Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge is one of America’s last great wilderness areas. It is home to many animals such as polar bears‚ wolves‚ and grizzly bears‚ caribou herds‚ snow geese‚ musk oxen‚ and dozens of other species. If your oil companies keep drilling in the Arctic‚ most of these beautiful creatures will die‚ and some will become extinct. The Coastal Plain is home to these animals. Annually‚ a herd of 129‚000 caribou gather on the Coastal Plain to bear and nurse their young. Polar bears rely
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English 102 Monday 6pm 2/13/2012 Domestic Oil Drilling: Benefits and Risks. Senator Everett Dirksen once noted “The oilcan is mightier than the sword”. In today’s world‚ it is easy to see why oil can be considered the most important resource to hold. Without oil‚ many of the common day occurrences we take for granted would be impossible. Oil is used for almost everything; from the fuel used to drive our vehicles‚ to the plastics used in every facet of life‚ and providing the heat needed to live
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the United States to increase the supply of available crude oil by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The idea of drilling in the Arctic has been controversial and to the present day is still being debated. The United States’ need to determine whether drilling in the Arctic will be a worthwhile consideration‚ or if there are not sufficient benefits to counteract the harmful possibilities drilling possesses. Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge provides many immediate economic
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Oil Drilling in Alaska There is believed to be between 5.7 and 16 billion barrels of recoverable crude oil in Alaska. The only thing holding us back from drilling there because it would damage a protected national wildlife refuge in the act killing many animals. The controversy of whether to drill there or not has been going on since around 1977. The last two presidents we had were on different sides of how they felt about the drilling. There are many positives to drilling in Alaska but for every
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Cons of Natural Gas Drilling Gas drilling has had the most impact on Pennsylvania ever since it was discovered. Whether or not it would have a direct impact on the environment is the question everyone has. Or “is it too good to be true?” obviously there are flaws in the idea of natural gas drilling and I am going to point these out whether or not you see the obvious issues on the matter is for you too judge for one’s self. My final question to you is how many people really going to make a huge
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Draw-works. Draw-works is the machine on the rig consisting of a large-diameter steel spool‚ brakes‚ a power source and assorted auxiliary devices. The primary function of the draw works is to reel out and reel in the drilling line‚ a large diameter wire rope‚ in a controlled fashion. The drilling line is reeled over the crown block and traveling block to gain mechanical advantage in a "block and tackle" or "pulley" fashion. This reeling out and in of the drilling line causes the traveling block‚ and whatever
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Professional working for Averic and also as a person‚ I understand the need for lowering the high costs of gasoline. Open Thesis: Off shore drilling will enhance the American Economy and lower our dependency on foreign supply of petroleum. Closed Thesis: Today I’d like to talk about: first what makes the price of gasoline so high‚ second how off shore drilling can help lower the cost of gasoline and third‚ how our country will benefit from it. Transition: I will begin by telling you why gas is so
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International Drilling Corporation Case Write-up In the case study ”International Drilling Corporation”‚ Taylor described that the problem as many people either “didn’t know about what was going on” or “knew and just didn’t care.” Upon further inspection on the case‚ it was evident that many IDC executives were aware of company’s wrongdoings‚ but simply decided not to take any action. However‚ if I were Don Taylor‚ I would choose to report SEC. I believe this is the most ethical and logical decision
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Offshore drilling in the United States 2012 [键入作者姓名] [键入公司名称] 2012/7/28 Background In U.S.‚ offshore drilling is a controversial topic due to its two-side effect‚ it had been banned since 1980s‚ but in 2010‚ the president Obama decided to Lifted restrictions and opened vast expanses of American coastlines to oil and natural gas drilling to reduce gas prices in U.S.‚ whether it is necessary to allow the offshore drilling has become a troublesome problem. This paper will discuss the advantage
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Effects of offshore drilling Offshore drilling also known as Seaward boring is a topic that has brought controversy for a few decades‚ the drilling in United States coast has been detrimental in helping the economy and political stand in the country; however this process is extremely dangerous to the environment‚ individuals and animals‚ Case in point‚ the oil slick in the Gulf a couple of years prior significantly harmed nature and marine life Boring ashore is an immense extend in itself in addition
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