Essays on Petroleum

One of the world’s worldwide largest and well-known oil companies is British Petroleum Plc (BP). BP grants its customers with alternative energies such as fuel, gas, petrochemical products for everyday stuffs. Even though, the company wishes to act upon on corporate social responsibility, for instance reducing its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions they still succumb due…

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Petroleum is a mixture of hydrocarbons formed from the decomposition of dead animals and plants under the condition of heat and pressure. Petroleum is usually combined together with natural gas embedded in the underground deposits below the surface of the earth’s crust. Petroleum contains an amount of eleven percent hydrocarbon, eighty percent carbon compounds and…

Humans have always been an inventive species, before we entered industrialized economy, we mainly used wood as an energy source. The end to the agrarian era was set by the first steam engine, while the steam engine could be powered by both, the wood and the charcoal, charcoal was heavily proffered due to its higher…

According to the article “Petroleum: A Short History,” Steve Ember and Mario Ritter claim the topic of the oil dependency has risen over time. He states the problems and solutions to the oil dependency. The name refers to the Latin term for “rock oil,” which is the remains of dead plants and animals that died…

JEST Shortly before the Civil War, Rockefeller and a partner established a shipping company in Cleveland, Ohio. The company made much money during the war. In 1863, he and his partner invested in another business that refined crude oil from Pennsylvania into kerosene for illuminating lamps. By 1870, Rockefeller and new partners were operating two…

Chemicals derived from petroleum are employed in many ways such as household solvents and specialty chemicals, all are important routes hydrocarbons pollute man’s environment (Kenny et al., 2002; Achuba et al 2014). More so, mechanized farming that employs heavy duty machines contributes its quota to farm lands pollution during collection or storing petroleum oils as…

My research question is why would someone want to become a petroleum engineer when the world is starting to have more of a concern for a healthier environment and the job market is not stable? This question is very important because in answering it we will know why we are still using petroleum oil even…

Introduction BP Petroleum operates in different countries. It faces many threats. according to Porter’s Five Forces Model. The threats according to Porter comes from suppliers bargaining power, buyers bargaining power, threat of substitutes, threat of new entrants in the market and threat of competition. These forces vary in its power and depend in different time periods…

A Crude Awakening – The Oil Crash (2006) Directed by: Basil Gelpke, Raymond McCormack, Reto Caduff The documentary, “A Crude Awakening”, is about the dwindling oil supply around the world. There are multiple experts in the film discussing the issue and why it’s such a major problem. It showcases success and failure within the oil…