Alvarez 1 Two societies One Grate King What comes first‚ paying your bills or giving a corrupt village money for water? Peggielene Bartels takes this question head-on. When she accepted her kingship of Otuam she was living in American and was struggling to pay her bills. She was able to give some of her own money. She also got help form some Americans. King Peggy is influenced by both American and Ghanaian societies. She uses both societies to be come a hero of Otuam. King Peggy is not just
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traditions of the Gwich’in forever. Politicians‚ environmentalists‚ economists and neighbors now fight over the prospect of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Many of the arguments for drilling are worth consideration; however‚ in comparison to the evidence against it‚ they are neither convincing nor compelling. In order to fully understand why drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is such a big deal; we need to understand the history of the refuge. ANWR was created in
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Journal of Engineering and Applied Science Volume 4‚ June 2012 © 2012 Cenresin Publications www.cenresinpub.org DETERMINATION OF THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF DRILLING FLUID FROM LOCALLY SOURCED CLAY FROM VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS Ajugwe .C‚ Oloro. J and 3Akpotu. D. Department of Petroleum Engineering Delta State University‚ Oleh Campus E-mail: joloroeng@yahoo.com ABSTRACT The rheological formulation of our locally sourced bentonite clay in substitute for the imported foreign bentonite clay
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The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald Would you think that a storm in the Great Lakes could flip and sink a 728 foot freighter? I will talk about before the ship sank‚ during the sinking‚ and after the sinking and the affects on the sinking. In will tell you how it sank and why it sank as well. On June 7‚ 1957 the construction of the Edmund Fitzgerald started. It was launched on the 7th of June 1958. Since then this freighter has been transporting tons and tons of Iran ore. In fact the day
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The Upper Big Branch Mine disaster occurred on April 5th‚ 2010‚ in Raleigh County‚ West Virginia. The mine was located in Montcoal and owned by Massey Energy‚ but bought out by Alpha Natural Resources in 2011. Twenty-Nine of the thirty one miners at the site were killed by the explosion. A state funded independent investigation would later find Massey Energy directly responsible for the accident. (www.sourcewatch.org) The explosion was ignited by high methane levels being a contributed factor. You
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was one of the worst man made disasters in recent history. Back in 2010‚ an estimated 47‚000 people and 7‚000 boats/vessels were involved in the cleanup process. “It was estimated by a government-commissioned panel of scientists that 4‚900‚000 barrels of oil had already leaked into the Gulf.” (Pallardy) An excessive amount of oil has polluted the region. The government and BP had to take action as soon as possible‚ before the spill reaches further distances. The disaster
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No plan existed for coping with a disaster of this magnitude . Lifeless bodies lay in the streets‚ beds remain occupied with people who will never breathe again‚ hospitals begin to overflow to people experiencing blinding‚ vomiting‚ and dysesthesia of the lungs . From the streets you could hear the screams of pain in the crisp‚ melancholy‚ toxic air . When day breaks there will be silence . What is done is done . On the fateful night of December 2‚ MIC gas began escaping from Tank 610 around 10:30
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In late March of 1989‚ an oil tanker by the name of Exxon Valdez spilled between eleven and 38 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound in Alaska. This spill was caused by various influential factors‚ but perhaps one of the most important would be Exxon Shipping Company’s inability to oversee the condition of the crew‚ leading to a fatigued navigator who led the vessel astray‚ which resulted in the massive spill. This oil‚ which is‚ of course‚ hazardous to living creatures‚ resulted
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What went wrong? The BP report identifies eight key elements in the Deepwater Horizon drilling operation each of which could have prevented the disaster The key times 20 April 9.40pm Report: ‘This overwhelmed the … system’ 20 April 9.49pm Report: ‘The fire and gas system did not prevent … ignition’ 1 The cement that was supposed to stop oil and gas reaching the well pipe casing did not work. The report blames the type of cement used Well pipe metal casing Cement fills ‘annulus’ gap 6 7 5
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degradation. An example that sheds light on the conflict between human interests and environmental responsibility is the controversial approval of the oil drilling in the Northern Slope region of Alaska and the drilling that has already began‚ in the Tar Sands of Alberta. In this paper I will firstly explain the situation regarding why the drilling for oil is up for debate to take place. Secondly I will assess the benefits and the irreparable damage that could possibly bring forth devastating effects
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