Political and regulatory background BP’s 2009 spill plan for the Deepwater Horizon rig was approved by the US Federal Government before the well was drilled. In the report’s pages were: A national wildlife […]
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We now consume as much oil in a year as it takes nature one million years to create. World oil production peaked in July 2008 at 74.82 million barrels/day and is now forecast […]
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Induced hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracturing, commonly known as fracking, is a technique used to release petroleum, natural gas (including shale gas, tight gas, and coal seam gas), or other substances for extraction
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