Drilling
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Petroleum
Exxon Mobil: The Downfall of an Oil Giant
Exxon Mobil is struggling.
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Natural Gas
Choosing the Right Drilling Technique for Natural Gas
Natural gas is used for several other purposes – including heating our homes and powering our cars and buses. This may have you wondering, how is natural gas obtained?
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Coal
The Impact of Fossil Fuels on the Environment
One thing that will remain true about human nature is the quest for development; and in this quest, as is seen through the ages, man will utilize as much as possible, all resources, natural and non-natural, physical and abstract, lasting and ephemeral. One particular set of resources in light of this is fossil fuels; particularly useful in the production of…
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Natural Gas
The Fossil Fuel Industry Depends on Petroleum Engineers
The discipline of petroleum engineering has ensured that the supply and demand of crude oil can be met at both the national and global levels.
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Alternatives
Is the World Running out of Fossil Fuels?
The size of global fossil fuel reserves and how long current reserves will last are questions that energy analysts have attempted to address over the years
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Petroleum
Environmental Impacts of Deep-Water Oil Drilling
Offshore oil drilling can have a lasting impact on the environment
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Natural Gas
Does Fracking Adversely Affect Water Quality?
Mounting evidence has revealed that the oil and gas industry’s use of hydraulic fracturing could have an adverse impact on human and environmental health.
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Petroleum
Exxon Mobil Fights Allegations of Misleading Investors on Climate Change
New securities fraud allegations have threatened the reputation of one of the oil industry’s biggest corporations.
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Petroleum
Tar Sands: Energy Production or Environmental Destruction?
The process of tar sand production has severely impacted massive sections of Alberta.
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Petroleum
The Uncertain Future of the Oil Pollution Act
President Bush signed the OPA into law just one year after the Exxon Valdez hit aground and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of Alaskan crude oil.
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