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    INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 1 External/Industry Analysis: Workforce Housing in the Oil and Gas Industry Steve McKeon Westminster College INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 2 Introduction The external analysis is designed to help companies identify specific trends and events that may have an impact on their business. This concept is not difficult to understand, but many companies have fallen victim to their own complacency. This is why the external analysis is so important and must be evaluated on a regular

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    John D. Rockefeller chief of industry, was the leader of the Standard Oil Organization and one of the world's wealthiest men. He utilized his fortune to finance continuous altruistic causes. American industrialist John D. Rockefeller was conceived July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York. He assembled his first oil refinery close Cleveland and in 1870 joined the Standard Oil Organization. By 1882 he had a close restraining infrastructure of the oil business in the U.S., however his business hones prompted

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    |Oil & Gas Industry:Past, Present and Future Sudha Singh At Independence, India 's domestic oil production was just 250,000 tones per annum. The entire production was from one state-Assam. Most foreign experts had written off India as far as discovery of new petroleum reserves was concerned. The Government announced, under Industrial Policy Resolution, 1954, that petroleum would be the core sector industry. Preamble Petroleum exploration

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    Oil Products The demand for natural resources and other earthly materials continue to rise exponentially throughout the world, especially due to rising populations. Some issues that are in support of fracking include having the opportunity to access an alternative source of fuel, creates more jobs in the oil and gas industry, lowers taxes for Americans by using domestic oil, helps to make certain countries less dependent on others for their resources, stimulates the economy, and also helps to improve

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    crude oil into the gulf. From a company perspective, this is a staggering loss of capital ranging from the drilling rig itself to the clean up of the aftermath. The question remains, however, could this have been prevented? The oil and gas industry has been known to be a high risk, high profit industry. Many workers are placed in an isolated place under hazardous working conditions, but are compensated with a high salary and great benefit packages. These areas of compensation,

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    produce and commission business (The Linux Information Project, 2006, John D. Rockefeller section, para. 1; The Rockefeller Archive Center, 1997, para. 3). Once Rockefeller was in the oil industry, he revolutionized it by presenting new uses for by-products of the refining process (Folsom, 1988, Discovering Crude Oil section, para. 9). The other main strategy employed by Rockefeller

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    of so many people for generations to come, with his company, The Standard Oil Trust he triggered a chain of events which would lead to the world we live in. Common society thinks of Rockefeller's as a tyrannical businessman, when Rockefeller was simply more efficient, innovative, and clever. His donations started when he first became a billionaire... In the 1860s when the oil industry had started there were a abundance of oil refineries Rockefeller and his associates started to buy companies the built

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    Albertan Oil: A Canadian Necessity Alberta’s oil and gas industry is a major necessity to the economic well being of the Canadian nation as a whole. This can be clearly seen with regards to the federals governments Equalization plan in which Alberta has not received a payment since the 1960’s. Although the oil and gas industry is detrimental to the environment, it is a necessity to the life the majority of Canadians take for granted and the notion that we can simply turn off the oil spigot and

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    Rockefeller sensed that the oil business was the best business to be a part of in the early 1860s. With oil production going through the roof in western Pennsylvania, Rockefeller decided to take a risk and established an oil refinery near Cleveland which would turn out to be a great business move. In 1863, he opened his first refinery, and after just two years it was the largest in the area.

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    the 20th of April, a malfunction occurred causing an oil explosion on the Deep water Horizon rig. Crews had experienced, what would be called a triumphant evening by the rupturing blast that they just encountered. Both crews worked tireless hours up on completing the well that lies 13,000 feet beneath the floor of the ocean. The Moncondo Prospect project was caped and completed while waiting for phase two, which resulted in harvesting the oil and gas. It was stated, the problem was not in technology

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