Saudi
Wells Fargo is a multinational financial institution, according to their website, it was founded on March 18, 1852. Wells Fargo has been around for a full history, in the financial services industry for over 160 years. This puts Wells Fargo in a place where they have built a reputation with their customers that has earned their trust in all of their financial needs over the 160 years. According to the Wells Fargo website, their “ their name is forever linked to the image of six horses stagecoach
me. However, the more research I accumulated on the Jeep Wrangler the more I understood that it did not address my need financially. Which is the reason I began to gear my attention towards other model such as the Toyota RAV4 LE. Its sleek styling, well deserved reputation for dependability and strength, and reasonable pricing is the motivation behind why the Toyota RAV4 LE is my actual ideal car. Cost When it came to the expense of the car, I needed to be realistic and honest with myself since
In 1852, Henry Wells and William Fargo founded Wells Fargo & Co. to serve the West during the American Gold Rush. There was a panic crisis where many business owners saw their doors closing in 1855. Following the survival of Wells Fargo, they were given two advantages. The first advantage being virtually no competition in California, and the second being Wells Fargo had already made a name for itself being reputable and dependable in their work. From 1855 to 1866 Wells Fargo saw exponential growth
Wells Fargo & Company was incorporated on the 24th of January 1929 in San Francisco as a bank holding company that provides financial services on a retail and commercial level through the internet and banking offices etc. It operates in 3 segments being investment management, wholesale banking and community banking in the form of loans, insurance and just wealth management. It is an international bank that has different administrative facilities in locations that include Texas, Las Vegas, California
In September of 2016 new broke that a large organization, Wells Fargo was involved in a rather extraordinary scandal. Employees of Wells Fargo in order to meet sales goals were creating fake emails to sign customers up for banking account and credit cards. Debit card and Pin numbers were created for these accounts. Then they would transfer money back and forth between these accounts. On top of this they were doing these activities without customers consent. Now some would argue that some bad eggs