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St. augustine girls’ high school | The Mining of Oil and Natural Gas in Trinidad and Tobago | Geography | | Sareeta Seeram, Inayah Mohammed, Mariah Ollivierre, Maria Ollivierre and Arielle Mootra | 9/1/2013 |

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Table of Contents:

* Location of Oilfields and Gas Fields in Trinidad and Tobago…………………. Pg 2 * Factors that Influence the Location of Oil and Gas Mining in Trinidad and Tobago………………………………………………………………. Pg 3 * Trends in the Oil and Gas Industry……………………………….…………………. Pg 4-6 * Challenges in the Oil and Gas Industry…………………………………………… Pg 7-8 * The Role of the European Union in the Mining of Oil and Gas…….…………. Pg 9 * Role of the Caribbean Single Market Economy on the Mining of Oil and Gas in Trinidad and Tobago…………………………………………... Pg 10 * Oil and Natural Gas in the Future…………………………………………………. Pg 11 * Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………… Pg 12

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Location of Oilfields and Gas Fields in Trinidad and Tobago

Map of Trinidad and Tobago Showing the Location of Oilfields and Gas Fields:

* Oil fields can be found on land in the southern areas of Trinidad as well as off the east and west coast in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Paria respectively.

* All gas fields can be found offshore. The majority can be located in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Trinidad. Other gas fields can be found of the west coast and to the north of Trinidad and to the west of Tobago.

Factors that Influence the Location of Oil and Gas Mining in Trinidad and Tobago
Millions of years ago, organic material accumulated on the ocean floors. Other sediments soon covered these materials. Over time, as a result of the heat and pressure exerted on then, the organic materials turned into crude oil and natural gas.



Bibliography: * The Caribbean Environment for CXC Geography by Mark Wilson * Complete Geography Course for C.S.E.C- Vohn Rahill * Longman Caribbean School Atlas- * http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=TD * http://www.petrotrin.com/ * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago * http://www.energyguidett.com/O-P_oilgas.html * http://www.energy.gov.tt/

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