Honestly! Now I finally understand why popular mechanics and all the other media, tv, magazines, newspapers have not been doing photos and stories on how (generic) oil companies will plug or stop gas and oil spill accidents. In shallow water and deep water. Disappointing. And how many of you think Bp Gulf of Mexico operation [...]
I live in Phoenix, and ASU recently stopped offering Geological Sciences as a BS and now all they have is the Earth and Space Exploration degree with a concentration in geological sciences. I would much prefer to stay in Phoenix, but I could move to Tucson and go to U of A. If I did [...]
When Settlers Arrive at a New Land, How are the Rights of Aboriginals Determined?
There are two cases that I’m most interested in.
The English settlers that arrived in Australia.
and
The English control over the Arabian Penisula prior to 1925.
Why did the Bedouins get oil rights, while the Australian Abos did not get mineral rights, or any other [...]
Offshore drilling is a key way to extract crude oil and gas from the earth however many people do not understand that the environmental impacts of offshore oil drilling greatly outweigh the economic benefits. For decades there has been great controversy on possible drilling off the coast of British Columbia, the David Suzuki Foundation argues [...]
In the Middle East, why is it that when there is a rumor (not an actual) of war, as in the tension between the Brits and Iran today over the 15 captured marines and soldiers, oil prices spike even if there is no real war and no actual disruption to production or delivery? Supply [...]
It’s been almost 2 months and he’s yet to have a single conversation with the man running BP.
The constitution is just a piece of paper that gets changed or ignored when those in charge find it to be inconvenient to what they want at the time. It has happened since the constitution was first drafted. This just was proved again when congress signed over the right to declare war over to the [...]
When is it suitable to apply for oil and Gas Company Jobs( Drilling) in Alberta, Canada?
From overseas with Perm residence status and APEGGA membership are there any specifics one should know when applying for Jobs in Alberta?
How much petroleum do you think it takes to produce a wind turbine? (shipping parts, painting the structure, plastic parts, installation, manufacturing, shipping of raw materials for manufacturing, mining for the metals, transporting those mined metals, mining for the magnetic parts, shipping those magnetic parts, drilling for the petroleum used to make parts of the [...]
Banks and mortgage companies can no longer require the tenant be removed the same day as the former owner.
Once the bank takes the house back, they become the "Land-Lord" They must provide all the same utilities the former land owner provided. And the federal law in effect now until Dec. 2012, gives the [...]
Gasoline is produced from crude oil,a nonrenewable resource. Ethanol is mixed with gasoline to produced a fuel called gasohol. Calculate the mass (in grams) of water produced when 66.89 g of ethanol is burned in 56.51 g of oxygen.
C2H5OH + O2 → CO2 + H2O
Just kissing the wildlife and beaches goodbye? After all many of the voters there have little love for environmentalists and wouldn’t vote for a Democrat anyway!
What do they think their computers are made out of?
How do they think their food was planted, fertilized, harvested, & brought to the store?
Do they ever use transportation?
Why do so many YA Liberals act so naive about the world they dont understand?
What are the economic indicators to watch for to give some idea when the price of oil will significantly fall in price and have a serious effect on the lowering of production of oil thus effecting the world wide day rates for drilling rigs?
Hi,
My family has had land dating back to my great great grandfather. When my mom and uncle were adults, my grandfather gave them each a piece of ground. When we were kids, and still yet today, we only had 1 road back to the back land. The same road my grandfather and his father used [...]
Reviewing a host of recent studies, Buckley and Mityakov show that estimates of job losses attributable to cap-and-trade range in the hundreds of thousands. The price for energy paid by the American consumer also will rise. The studies reviewed showed electricity prices jumping 5-15% by 2015, natural gas prices up 12-50% by 2015, and gasoline [...]
Maverick i’m just trying to get more answers so calm down!
My family was planning a vacation to Destin, Florida starting on the 25 of June and lasting for a week. How can we get a refund from the company- if we can yet. We have insurance on the house that we already paid for (in January or February), but it only applies if [...]
I have some aquarium salt, but I don’t have the packaging, so I don’t know how much to add to water to make the right salt proportion in the salt water. I’ve read that land hermit crabs need a bowl of fresh water as well as a bowl of salt water. How much [...]
Offshore drilling is a key way to extract crude oil and gas from the earth however many people do not understand that the environmental impacts of offshore oil drilling greatly outweigh the economic benefits. For decades there has been great controversy on possible drilling off the coast of British Columbia, the David Suzuki Foundation argues [...]
I am doing a school project on the petroleum industry and need to know how far down we drill for petroleum? What is the average and the maximum? Please include sources
Thanx in advance
I noticed on the 30yr price history of gold that the 2 major spikes were during the Oil Embargo of the late 70’s and currently.
Can my land owner make me pay the water bill, even though for 7years He has.My rental agreement also states that he will. Having Trouble with him ever since his divorce. I also maintain the premises for him, Without Receiving a deduction off of my rent like he has done in the past.also says he [...]
But yet they want to drill all over this country knowing full well that it will do nothing to reduce gas prices because oil is bought and sold on the world market. So oil drilled in your back yard goes on the world market.
events? Currently oil prices have everyone’s attention, so why don’t people take the time to understand how the prices are set and then realize we have had problems (and until recently Congress has only made them worse) with commodity market regulation: Enron drove up California energy prices in 2000-2001, Amaranth doubled natural gas [...]