Have you ever want to know what is under the ocean? Well in the Arctic region it contains some of the world’s largest reserves iron‚ copper‚ lead‚ and uranium. It is more beneficial for the United States to explore oceans because oceans can give us lots of resources such as copper and uranium‚ it has lots of land for us to colonize under the surface. Also it can inspire young people to get careers in important things like science and engineering. This paragraph will talk about how the ocean can
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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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Soil and Natural Vegetation Essay When traveling to the high arctic in the Canadian Tundra you can compare the sight of vegetation to traveling to the peaks of the highest mountain range in Canada‚ The Rockies. There are multiple factors you can use to answer why this is natural phenomenon occurs. The soil’s active layer‚ glaciers and snow-caps‚ and the soil in each area not having the four components to become “True Soil”. The cold climatic conditions is one way you could compare the soil and
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This article is adapted from former US President Jimmy Carter‚ Foreword to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Carter uses anecdotes‚ evidence from reliable sources‚ and a call to action with pathos to persuade his audience that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should not be developed for industry. The use of an anecdote in Carter’s argument gives the reader an up close and personal look into the Arctic Nation Wildlife Refuge. It strengthens Carter’s argument by stressing how beautiful and untouched
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Oil Spills Pollution in the ocean is a major problem that is affecting the ocean and the rest of the Earth. Pollution is the ocean directly affects ocean organisms and indirectly affects human heath and resources. Oil spills is one of the harmful materials that are a major source of pollution in the ocean. “Oil spills stem from accidents involving tankers‚ barges‚ pipelines‚ refineries‚ and storage facilities‚ often while the oil is being transported to its users.” (NOAA 2012) Based on information
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Arctic Mining Case Study Tom Parker‚ 43‚ is now a field technician and coordinator for Arctic Mining Consultants. In the past he’s held various positions in non-technical aspects of mineral exploration. His past experiences include claim staking‚ line cutting‚ grid installation‚ soil sampling‚ prospecting‚ and trenching. For this project Parker will be acting as project manger though this is not his normal role. His responsibilities include hiring‚ training‚ and supervising a team of field assistants
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includes crude oil and refined petroleum products‚ that we consumed during 2009. Just over half of these imports came from the Western Hemisphere. Our dependence on foreign petroleum is expected to decline in the next two decades. In 2009‚ the United States produced 11% of the world’s petroleum and consumed 22%. The United States consumed 18.8 million barrels per day of petroleum products during 2009‚ making us the world’s largest petroleum consumer. The United States was third in crude oil production
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Climate change in Russia’s Arctic tundra 1. Key words Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text. Tundra‚ permafrost‚ swamp‚ wilderness‚ landslide‚ Catastrophic‚ indigenous‚ itinerant‚ unmistakeable‚ impenetrable 1. The _______________ people of a particular place have lived there for a very long time before other people came to live there. 2. A _______________ situation or event causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer. 3. A _______________ is
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British global energy company which is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world. As a multinational oil company‚ BP is the UK’s largest corporation‚ with its headquarters in London. BP’s headquarters is in Houston‚ Texas. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world‚ and one of the six private sector oil exploration‚ natural gas‚ and petroleum product marketing companies. Tony Hayward took over as the Chief Executive officer in May
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The Arctic: Environment‚ Economic Development and Security Although many definitions are available‚ the “Arctic” is everything North of the 60th parallel of northern latitude. Canada has three territories and several tips of other provinces which total 40% of Canadian landmass that fits the definition of the Arctic. In this landmass‚ an estimated population of more than 100‚000 Canadians call it home. (The Canadian Arctic‚ 2013) This land and these people have needs and desires that are up to the
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