From now till 2020, world oil consumption will rise by about 60% in total, The fastest growing section in oil consuming transportation. By 2025, the number of motor-vehicles will rise from approximately 700million today to way over 1.25 billion. Global consumption of gas could possibly double. The two countries with the overall highest rate of growing oil consumption are China and India. Combined population are equal to a third of all humanity. Through the next two years India’s oil growth is expected to rise at a rate of 5.5% per year but China’s is even higher. 7.5% per year. That’s a lot compared to a 1% growth for industrialized countries. These countries will have to do this to secure their access to oil.

How is it obtained? (I.e. what process and technologies are used?)

Compressed-Air gun shoots high pulses of air into the water. (Exploration of water.)

Thumper truck-Slams extremely heavy plates into the ground. (Exploration of land.)

Explosives-Drilled into the ground (Exploration of land) or thrown overboard (Explorat

The land is flattened, levelled and access roads may be built.

There must be a water source nearby for drilling. If no natural water a water well will be made.

From the starter hole they drill a surface hole down to a pre-set depth which is somewhere above where they think the oil trap is located. After that they must run a cement casing into the hole to stop it from collapsing in on itself. Drilling continues in stages : They drill then run a new cement casing then drill again. When the rock cutting reveals oil sand from the reservoir they may have reached final depth. At this point they removed the drilling apparatus and perform three main tests to confirm the finding; Lowering electrical and gas sensors down to take measurements of the rock formations.

Once legal issues have been settled, the crew goes about preparing the land:

A reserve pit will be dug to depose of rock off cuts and mud drillings during the process, they line it with plastic to protect the environment.

Taking samples of rock to look for characteristics of reservoir rock.

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