The History Of The Pennsylvania Oil Boom And Petroleum Industry

One reply to my question about "could Alaska succeed if it decided to?..was that Canada would become the 51st stste ot that Canada,Mexico would join the US to become a super nation..not likely…as one US president said, we don’t want Canada to be a part of us because they would all vote democrat and the republicans would be history….what I find shocking is the ignorance of the answers…Canada takes care of its own, the economy is booming, our dollar is prepared to overtake the American dollar, we are like worldwide, anyone can run in elections, we have resources including oil and we have water that will become a valuable commodity, we have a multicultural system that works, we have culture, we are generally a multi language country where all can find services in their own language and I can travel on this road all afternoon..no, not a chnce of that ever happening…

Canada is a beautiful place, better in many aspects than many other countries in the world. If I ever left the country where I am living now, Canada would be a very possible destination. My only complaint is in Canada people eat too many things with vinegar!

2 things to take in considerations :
1/ The risk of collision when drilling another well. Usually each company has its own rules of safety. The location of a well is known within a certain uncertainty cone, at the surface one is pretty sure of the position and the uncertainty is increasing with the depth. So one must take care of this uncertainty.
2/ The physical and geometrical properties of the reservoir rock containing the oil are conditioning the spacing of your well. These properties are mainly :
- Porosity : the percentage of void within a given volume of rock, the larger the porosity the more oil it might contains.
- Type of porosity : are the pore connected together ?
- Permeability : the ability of rock to transmit fluids through pore spaces
- Saturation : percentage of oil/water within a reservoir
- Oil viscosity
- Number of compartiments : your fields might be broken in pieces a bit like a cake
etc, etc….
The spacing unit is usually a multiple of 100 m, meaning you can have one well every 100 m (quite unlikely or at least only in some section of the field) to km.

i am doing a essay on how the lives of women during the 1920’s changed and was wondering how the boom started and affected them

it happened because of capitalism.

I am a trained firefighter and would like to work in the offshore oil industry in some capacity.
What is required for me to work offshore, how can I train for such positions as safety officer etc, or any other relevant position.
Are there any recruitment agencies which specialize in offshore employment of this type.
are there any jobs which are short of personnel where training in this field is available, was thinking of safety officer.

Good idea, plenty of Firefighters turn into safety officers. And your first aid skills won’t go wrong either.

Ideally you need a NEBOSH diploma, which you can study for in your own time.

As a firefighter, you really need to ask yourself if you want to spend half your life living on top of an UNLIMITED supply of pressurised fuel though. Ex- firefighters can become a little nervous about this.

Yep, NEBOSH diploma for you my lad.

I see a lot of dismay over pricing of gasoline, (a natural reaction), but not much about the effects of tighter environmental regulations, a myriad of different gasoline specifications, a shortage of US refining capacity and the substantial profits of the (crude oil producing) oil companies. Who listens to a balances analysis of the problems and solutions? Or is it a "follow the leader" and selfish mentality that rules?

Not at all.

My oil company investments are doing great because you drive so much.

Gasoline is still much cheaper than bottled water.

I had a half gallon jug of Almond oil in the trunk of my car. I guess from rolling around in the trunk, the lid loosened up and came off. The whole 1/2 gallon of oil soaked the trunk of my car. About a month later, I noticed it seaping through to the back seat. Now after a year of trying to soak it up, shampooing it with my own shampooer, and getting it professionally shampooed, I cannot get the oil out of my seat or trunk! Now its starting to smell like old, stale oil. I have been Febreezing it, but i really want to get the oil out WITHOUT replacing the back seat and truck. Any suggestions?

I think it’s too late too. But I have to admit, I was disappointed in where the question was going. This sounded like a nice, juicy story based off the opening line to the question.

Matt

See this latest news.

In a tape from the San Francisco Chronicle, Obama vows to bankrupt coal companies by expensive burdens and fines he will "ratchet down" every year.

Pennsylvania is the nation’s largest producer, and only source, of anthracite coal and stands to lose over 20,000 jobs!

Virginia and West Virginia are also coal producers and would lose
over 12,000 jobs combined.

The country will lose the energy coal provides with no way to replace it now except to buy more foreign oil.

See the full story, Obama’s video, and hear Obama’s remarks at:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/blogs/fortyfourthestate/

Sarah Paliln is particularly fired up it seems because she believes in coal as a necessary source of energy that can be cleaned up and expand American jobs.

