In this NASA video segment learn about offshore oil drilling. Color animation is used to demonstrate how oil is collected from the ground. This segment also discusses oil polluting the ocean.
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Our World: Offshore Oil Drilling
Jim Cramer Mad Money Knows Oil and Gas Exploration Stocks
Invest in the hot oil and gas exploration and production stocks that Jim Cramer from CNBC Mad Money invests his money in Oil companies are making hot profits and big gain and you can make some big gains if you pick the hot stocks that www midcapreporter com recommends These are the stocks to buy They have advice about smallcap midcap and microcap stocks and even penny stocks and OTC One of the stocks that Mid Cap Reporter the only place for the mid cap investor recommends is Energetic Holdings Invest in the stock to play and buy ENRH PK
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GLOBAL 3000 | Oil Rush in Canada – A boom and its consequences
Alberta is a province in Western Canada. The Rocky Mountains cross the territory, which has a number of national parks. But it is also home to an industry which is starting to exploit huge mineral deposits…the oil sands, Canada’s most important source of petroleum.
A third of the world’s oil sands are located here. But the mining of the substance is causing massive environmental destruction. And extracting crude oil from sand is very energy intensive. The emissions of CO2 are three times as high as with standard methods of oil extraction.
The oil sands industry is the largest single source of greenhouse gasses in Canada and the quantity of emissions is set to rise as the industry expands.
Because the thirst for oil is so great in the neighbouring US, Canada will hardly be able to meet its Kyoto protocol commitments.
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Inside Look: Nigerian Oil Production
Interview with Nigeria’s Rivers Region Governor Rotimi Amaechi
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Pat Murphy — Beyond Sustainability: Surviving Peak Oil 3/4
http://localfuture.org
How long can this global oil supply level be maintained? When will the decline in oil supply begin? How will that impact already rising gasoline prices, oil prices, food prices and the struggling state of the world economy?
To address shrinking fossil fuel supplies, increasing CO2 emissions, and rising global inequity we need to make immediate and drastic cuts to our energy use. Learn about viable curtailment strategies for food, housing, and transportation, why most “sustainable” and “green” techniques are inadequate, and how we can create cooperative low-energy communities to survive.
Pat Murphy is the Executive Director of Community Solutions in Yellow Springs, Ohio, co-writer and co-producer of the film, “The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil” (2006) and author of the forthcoming book “Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change.”
The International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change: Paths to Sustainability explores the root cause of rising gas prices, global warming, biodiversity loss and other indicators of global unsustainability.
http://localfuture.org
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Crude Oil – Boil Over Explosion
A typical boilover process can be divided into three phases, i.e. a quasi-steady period, premonitory period and boilover period.
Boilover is generally considered as one of the most important factors leading to the occurrence of boilover.
Experimental examinations have demonstrated that boilover only happens after the fuel/water interfacial temperature has reached the boiling point of water, and that it was the violent seething of water at the interface which brought about boilover. The emission of micro-explosion noise, one of the most prominent premonitory phenomena of boilover has been examined in detail and found to be a result of the water boiling.
The investigation on the premonitory micro-explosion noise of boilover illustrated that it is a possible means for early and remote detection of the occurrence of boilover in liquid pool fires. However, in a real fire situation, the micro-explosion is always contaminated by the environmental noise.
Hence, pattern recognition techniques should be used to differentiate the micro-explosion noise from the unwanted background noise, and a predictive model should be used to evaluate the status of oil burning and predict the occurrence of boilover. A set of noise features and a practical model have been presented for these purposes.
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How Would you grade my paper on nuclear power?
Nuclear energy, also called atomic energy, is the powerful energy released by changes in the nucleus (core) of atoms. The heat and light of the sun result from nuclear energy. Scientists and engineers have found many uses for this energy, including the production of electric power, the explosion of nuclear weapons, and the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.
Scientists knew nothing about nuclear energy until the early 1900’s, though they knew that all matter consists of atoms. Through further study, scientists learned that a nucleus makes up most of the mass (quantity of matter) of every atom and that this nucleus is held together by an extremely strong force. A huge amount of energy is concentrated in the nucleus because of this force. The next step was to make nuclei let go of much of that energy.
Scientists first released nuclear energy on a large scale at the University of Chicago in 1942, three years after World War II began. This achievement led to the development of the atomic bomb. The first atomic bomb was exploded in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. In August, United States planes dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The bombs largely destroyed both cities and helped end World War II.
Since 1945, scientists have developed peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The energy released by nuclei creates large amounts of heat. This heat can be used to make steam, and the steam can be used to drive machines that generate electric power. Engineers have built devices called nuclear reactors to produce and control nuclear energy.
A nuclear reactor operates somewhat like a furnace. However, instead of using such fossil fuels as coal or oil, almost all reactors use uranium. And instead of burning in the reactor, the uranium fissions—that is, its nuclei split into two or more fragments. As a nucleus splits, it releases energy that is converted largely into heat. The fission of 1 pound of uranium releases more energy than the burning of 3 million pounds (1,500 tons) of coal. Stated in metric terms, the fission of 1 kilogram of uranium releases more energy than the burning of 3 million kilograms (3,000 metric tons) of coal.
