Petroleum

environment. However, Andreas Malm, suggests that humankind is not the cause for this geological change and that capitalism, also known as the ‘Capitalocene” is. The two contrasting perspectives above have similar relations with Marina Zurkow’s “Petroleum Manga” regarding the topic of climate change. There are many different concepts of this topic and different ways people decide to interpret it. Does this geological change show how far humans have adapted and how much society has evolved? Or is…

Biodiesel is most commonly made through transesterification which is taking triglycerides and converting them into methyl esters. Biodiesel does not contain any petroleum and contains used restaurant grease, soybeans or other renewable resources. Biodiesel does create a cleaner engine in trucks. Trucks that use biodiesel have superior emissions that are cleaner and burns more hydrocarbons, less carbon monoxide is…

state-owned trading company which was established by the Government of Nepal, has been the sole supplier and distributor of various petroleum products in the country since 1970 up to the present. Bunker fuel, diesel fuel, jet fuel, gasoline, detergent, plastics, synthetic rubber, synthetic fibers, paint, fertilizers and pesticides are only few of the products which contain petroleum. This natural resource is valuable and needed so often that even Nepal isn’t…

one third of all energy-related greenhouse emission comes from transportation". The smog, carbon monoxide, and other air pollution gases (such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide, just to mention some), from the combustion of petroleum products used in transportation, compromise the quality of the planet air. Since gas price is extremely low, it does not only encourage individuals to travel more often it also may influence their decision of buying a less efficient car over…

The Situation Katy Hassan is a professional engineer working at a sour gas processing plant owned by Eden Resources. Sour gas is extremely dangerous and heavily regulated by the Alberta provincial government. Recently, the Alberta petroleum industry has been in an economic downturn likewise, Eden Resources is in financial difficulty. Maintenance is being delayed and the company is cutting corners. Katy is a P.Eng. registered with the APEGA (the Association of Professional Engineers and…

harmful to the economy and environment. Such is the cost of destruction, contamination, air pollution and displacing the Native American’s. Oil Pipelines have been here for a long time. In the Oil history, the author Samuel T pees. He is certified Petroleum Geologist by The American Association of…

Fossil fuels are a critical component in the functioning of our society. These resources are staples in maintaining the energized life styles that people have become used to. Fossil fuels are sources of energy derived from animal and plant remains from more than 300 million years ago (U.S. Department of Energy 2013). These remains were then coated with combinations of clay and rock called sediment (Energy Quest 2012). Sedimentary rock effectively protected the hydrocarbons in fossil fuels…

as advantageous for the human population, the displacement of used petroleum into the natural environment has been revealed to be the largest contributor to the pollution in and the destruction of aquatic ecosystems (Ramadass et al. 2014). In this case, gasoline is considered a contaminant or an unwanted substance that has been released into the natural environment, which has disturbed its function or quality. However, petroleum can also be deposited into terrestrial ecosystems, entering the…

Australia is very rich with different kinds of minerals and petroleum such as the coal, diamond, gold, iron and a whole lot more. These mines are accessible to people with the use of heavy equipments and with the help of mining experts. However, there are laws regarding mining which one should follow before digging the minerals out. The Australian mining law is all about the exploration and extraction of all the minerals and petroleum in this country. It governs the all activities…

construction period, support the next phase of full production. In order to improve the accuracy and breadth of exploration, oil enterprises should increase the cost of exploration, develop more sophisticated equipment and hire high-tech talent. Petroleum product differs from the usual production; raw materials required for its production --- Crude oil is a natural resource. Therefore, resources limit oilfield layout. In addition, the oil industry is a capital-intensive industry; the production…