Positive and Negative Impacts of Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation

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This project will compare and contrast the positive and negative impacts that petroleum has on different aspects of human life including personal health, environmental welfare, and economic prosperity... , among others. It will cover the process of petroleum production from crude oil, the uses and advantages of petroleum production, and the negative impacts of its exploration and exploitation. In the end, the paper will seek to answer the question, “is the exploration and ex-ploitation of petroleum worth the negative impacts?”This topic is of huge importance because petroleum is the primary source of energy in the world and it plays a very significant role in global economics and politics—in Saudi Arabia particularly, production of petroleum and oil in general is the country’s backbone economically and socially since it is the leading export and the main source of energy accounting for about 92% of energy production [Show More]

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