American 308.2 (2013): 14. The author describes the dirty tar oil sands in Alberta‚ Canada. His main focus is about global warming and climate change. This article is relevant to my final essay because its main focus is on how the pipeline affects global warming. Biello explains that these oil sands emit twice as much greenhouse gas per barrel compared to Saudi Arabia’s oil. He believes that some environmental scientists see tapping the oil sands as a disastrous tipping point for global warming. His perspective
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What Moves the Oil and Gas Price? Why are oil prices and gas prices so dramatically increased in the last view years? Oil and gas price will maintain the current level or rise in the next years because of the world economy‚ an increased demand on oil and its production costs‚ the gas demand‚ and the investment in developing alternative energy sources. How long will the oil reserves last? It is currently estimated that the oil reserves in the United States will last for 20 to 30 years
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Executive summary Nexen is an oil & gas exploration and production company that operates out of Calgary Alberta‚ Canada. They are a well-run‚ profitable‚ and responsible company that operates in 7 countries and does both onshore and offshore drilling for conventional oil & gas‚ shale gas‚ and oil sands. Their board of directors has recently unanimously agreed to a $15.1 billion buyout by China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC)‚ which is currently under review by the
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occurs today is oil spills. The first major oil spill happened during World War II on the East Coast of the United States and spilled about 590‚000 tons of oil. The most recent oil spill happened last year in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and about 190‚120‚055 gallons of oil leaked into the Gulf. Oil spills have affected our marine life‚ seafood industry‚ houses‚ health‚ and fossil fuels. Our world will never be the same after these horrifying spills that are destroying our environment. Oil is a source
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MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE Fort McMurray‚ AB Located in Northern Alberta at the confluence of the Athabasca and Clearwater Rivers‚ Fort McMurray is a frontier urban settlement‚ and the primary service centre for the Athabasca tar sands— the world’s third largest known oil deposit (Dorow and O’Shaughnessy‚ 2013). Records dating as far back as the 1700s point to the Chipewyan and Beaver peoples being indigenous to the Athabasca region‚ with present day First Nations having largely descended from the Dene
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Edible Oil Market in India BACKGROUND Edible oils constitute an important component of food expenditure in Indian households. Historically‚ India has been a major importer of edible oils with almost 30-40% of its requirements being imported till 1980s. In 1986‚ the Government of India established the Technology Mission on Oilseeds and Pulses (TMOP) in order to enhance the production of oilseeds in the country. The TMOP launched special initiatives on several critical fronts such as improvement
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the Alberta oil sands. After oil was discovered on his land‚ the whole valley becomes covered with open pit mines. In order to create these mines the owners had to remove the trees‚ two tons of peat and dirt‚ and two tons of the actual sand. This would have had a devastating effect on the environment because it would lead to erosion‚ pollution of the waterways‚ etc. One of the largest creators of CO2 emissions in the world are the oil sands in Canada. Therefore‚ this oil is sent to the
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Ethics and the Oil Industry Todd Bosta Monday‚ November 8‚ 2010 Does anybody Care? As the US Economy continues to dive‚ unemployment persists at a level not seen since the Great Depression‚ and the US Federal Government sees fit to continually bailout big business‚ it escapes logic why the cost of oil once again‚ is on the rise. The US oil companies would have us believe it has to do with the Middle East oil producing nations cutting back on production‚ therefore raising
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coconut‚ palm and vegetable oil. The researcher’s experiment resulted to the change of appearance‚ odour and viscosity of each type of oil. The now purified cooking oil is faster to heat which makes cooking easier‚ faster and more efficient. The purified oil is quite beneficial however it does not take in as much taste as the unpurified ones. Overall the experiment was very successful in terms of finding the positive differences in each type of oils. The vegetable oil was the best product of all
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Oil Refinery in India An Industry Overview   Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 GLOBAL VIEW ON REFINING 3 INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 4 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 8 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 9 FUTURE OUTLOOK 11 REFERENCES 12 "THE ONCE RELIABLE CONSTANTS HAVE BECOME GALLOPING VARIABLES" -ALVIN TOFFLER India the world’s seventh largest country and the second most populace nation has been a destination of unrealized potential. In the recent past it has seen as stir of economic activity changing the prim face of the
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