An oil spill can be defined as an accidental or deliberate dumping of oil or petroleum products into the ocean and its coastal waters, bays, and harbors, or onto land, or into rivers or lakes (Holum 1977). Between one and ten million metric tons (one metric ton is 1000 kilograms) of oil are put in...

On January 3 in the year 1959, Alaska officially became the forty-ninth state of the United States of America. Alaska is over twice the size of Texas; measuring from north to south at approximately 1,400 miles long and from east to west it is 2,700 miles wide making it the largest state in America. ...

Oil is a finite resource that originally developed from prehistoric algae and other microorganisms. Colin J. Campbell from "Depletion and Denial" states: The prolific formation of oil has occurred only a few times in the Earth's long geological history. For example, alm...

The history between giant oil companies like Shell, Mobil and Exxon and the national governments under which these and other companies operated goes back many years. In the United States in the 1930's, there existed a huge oversupply of crude oil which upset the oil market and created the collapse o...

There are many oil spills that occur every year. They harm the environment, the plants, the animals, and the people who live near it. People can clean up the spill. The environment takes the disaster of an oil spill and the follow a natural process to clean itself. Oil spills are dangerous to ever...

Introduction On March 24, 1989, at 4 minutes past midnight, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Alaska\'s breath-taking Prince William Sound. Instantaneously, the quiet waters of the sound became a sea of black. \"We\'ve fetched up - ah - hard aground north of Goose Island off Bligh Reef, ...

One of the many articles in the "Green Guerillas" book is titled 'Oil, lawlessness and indigenous struggles in Ecuador's Oriente', by Judith Kimerling. This article consists of two main parts, one on the oil giant, Texaco and its impact on Ecuadorean Amazon and the other part on the struggles and r...

The economy is affected by many factors that determine if it is strong or weak. These factors have to do with buyers consuming goods and services and at what rate they do this. Do the goods and services that are consumed by people created wealth, jobs and a better overall economy for a country. Th...

In 1870 the first national parks and forests were set aside for wildlife protection and for the extraction of resources. Along with the timber, oil and mining industries, tourism offered economic benefits. But by the 1920s all development was prohibited on these land areas. However external pressur...

Ever since man started trading, supply and demand for a particular product has been the determining factor of its price. Certain attributes of the supply and/or demand of the product affect its price and events beyond the control of the producer/consumer who can often affect its supply and demand, ...

Since the beginning of time, human being's have taken advantage of the oceans by using them as a dumping ground. Soda bottles, food wastes, plastic pellets, old tires, fishing equipment, and many other types of debris are dumped into the oceans. This senseless act is killing innocent sea anim...

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1960 in northeastern Alaska to protect and maintain it's naturally functioning community of arctic and sub-arctic ecosystems. A variety of wildlife, including 36 fish species, 36 kinds of land mammals, over ...

Oil Politics Oil politics is one of the most dynamic and necessary challenge that faces modern day politicians. When the topic of politics mixes with the issue of oil you get a very strong voice of opinion between many different political parties and interest groups. Oil has been a very main issue...

Trans Fatty Acids Fat is essential to life, its not to be feared anymore if the right type is consumed. There are three classifications of fat: saturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and monounsaturated fatty acids. These fats are used by the body as energy, but provide more than twi...

Destruction of the Environment or Over-Zealous Conservation?Introduction:With the 2000 Presidential election looming and both candidates in a near deadlock, Al Gore and George W. Bush have been forced to take stands on some very tough issues that affect the lives of everyday Americans. One of these...

Prior to the 20th century, the Middle Eastern nations could easily have been categorized as third world countries. It was not until the early 1930's that oil production was begun and not until the mid-century that oil became an important commodity in the world market. Thus, the Middle Eastern coun...

After compiling data and studying the relationship between the price of oil and the price of solar stocks using ANOVA, our East Coast Team has refocused on the same task utilizing regression analysis. Regression analysis is the process by which an equation is defined that signifies the linear relati...

WHITE NIGHTS AND POLAR LIGHTS ASSIGNMENT ININTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE1. How important is the acquisition of Russian Oil to a Western oil firm? How would you value the worth of this acquisition for different companies? Let's first take a look at the natural advantage of investment in oil industr...

Joel SharrerNovember 11, 1999Research Paper #1S. Rheingans Sound ProgressThe Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Prince William Sound of Alaska proved to be a disaster on many levels. The coastline, wildlife, and people of the all area were all devastated by the spill. Ten years later, the area is showi...

The world of today has for the most part, grown into a large interdependent working unit. One country predominately producing oil can not consume that oil and conversely the country with vast land for agriculture can never utilize the land's potential without gas for its machinery. Trade then is a...

Although John D. Rockefeller and Ida B. Tarbell had seemingly little in common, their paths epically crossed over time. John Rockefeller, co-founder of Standard Oil, and Ida Tarbell, investigative journalist, became intertwined in a conflict not only involving Standard Oil, but also the financial we...

In the late 40's Herbert Feis, a United States' State Department analysis, determined that a certain Arab nation in the Middle East has "one of the greatest material prizes in world history": oil reserves. The United States government has bargained over $100 billion in military ...

The economy has performed exceptionally well for the past several years, combining rapid growth and very low unemployment with declining inflation. "Not only has the expansion achieved record length, but it has done so with far stronger growth than expected," stated Federal Reserve Chair...

The Persian Gulf War Why Did the US Army stop short of Baghdad in Operation Desert Storm and leave Iraqi Shi'ites and Kurds more or less alone to face the wrath of Saddam Hussein? Why did a coalition of over 30 nations find it was necessary to go to war to help Kuwait after it was invaded...

Outline 1. Introduction to open water waste disposal. 2. Introduction of oil into marine environments. 1. Effects upon environment. 2. Effects upon living organisms. 3. Introduction of plastics/pollutants into marine environments. 1. Effects upon living organisms. 4. Possible solutions to w...