in existence‚ which runs from fields of oil sand starting in Canada to the U.S. The Keystone XL Pipeline 2‚000 long would be an expansion of this‚ causing somewhat of an economic issue regarding employment and that would only be the beginning of many issues. TransCanada is the company that has been striving for this project to begin; A connection to Cushing‚ Oklahoma where there is currently an oil jam to the Gulf Coast of Texas‚ where the destination of oil refiners’ are located. The other new add-on
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Act or (NEPA) of. The Law was officially in acted January 1st 1970‚ by Richard Nixon. When the Country cried out for help and wanted someone to step In after a series of major environmental accidents. Off the shores of Santa Barbara a major oil spill destroyed thousands of miles of ocean water‚ and marine life. This wasn’t the only environmental Issues going on. Areas in and around Pittsburg in the late 1960’s had a large smog or dense air pollution that had residents up in arms. Also in
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Present time a person will encounter alcohol based fire where the need of AR-AFFF foam will be used in the event of a tanker fire or flammable liquid spill. The AFFF foam will not serve the purpose for burning fuel spilled due to the alcohol content used in the mixture. The AR-AFFF foam will provide a longer resistance in the event of vapor suppression of non-ignited fuels. The ethanol blended gasoline
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local communities and residents. A PhD recipient from Duke University‚ Dr.Richard Anderson‚ claims that the federal government needs to have certain limitations on national fracking protocol. Otherwise‚ he argues greater environmental issues with the oil and gas industries may arise. Many recent articles and research have agreed with Dr. Anderson in the conclusion that water contamination and greater health risks may occur if the government does not provide a solution. The Texas legislature should ban
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For many oil companies‚ the Gulf represents some of their most profitable and promising properties. The White House is seemingly making an increased show of pressuring BP‚ but President Obama is facing political heat from within his own party for what some say has been a lackluster response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Since the spill began‚ there has been some intense political debate regarding BP’s responsibility‚ the government’s response‚ and the extent of the environmental damage
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influential events in all of oil history occurred in Beaumont‚ Texas. The Texas Oil Company‚ now known as Texaco‚ struck oil at a salt dome in southern Beaumont Texas. This was the biggest amount of oil the world had ever seen at the time. These wells on Spindletop would change the way we drilled‚ collected‚ used‚ and sold oil. Spindletop even raised concerns about conserving the oil. This gusher would change the way oil was drilled‚ collected‚ used and sold. The Spindletop oil field produced more than
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BP plc (British Petroleum) February 2‚ 2014 University of Mount Olive Table of Contents Title Page ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………………... 2 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………….... 3 External Environment …………………………………………………………………………... 3 Economic Trends………………………………………………………………………… 4 Political/Legal …………………………………………………………………………… 5 Demographics …………………………………………………………………………… 6 Technological Trends ……………………………………………………………………
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Environmental Ethics Issue on Oil Spills Environmental Ethics Issue on Oil Spills The environmental ethics issue that I chose to examine in this paper is the petroleum industry and its long history of oil spills which damage the ocean’s ecology‚ runes beaches‚ kills animals‚ and threatens the fishing and shrimping industries. Even though the United States and many other countries depend on the oil carried by ships or drilled for on off shore drilling rigs‚ the damage done by this industry
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strategy‚ have led BP to develop a negative reputation amongst consumers and government officials. The company needs to develop a way to get consumers to put the past behavior of BP behind them and to make consumers believe that the new core values BP has‚ along with its efforts towards rectifying the situation‚ are truthful and valuable. Situational Analysis Internal Environment: Marketing Objectives‚ Strategy‚ and Performance Without actually defining a mission statement‚ BP has published a
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these people had been suffering with the water portion of it because with the oil drilling there water pipes were mixed in with the oil which there water faucets water came mixed with oil which meant that the water is not drinkable that’s why Fox went into a little adventure so he can personally see this and get evidence from all of these people with high oil underground. By visiting all of these people that were high in oil which most of the industries offered money for their land which was not enough
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