Extraction
What is the first thing built before drilling begins?
What are drilling pass and access roads?
This major problem has affected Trinidad’s oil and gas reserves for years.
What is decline in production?
Money earned by the government from taxes, royalties, and exports is called this.
What is government revenue?
Globalisation means the world is becoming more
What is interconnected?
Oil and gas industries are located close to these natural resources.
what are oil and natural gas reserves?
How many truckloads are usually needed to bring the drilling equipment to the site?
what is 20-30?
The countries only petroleum company closed in this year.
What is 2018?
Revenue from oil and gas helps the government pay for name a public services.
what is school/ hospitals/ roads?
Globalization helped Trinidad move from an oil economy to a…
what is a gas economy?
This factor allows Trinidad to power refineries using its own natural gas.
What is energy?
This protects underground water sources from contamination during drilling.
what are cemented steel castings?
Oil spills damage this marine ecosystem.
What is coral reefs/mangroves?
Exports of LNG, methanol, and ammonia bring in this type of earnings.
what are foreign exchange earnings?
Globalization has created new markets, enhanced trade and..
What is investment?
Pipelines and ports are examples of this location factor.
what is transport?
The drill is turned in this direction to reach more oil and gas from one site.
what is horizontal drilling?
The industry faces competition from these cleaner energy sources.
What are solar and wind energy?
This industrial area developed largely because of natural gas availability.
What is Point Lisas?
Because of Trinidads small open economy it is sensitive to changes in..
what are global commodity prices?
Being close to shipping routes helps industries reach these.
what are markets?
This process pumps water and chemicals at high pressure to create cracks in rock.
What is hydraulic fracking?
A major environmental problem caused by the industry that affects water, soil, and wildlife.
What is oil and gas pollution?
Producing energy and fuel locally gives Trinidad this privilege.
What is energy security?
Globalisation has allowed Trinidad to become a major regional provider to this region.
What is the caribbean?
Engineers, geologists, and technicians are examples of this location factor.
what is skilled labour?