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    price will drop. Gasoline is sold in large volumes and the consumption of gasoline is pretty much guaranteed. Most people will still have to go to work regardless of price gases. Ever since I was 16 years old I could drive and have seen the price of gas rise since. There are roughly 25 million gallons of gasoline used daily in the United States. So, with that much gasoline being

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    Indonesian Petroleum Association asserts that, “Exploration for oil in Indonesia dates back to 1871, with the first commercial production beginning in 1885.” The success of one of the very first wells, drilled at Telaga Tunggal in 1885, triggered the explosion in the Indonesian oil industry. At a depth of only 121 meters, this well was producing commercial quantities of oil. This immediately led to further exploration and drilling of new oil fields throughout the region. The Royal Dutch Company and Shell

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    Fossil Fuels In America

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    Fossil fuels are a major source of energy in America and throughout the world. The three major fossil fuels are oil, natural gas, and coal. While these three fossil fuels account for most of the energy used in most countries and they are able to provide energy for places around the world at a cheap price, they also account for things like pollution and the climate changes. Each of the fossil fuels has a long process to be prepared for consumer use that causes many environmental problems. The major

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    Statoil

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    is a Norwegian Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas company, where the government of Norway is the main shareholder with 67 % of the shares. Statoil was established as a wholly state-owned company on 14th of July in 1972, and it was ranked as the 13th biggest Oil and Gas Company in the world by Fortune Magazine. Statoil is today a considerable international company, with 22.000 employees in 36 countries all over the world and it is Europe’s second largest natural gas supplier. The company manages the

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    process that extracts oil and natural gas from under the ground. Today, it is a controversial issue that requires a lot of attention. It is a very important topic that has both its positives and its negatives. As Fracking grows and expands, people should start to consider the advantages and disadvantages of fracking and what it really means. Now I will introduce how fracking actually works. A shaft is drilled several hundred meters into the earth. Then, a horizontal hole enters gas bearing layer of

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    language of the Act requires a balancing test between the development of oil and gas resources and protecting public health and the environment. Martinez then appealed the Denver District Court ruling to the Colorado Court of Appeals arguing that the language of the Act does not require the COGCC to balance oil and gas development with protecting the public health and the environment but instead directs the COGCC to permit oil and gas development only when it can determine there will be no

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    The Seneca Oil Company

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    In 1859 Edwin Drake and E. B. Bowditch of the Seneca Oil Company drilled the first commercial oil well in the United States in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The well produces about 500 gallons of oil a day and over time has increased. Soon, similar wells all over western Pennsylvania were providing crude oil for kerosene production that was needed to fuel the nation 's streetlights and house lamps. “The lighter boiling component, gasoline, was discarded, since it had no market. There are historical reports

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    dollars’ worth of oil per day. An estimated 10 percent of that is consumed by big rig trucks. The United States military also used diesel for a majority of its craft and vehicles. That is a large amount of oil and that is why there is research being done looking for alternative options to keep the country going. The topics at hand are natural gas and liquid natural gas. Details and science of natural gas It goes without saying that there are many skeptics that argue liquid natural gas deposits create

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    Statoil

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    is a Norwegian Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas company, where the government of Norway is the main shareholder with 67 % of the shares. Statoil was established as a wholly state-owned company on 14th of July in 1972, and it was ranked as the 13th biggest Oil and Gas Company in the world by Fortune Magazine. Statoil is today a considerable international company, with 22.000 employees in 36 countries all over the world and it is Europe’s second largest natural gas supplier. The company manages the

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    a sovereign nation situated in South Asia having the expansive sedimentary basin covering more than 827,000 Sq. Km and spread over both onshore and offshore. The total evaluated reserves of Pakistan are 27 billion barrels of oil and 280 trillion cubic feet of

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