27 states produce coal including western states Colorado, Wyoming, midwest Montana, Indiana, and southeast Kentucky and other Appalachian states.

But Pennsylvania is the largest single producer and its economy depends on the coal industry with over 20,000 jobs affected at
various levels.

All the people who are going to lose their jobs have a right to know, don’t they? All the people who are going to see energy costs skyrocket have a right to know, don’t they?

Obama also said, when gas prices were so high, that he had no problem with the high price, he was just sorry the price had gone up so quickly. I think Americans have the right to know he said that, too. It is clear this man wants to bankrupt my family economy, as well as the country’s. Don’t we all have a right to know that?

Not exactly the "hope and change" I’m hoping for.

Why all the thumbs down? Knowledge is power, people.

For the Americans; you are so easily brainwashed by your government it is quite funny from the outside. for outsiders to the US, ask yourself how and why is their economy booming? Becuase of war and oil, and low-and-behold war and oil were the 2 things to come out of September 11. They even picked the exact same date that is coincidentally the same as the emergency services number in the US – 911. Policy documents from 15 years ago states that they wish to control and monitor the world for their own interests and nobody even cares. I’d rather have nothing than a world ran by fakey fine yanks who think they live in a democracy and the best country on earth. It’s one of the worst by a mile. More drugs, more killings, more corruption than any other nation, but still you think it’s the best. Start asking yourself some questions about your foreign policy and your country as a whole…you are very easily fooled.

WOW… lee h makes an extremely good point, and there are so many ignorant people that just brush off his claims as wrong. Let me enlighten a few people.

Bush is bringing this country down, fast. We are losing constitutional rights left and right.

1st link: Bush is working on the North American Union which will erase the US borders as well as merge us with Mexico and Canada. Why hasn’t bush announced this to the public? Why hasn’t the media swamped this topic? It’s simple. They don’t want you to know until it’s too late. Don’t think about the pros and cons, think about how it’s happening under all of ours noses with nothing to be voted on.

2nd link: Ron Paul proves Bush is totally contradicting. "The talk must stop. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked."

3rd link: Loose Change video. This is an unbiased source of information and scientific evidence regarding 9/11 and our "war on terrorism". There is no negativity or slander, just facts. It only raises questions that for some odd reason the government won’t answer (nothing wrong with questions) as well as a must see.

4th link: Zeitgeist. The ultimate movie establishing why myths are created. Created by people to manipulate society, just as we know they have done. Religion (chapter 1) is proved to be nothing more than astrology perceived by multiple civilizations with them all having the same attributes (you really think it’s coincidence that 20+ civilizations’ main gods were born on december 25th and born of a virgin? crucified and ressurrected 3 days later? LOL). Chapter 2 is based on 9/11 and how that the government/"OFFICIAL" story is a myth created by the government (omg, with evidence). Chapter 3 has to do with the US government and it’s banking system, US government corruption dating back to world war I, world war II, and the vietnam war. Not to mention the VERY close ties between business tycoons and politicians dating back to the early 1900s that continue to have connections with eachother to THIS DATE.

5th link: Thoroughly explains how Bush is being an emperor of the united states, NOT a president. HERE are the following topics in the article: "How the white house and congress are establishing an imperial presidency" – "Imperial presidency proposals" – "Raising homeland security above the law" – "Seizing control over all government operations" – "Erasing local protections of the public interest" – "Fundamental problems of an imperial presidency"

6th link: "Patriot Act Gives Bush Power to Cancel Elections". (What?! Yep) Most people don’t know that when the patriot act was passed, Bush can actually "declare emergency" and that will cancel all elections until he declares that the emergency is resolved. So… WHY do you think everyone is having this "gut feeling" that there’s gonna be another terrorist attack on the US before Bush gets out of the white house? It will happen, guaranteed. Hopefully others will be ready to react to this when it happens because we are all in danger from our own government. They will try to cover it up just like 9/11.

7th link: More explanations as to how Bush is a power freak and taking away more freedoms.

Feeling open-minded? Curious about why people don’t like Bush?

If you’re not ignorant, you’ll check some of my links.

Educate yourself.

The discovery of oil transformed the world, suddenly there was a cheap alternative to coal, the industrial revolution went into gear. Now we are only a few years away from the end of that oil, the world will transformed once more, this time for the worse.

The discovery of oil transformed the world, suddenly there was a cheap alternative to coal, the industrial revolution went into gear. Now we are only a few years away from the end of that oil, the world will transformed once more, this time for the worse.