western pipeline corp
western pipeline corp
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by Bob Jent - 2007-06-24
The United States consumes eleven percent of world oil production and imports 60% of this oil from foreign sources. Consumption continues to grow and is projected to increase by 44 percent by 2025. Do...
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by Bob Jent - 2007-06-24
The declining availability of conventional oil and the expectation of peak oil occurring globally in the next 10 or 20 years are accelerating the search for alternate energy sources. This decline acco...
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by Bob Jent - 2007-06-27
Most people know how important oil is to our daily lives and that its getting harder and harder to find. However, we spend little time thinking about where it comes from. We know that most of it...
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by Bob Jent - 2007-06-29
Crude oil is a hydrocarbon mixture that exists in a liquid phase in underground reservoirs. It is classified as light, medium or heavy. The weight or gravity is measured on the American Petroleu...
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by Bob Jent - 2007-06-29
Demand for natural gas in the United States has more than doubled over the last twenty years, while supply has been flat. The existing producing gas fields are being exhausted. To maintain produ...
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by Bob Jent - 2007-06-29
The chemical fertilizer industry began in 1947 when the government had a surplus of ammonium nitrate. Ammonium nitrate was used in munitions during World War II. It is an excellent source of ni...
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by Bob Jent - 2007-06-30
Put simply, oil seeps are naturally occurring oil and natural gas "springs" which rise from oil reservoirs within the earth and emerge at the surface. Seeps usually contain some mixture of natural gas...
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by Bob Jent - 2007-07-01
Advanced technology makes it possible for the oil and gas industry to produce resources from beneath sensitive environments. The size of a drilling pad has been reduced by up to 80 percent. If A...
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by Wespipe - 2007-06-29
Fossil fuels are responsible for providing the energy needed worldwide for many household and industrial purposes today. Deposits of fossil fuels are found throughout the world deep inside the e...
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by Bob Jent - 2007-07-01
Inventories or stocks of oil are needed to keep the global supply system operating. They feed the supply chain from the tankers crossing the oceans to the tanker truck delivering to your house. ...