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Introduction Keeping a working economy has always been one of Texas’ main concerns. In order to convince companies to move to Texas, regulations and economic conditions were created in their favor. While it has helped in keeping a booming economy, it has left us with a polluted environment which in turn led the federal government to step in and try to create the regulations Texas refused to make. The Environmental Protection Agency tried increasing the water they regulate with the new Clean Water

The Algerian hostage crisis occurred in year 2013 in eastern Algeria primarily focusing on the Western oil workers, who were both American and Algerian. The two featured articles, Algerian Hostage Crisis Heightens as Scores are Reported Dead by Arthur Bright posted January 17, 2013 by the Christian Science Monitor and Hostages Reportedly Dead in Algerian Oil Field Siege by Jamie Dettmer posted also on January 17, 2013 at The Daily Beast, display the tragic incident to those who are informed. Both

Duke Energy: 3 Coal Ash Spill In 2014, employees from the largest electric company in the United States, Duke Energy, started noticing the spilling of coal ash into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina. This location is said to have had its coal fired power production units terminated in the spring 2012 (Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, 2014). The history behind the ash basin at the Dan River begins in 1948 when Duke Energy built a coal-fired power plant in Eden, NC (Rivin, 2015). In order to handle

Extraction of shale oil and gas has turned the energy market on its head. It has led to the price of gas in North America to fall sharply, and in Europe prices have been greatly affected as well. The US are becoming less dependent on energy imports, and the country could possibly become a net exporter of energy in a few years. Such developments could change the geopolitical balance of the world's great powers. Statoil (NOR) Statoil`s shale reservoirs and reservoirs with dense rocks is an important

I don’t know what’s coming down with Aunt Anna, but before we come to see you Thursday, I think you need to know a few things. PLEASE, you cannot let her know I’ve told you anything. She is very much afraid I’m taking over her life. Well, I thought that part of being her Power of Attorney was to take care of her. I don’t know where any of this is coming from so we have to be very careful. She and mother would argue and not speak to each other for years, I can’t have that happen. I think some

Natural resources Natural resources are materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain, and Arkansas is rich with natural resources. Arkansas has a wide assortment of resources, with yearly generation esteemed in abundance of $1,000,000,000. Petroleum, normal gas, and bromine, are the main three resources created in Arkansas. Arkansas drives the country underway of bauxite, giving more than 80% of this important

“Fracking and the Effects it Has on the Communal Environment” “Fracking: the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc., so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas”(Google). Ten years ago no one would have thought hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” would have caused such environmental harm; infecting public and private water systems, cutting down national parks, and causing extraneous health problems. ”In 2005 Linda and David Headley

Fracturing, Yes We Can Hydraulic fracturing is a process that has been used since the 1940’s. This process opens oil and gas wells up to allow more oil and gas to flow into the well. High pressure water or fracking fluid is forced into the wellbore making small fissures and fractures in the underground rock formations, which releases the gas and increases the amount of gas the well produces. Hydraulic fracturing is important because it has a positive impact on the economy, reduces the United States

build up and accumulation of oil and gas. Petroleum system includes geological elements, as well as the processes, which are crucial and essential for the existence of oil and gas accumulation. Petroleum is a compound that is made up of high concentrations of biological and thermal hydrocarbon gaseous components that are contained in conventional reservoirs, tight reservoirs, fractured shale, gas hydrates, as well as coal. It also includes high concentrations of condensates, crude oils, and natural bitumen

Introduction and Background In the oil and gas industry, fracking is a major current issue that engineers are dealing with for the current state of the United states. Hydraulic fracking, or "fracking" is the process of drilling a well to the depth in the earth where shale rock is located. Once the drill bit reaches this specific depth, the drilling alters its path to a horizontal track into the shale rock in order to span the entire reservoir. Next, fracking fluid, consisting of sand, liquid chemicals