SOURCE OF ENERGY: OIL

By: Adam Pinos

 Oil Sands Heavy Oils

Deep-water Oils
Polar Oils

 They are formed when oil flows into near-surface sands from deeper underground reservoirs. Oil is collected from the sands by large-scale strip mining, then the sand they take is heated to 80 degrees Celsius to separate the oil from the sand. It takes two tons of sand to produce one barrel of oil. It takes 3 to 5 times more energy to extract crude oil from oil sands than it takes to extract conventional oil. Canada is the largest producer of oil using this method and their oil reserve is second to only that of Saudi Arabias oil reserve.

 Heavy oils are highly viscous deposits of crude oil which will not flow to the surface under their own natural pressure.
It is different from regular crude oil in the density and specific gravity of the oil.

Largest Source of Heavy Oils can be found in Orinoco, Venezuela, which represent 90% of this type of oil in the world. Heavy Oils contain high levels of sulfur and heavy metals which have to be removed before processing.

 Oil can be found underground; under-water is no exception to this. Deep-water drilling occurs in oceans, seas and gulfs across the world. The Gulf of Mexico is drilled annually for oil.

Deep-water drilling accidents not only affect the workers, but also the animals in the sea.

 The Arctic is estimated to hold 13% of the worlds resource of oil. The Arctic and polar regions are the largest unexploited sources of conventional oil in the world. There are some issues though with obtaining the oil from these regions. Extremely low temperatures The length of the days in wither winter or summer Shifting packed ice

Icebergs
Storms