Petroleum in the world

Research about petroleum in the world, and answer the following questions:

1. What countries have the biggest oil banks?

R:

• Saudi Arabia: 262,700,000,000 barrels

• Canada: 178,900,000,000 barrels

• Iran: 133,300,000,000 barrels

2. Which countries are the biggest consumers?

R:

• United States: 18,690,000 bbl/day

• China: 8,200,000 bb/day

• Japan: 4,363,000 bbl/day

3. Which are the principal uses?

R:

• Gasoline

• Disel

• Heatin Oil

• Jet Fuel

• Liquefield Petroleum Gases

• Produce Energy

Small portion of oil is converted into petrochemical feedstock used in production of:

• Plastics

• Rubber

• Fertilizers

• Cosmetics

4. For extracting petroleum, how much is needed invest?

R:

• A lot of money

• Time

• Dedication

• Patience

5. What type of professionals do you need for doing this job?

R:

• Geologist

• Engineer of Oil

• Chemical Engineer

• Operators

• Chiefs of Silver

• Engineer of Networks

6. Make a graph comparing the oil banks with consumption, and establish a time when it will be gone.

The USA oil will last aprox 4 years

The CHINA oil will last aprox 7 years

The MEXICO oil will last aprox 44 years aprox

7. Analyze advantages and disadvantages of the substitution options of petroleum, and argument what will this represent to the planet.

R: The advantage of stopping using the oil serious that we would stop contaminating the environment and ending of this natural resource. The serious disadvantage that if we start using another resource, might happen that also we begin to damage or end with the other resource.

8. Your own personal thoughts on using an alternate source of energy.

R: I think that the use of oil it’s going to end with our planet, and right now, we are in time, we must can try to repair it or at least, support it since we it have even. I think, that another way to do energy besides the oil, is to take advantage of the solar light with solar panels or windmills to collect energy in such a way that we do not contaminate.

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