One important peaceful use of nuclear energy is the production of electric power. Nuclear energy also powers some submarines, surface ships, and spacecraft. Nuclear reactions also produce particles and rays called nuclear radiation that have uses in medicine, industry, and science. However, nuclear radiation can be extremely dangerous. Exposure to too much radiation can result in a condition called radiation sickness
Almost all the world’s electric energy is produced by hydroelectric and thermal power plants. Hydroelectric plants use the force of rushing water from a dam or waterfall to generate electric power. Thermal plants use the force of steam from boiling water. The great majority of thermal plants burn fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas—to produce heat to boil water. The remaining thermal plants fission uranium.
Few countries have enough water power to generate large amounts of hydroelectric power, and many regions have already fully exploited their hydroelectric capacity. Most countries depend mainly on fossil fuels. But fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource, and burning them produces gases that can damage the environment. Therefore, many experts predict that nuclear power will become increasingly important
Nuclear power reactors produce electric power in about 30 countries. There are about 440 reactors worldwide. These reactors produce about 16 percent of the world’s electric power. The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear energy. In addition to these reactors, there are more than 3,000 nuclear facilities worldwide that are used for applications in research, medicine, industry, and agriculture.
Nuclear power plants have two main advantages over fossil-fuel plants. (1) Once built, a nuclear plant can be less expensive to operate than a fossil-fuel plant, mainly because a nuclear plant uses a much smaller volume of fuel. (2) Uranium, unlike fossil fuels, releases no chemical or solid pollutants into the air during use.
However, nuclear power plants have three major disadvantages. These disadvantages have slowed the development of nuclear energy in some countries. (1) Nuclear plants cost more to build than fossil-fuel plants. (2) Because of the need to assure that hazardous amounts of radioactive materials are not released, nuclear plants must meet certain government regulations that fossil-fuel plants do not have to meet. For example, a nuclear plant must satisfy the government that it can quickly and automatically deal with any kind of emergency. (3) Used nuclear fuel produces dangerous radiation long after it has been removed from the reactor. As a result, safe disposal of nuclear waste presents a challenge
Many experts believe that the benefits of nuclear energy outweigh any problems
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Did we invade Iraq to steal the oil and bring it to our good Friends the Saudis?
Iraq is ‘unwinnable’, a ‘quagmire’, a ‘fiasco’: so goes the received opinion. But there is good reason to think that, from the Bush-Cheney perspective, it is none of these things. Indeed, the US may be ‘stuck’ precisely where Bush et al want it to be, which is why there is no ‘exit strategy’.
Iraq has 115 billion barrels of known oil reserves. That is more than five times the total in the United States. And, because of its long isolation, it is the least explored of the world’s oil-rich nations. A mere two thousand wells have been drilled across the entire country; in Texas alone there are a million. It has been estimated, by the Council on Foreign Relations, that Iraq may have a further 220 billion barrels of undiscovered oil; another study puts the figure at 300 billion. If these estimates are anywhere close to the mark, US forces are now sitting on one quarter of the world’s oil resources. The value of Iraqi oil, largely light crude with low production costs, would be of the order of $30 trillion at today’s prices. For purposes of comparison, the projected total cost of the US invasion/occupation is around $1 trillion.
i sure don’t see the connection between your question and your tirade.
Miceico Is The 4th Richest Oil Nation In The World, Why Do They Cry Poor? The Are Also The 12 Strongest Econ?
ECONOMY IN THE WORLD
MEXICO IS THE 4TH RICHEST OIL NATION IN THE WORLD
SOURCE:
CNN
1. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/18/obit.lopez.ap/
The state petroleum monopoly Pemex had discovered big oil deposits offshore in the Gulf of Mexico that were twice Alaska’s North Slope — doubling the nation’s reserves — just before Lopez Portillo was elected.
He concentrated on developing petroleum production, quickly turning Mexico into the world’s fourth-richest oil nation at a time when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cartel was squeezing top dollar out of the United States and other big industrialized countries
Huge gap between rich and poor. Pervasive corruption.
The USA is getting there too: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/business/27richer.html
(archived at: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.bush/browse_thread/thread/e8f33ae36180e01f/f12c6599d1a5d2d9 )
In the oil and gas business, what unresolved image analysis problems could lead to a breakthrough?
I am interested in issues directly related to the oil and gas exploration and production. Of course, the first task is to identify which problems need to be solved. I will be more than happy if I get specific answers about issues that affect the oil business and that are yet to be solved.
A major tool in exploration is images made from the reflections of sound waves from surface explosions. Analysis of these images is what helps explorers figure out the existence and location of oil and gas reserves. Any improvement in the image processing and pattern recognition would help reveal overlooked sources and deeper sources, and would reduce the waste of drilling to a false image.
On the production side, refining crude oil into its various products safely and efficiently is a set of extremely complex and sensitive chemical processes. Some really good visualization of these processes could help run an individual refinery smoothly, efficiently, and safely, and could also help reveal parts of the process which could be improved. The human brain has tremendous pattern recognition capability with data presented to it visually.
As an industry outsider, that’s all I know.