Pioneer Petroleum

Page 9 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Free Essay

    Edward Burtynsky

    Discussion on Edward Burtynsky Edward Burtynsky is undeniably a very smart and talented photographer. In his pictures he is able to evoke emotion from either a natural or a manufactured landscape. When initially looking at his work I feel as though the photographs are nothing more than rocks or oil refineries. I tended to skip through his work very quickly. Upon further analyzing his photography I felt completely different. The photos of all the oil refineries and oil fields brought out sadness

    Words: 621 - Pages: 3

  • Premium Essay

    Gm545

    Everyone’s Gasoline Problem. Why does this happen? Gasoline prices have been on the minds of almost everyone lately. Many times people dread having to go to the pump or wait until it is absolutely necessary to full up their gas tanks. Some have even changed the type of vehicle they drive in an attempt to help save them money at the pump. It would seem that gas prices are either always increasing or decreasing on a weekly and even sometimes daily basis Gas prices are affected by numerous factors

    Words: 398 - Pages: 2

  • Premium Essay

    Project 1

    Every year around this time many people wonder the same question, why do gas prices fluctuate? There are millions of articles, blogs, news reports and people complaining throughout the world about gas prices. People really want to know the answer to this question and unfortunately there is no clear cut answer. After my research one thing that seems constant is that the gas prices are rising but the amount of increase is not consistent throughout the country. Even within the same state the gas prices

    Words: 1169 - Pages: 5

  • Premium Essay

    Macroeconomics

    Everyone’s Gasoline Problems Fluctuating gas prices can be caused by a number of factors. The price of crude oil and the cost of producing and marketing gasoline have greatly impacted the fluctuation of gas prices that we experience on a daily basis. There has been a significant increase demand for oil worldwide, including growth in other fast developing nations. These nations have significantly grown in the number of citizens who have access to automobiles, and their increasing populations

    Words: 621 - Pages: 3

  • Premium Essay

    Pestle Analysis of Italy

    States dollar earned by a country through the sale of its petroleum to another country. The term was coined in 1973 by Georgetown University economics professor, Ibrahim Oweiss, who recognized the need for a term that could describe the dollar receiving by petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) in exchange for oil. The term, petrodollar, should not be confused with petrocurrency which refers to the actual national currency of each petroleum exporting country. It is the money that oil exporters receive

    Words: 1509 - Pages: 7

  • Premium Essay

    My Home-Made Biomass Gasifier

    My Home-Made Biomass Gasifier Making your own gasifier is easy I've built a lot of alternative energy projects over the years. See my home-built solar panel and wind turbine pages. I've always wanted to build a wood or biomass gasifier too. Why? Well, the internal combustion engine is really an important part of our society and the basis of a lot of our transportation and portable power technology. It isn't going to be going away any time soon. I've mastered making my own electricity from the

    Words: 8015 - Pages: 33

  • Premium Essay

    Production and Operations Management

    option that Marathon could take to reduce the time involved in the production process would be to create new petroleum refineries in different regions allowing operators to shift process and production responsibilities in the event of a natural disaster or scheduled outage. There may be one feasible alternative as to why Marathon would want to reduce the time in the production of the petroleum products. In order to produce gasoline, the crude oil must go through the refinery and transportation processes

    Words: 1013 - Pages: 5

  • Premium Essay

    Anadarko

    The main purpose of this article is to show that Anadarko Petroleum, the part-owner of the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay BP Four Billion Dollars in order to mend all claims from last year’s oil spill. This means that Anadarko is dropping its allegations of gross negligence against BP and giving up twenty five percent interest in the sit (Stothard 2011). The article also shows a few other companies tha tare settling disputes over the oil spill that occurred last April, but its

    Words: 389 - Pages: 2

  • Free Essay

    Discussion Questions

    fuels and explain why there are attractive sources of energy. Fossil fuels are also natural resources of energy that is a product of millions of years of decomposed plant and animal pressured by heat trapped underground. Natural gas, coal, and petroleum, are all examples of fossil fuels that are highly attractive due to the purpose that they serve in one way or another in how we function in the world. Natural gas is pressured decomposed sea animals

    Words: 666 - Pages: 3

  • Premium Essay

    Corporate Social Responsibility

    The Socially Responsible Oil Company: An Examination of Corporate Ethics by Peter Fischer A Paper Submitted in Fulfillment of the USD School of Law Writing Requirement Energy Law Professor Burleson Spring, 2009 Table of Contents Introduction 2 Background 3 The Need for CSR at Home and Abroad 7 Case Study Analyses: Four Critical Events in the Oil Industry and their Effect on CSR Case Study #1: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 9

    Words: 12105 - Pages: 49

Page   1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 50