Fort McMurray, Alberta has one of the largest petroleum deposits in the world. One thousand times more oil then Saudi Arabia’s which makes Canada a safe oil resource for the world. This equals out to the same area as the State of Florida of oil filled land. The expense oil does not only come financially but environmentally. Fort McMurray is responsible for two thirds of Canada’s pollution and to mine this oil all trees must be cleared in the area which can vary from 4 to 6 square miles at
(PTEN) is the second-largest land-based oil and gas drilling and exploration company in North America. Patterson operates within three business segments: Contract Drilling, Pressure Pumping and Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production. Contract drilling makes up 65% of total revenues, pressure pumping makes up 33% of revenues and oil and natural gas exploration and production makes up 2% of revenues. Patterson operates primarily in the Southwestern and Northeastern regions of the United States with 308 contract drilling rigs and 631,070 hydraulic horsepower in pressure pumping equipment; and operates 20 contract drilling rigs in
Mohammad Araf A.P. US Essay B Band Throughout American history there have been many events in where obedience caused more terrible problems than disobedience did. This quote by Howard Zinn, “Historically, the most terrible things – war, genocide, and slavery – have resulted not from disobedience but from obedience” sums up how disobedience has caused major difficulties in the past. Obedience has resulted in war, genocide and slavery before the Civil War era such as Columbus’ conquest for new lands, enslavement of Africans, the founding fathers push for war, and conflicts with Native Americans, as well as after the Civil War era such as the 20th century imperialism, World War efforts, the Vietnam War, and the War on Terror. Before the Civil War era, Columbus’ conquests for new lands lead to the genocide and enslavement of Arawak people who were obedient towards Columbus and his men.
Many of the major oil companies were born at Spindletop or grew to major corporate size as a result of their involvement at Spindletop. The Texas Company (later Texaco), Gulf Oil Corporation, Sun Oil Company, Magnolia Petroleum Company, and Humble (later Exxon Company, U.S.A.) were a few of the major corporations. The Spindletop oilfield again boomed in the 1950s, with the production of sulphur by Texas Gulf Sulphur Company (later Texasgulf ), until about 1975. Salt-brine extraction became a lucrative operation in the 1950s. In 1963–66 even deeper oil production was achieved with an average depth of 9,000 feet.
The Coca-Cola Company has faced ethical, moral and discrimination problems since the early 1990’s, such as, racial discrimination, distributor conflicts, channel stuffing, intimidation of union workers, product safety, pollution, and the depletion of natural resources (Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2011). All of the accusations and transgressions that had occurred had a direct effect on the company’s reputation and its sales profits due largely to court costs and consumer’s protest. Determine which of the issues/dilemmas you identified was the most significant. Explain your reasoning. From all of the allegations lodged against the company, the first most significant issue in my opinion, was the union intimidation in Guatemala where people were brutalized and lost their lives because of their alleged enrollment in unions and although Coca-Cola denied any involvement, there was significant backlash and public
Chad There is a country located in the central part of Africa and that country is Chad. Chad is a large country with an area of 1.284 million square kilometers. That is a little over three times the size of California. The climate in Chad is tropical in the south and more of a desert in the north. There is 300 square kilometers of irrigated land and Chad is also a significant source of water in the Sahel.
Grace Schmid Mrs. Johnson ENG 1010-102627 9/25/12-10/9/12 WA Cause and Effect Osama Bin Laden’s Existence Throughout history we can name a lot of famous or infamous people that have impacted the world in many different ways, good or bad. In this case Bin Laden’s effect on America has been a catastrophe. We all ask questions on why, who, and how could this have happened? Why is it that a man so immoral had many people following him? Let’s take a look into the actual effects of Bin Laden.
Darfur Genocide Daniel Willis Intro to the Holocaust Southern Nazarene University 2/17/15 Darfur Genocide This essay covers chapter 17 of the book “Century of Genocide” by Samuel Totten. Darfur has been at war since 2003 with mass killings, rape and pillaging still going on to this day. Darfur is a region located in west Sudan roughly the size of France. The region is comprised of three separate states, Northern Darfur, Western Darfur and Southern Darfur. Most of the inhabitants of Darfur are self-proclaimed Muslims made up of “black African tribes” and Arab tribes.
Nile river- world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean sahara desert -A vast desert in North Africa that covers an area of about 3,500,000 square miles (9,065,000 sq km). Aquifers- A body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater. Niger delta-the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, is a densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers desertification- The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. Aswan high dam- one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt carthage-An ancient city on the coast of North Africa near present-day Tunis. It fought with Rome during the Punic Wars and was finally destroyed... black gold-
When Will We Wake Up? For years numerous races suffered from racism and somehow climbed to new heights. However African Americans continue to believe in suffer from the long years they were controlled by an system with an iron fist. Slavery was an evil system used to control people somehow through the years has been mainly linked to African Americans. They suffered immeasurably from slavery and segregation through psychological and physical torture.