GAS HYDRATES AND THE ENVIRONMENT POTENTIAL FUTURE FUEL FOR THE ECONOMY GAS HYDRATES AND THE ENVIRONMENT POTENTIAL FUTURE FUEL FOR THE ECONOMY Thomas Harding SEDV 601 Thomas Harding SEDV 601 Fariha Abedin‚ Nisa Choudhary‚ Romaine Mcleary Fariha Abedin‚ Nisa Choudhary‚ Romaine Mcleary Contents ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 DISTRIBUTION 3 WHAT ARE NATURAL GAS HYDRATES? 4 WHERE DO NATURAL GAS HYDRATES FORM? 5 POSSIBLE PRODUCTION METHOD: 6 Thermal Injection: 6 Inhibitor Injection:
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Oil Drilling in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuges America Should Reject the Oil Businesses Plan and Permanently Protect The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge‚ comprising more than nineteen million acres in the northern corner of Alaska‚ is unique and one of the largest units of the National Wildlife system. The Arctic Refuge has long been recognized as an unparalleled place of natural beauty and ecological importance. The Arctic Refuge was established to conserve
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Lab Report: DRILLING FLUID (MUD) DENSITY Objective: The aim of this experiment is to determine the mud density‚ specific gravity and hydrostatic pressure gradient for water-based-mud‚ WBM (Drilling fluid) using the OFITE mud balance. Theory: Drilling fluids are used during the drilling of boreholes‚ either for oil wells or water boles holes. One of the major functions of a drilling fluid includes providing hydrostatic pressure to prevent formation fluids from entering the wellbore. To ensure
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CASE STUDY Gas and Grouse Introduction The objective of this case study is to investigate the various systemic‚ corporate and ethical issues behind Questar Corporation’s drilling operations on the Pinedale Mesa. Besides that‚ this case study is conducted to determine the value of wildlife species and its balance against the economic interests of Questar Corporation. Furthermore‚ it is also to determine whether Questar is morally obligated to cease its operations on the mesa and whether
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perceives their activities can extraordinarily influence the life of another whether one individual or numerous. For instance‚ in the event that you are a mentor your customer will probably be an individual and you mentor them on a one-on-one premise. Drilling utilizes a significant number of the aptitudes prepared specialist as of now have‚ this can be of esteem in honing customers (Smith‚ 2007). Conversely‚ an advisor can without much of a stretch manage a gathering‚ group‚ or an office inside an association
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OVERALL Questar corporation is an energy company with asset valued at about $4 billion which is the main developer of the gas wells arround the Pinedale Mesa‚ an area that is famous at the gateway to the hunting‚ fishing‚ and hiking treasures. Ocassionally elk‚ mule deer‚ pronghorn antelope and other wild life‚ including the imperiled greater sage grouse‚ descent from their habitats atop the mesa and gingerly make their way around and between the questar wells around Pinedale. Not suprisingly‚ environmentalist
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machinery. Oil has its benefits‚ but people seem to ignore the process of acquiring oil. Oil drilling is a dangerous and risky process. It runs the risk of contaminating the surrounding water and harming the organisms that live in it. The process also emits large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill‚ better known as the BP oil spill‚ was a prime example of how oil drilling is an extremely harmful process. An explosion on the rig caused it to spill 60‚000 barrels
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for Drilling on Federal Land The United States had great choice to make this past month in the Presidential Elections. The decision was to continue on our current path or start on a new one. A major point on the two candidates was on the domestic economic policies. Issues on the domestic economic policies were very different for both tickets in this year’s election. Differences were very clear on each party’s stances on drilling on Federal Land. Romney was very adamant on increasing drilling on
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Offshore Drilling." New York Times. 30 Aug. 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2014. Goldenberg‚ Suzanne. "The Oil Industry Is Unprepared to Handle Spills in the Arctic. “Oil Spills. Ed. Tamara Thompson. Farmington Hills‚ MI: Greenhaven Press‚ 2014. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Arctic Oil Spill Clean-up Plans Are ’Thoroughly Inadequate ’‚ Industry Warned." Guardian 11 Nov. 2010. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Oct. 2014. Howell‚ Kate‚ and Patrick Reis. "Interior Issues New Offshore Drilling Rules‚ Holds
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Case: Gas or Grouse? 1. Systemic issues: Questar is a company and it knows that every mining activities in Mesa will affect the ecological environment. But BLM did nothing since Questar had damaged the local environment. And we know many gas companies have special relationship with governments. Corporate issues: Questar has destroyed the environment when the mining operation was begun. Individual issues: The people who live in Pinedale Mesa believe the drilling activity bring numerous
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