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The Oil Industry in Cushing, Oklahoma

The Oil Industry in Cushing, Oklahoma

Cushing, Oklahoma isn’t exactly a household name. In fact, it’s likely that most of you haven’t even heard of the small desert prairie town that’s located in Payne County, Oklahoma. And with a population of only 7,700 people, why should you know about this seemingly...

IoT and the Oil and Gas Industry

IoT and the Oil and Gas Industry

Technology in the oil and gas industry is largely facilitating the ease of oil drilling by enabling engineers to achieve operational efficiency. One of the crucial technological tools availed and largely exploited in this industry is the use of the internet of things....

How Natural Disasters Impact Fuel Prices

How Natural Disasters Impact Fuel Prices

Natural disasters do more than destroy property: they cause an increase in the price of fuel. Most price increases occur during or after natural disasters for three primary reasons.  Product Shipping One of the principled rules of economics revolves around the concept...

The Basics of Liquified Natural Gas

The Basics of Liquified Natural Gas

Natural gas is, as the name suggests, a gas. However, it's possible to cool natural gas so that it takes on a liquid form. To take on a liquid form, the gas must be cooled to -260 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooling the gas also makes it more compact. The volume of LNG is 600...

The Oil Extraction Process

The Oil Extraction Process

Extracting oil from underground deposits is a much more complicated process than drilling a well. The underground environment is a difficult place to work. Challenging textures in both the rocks and the deposits limit how the oil flows into the well. Difficult...