just curious, how much oil does the north sea provide, how much does the UK need for internal use?
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Been out of the industry for a little while now so cant give you precise figures, but what I can tell you is that North Sea crude is pretty much specialised and is virtually all exported.\n\nThe UK exchequer sells our crude for more than we pay to import generally.\n\nIt is not the type of crude which lends itself to petrol production either.\n\nIt was also pretty badly drilled at the time which means that whilst there is actually quite a lot left, most of it will be to difficult and expensive to be extracted, so the supply is diminishing quickly.
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Norway produces oil and natural gas. They are sure to offer their own output to the EU. NATO is a millitary alliance, and may not do oil policy planning. Sounds like Norway is starting to run dry, if so the EU will have to reduce demand instead of counting on Norway to produce more supply. But here are some old quotes:\n\n\nWorld Petroleum Congress, Stavanger, 30 May 1994\n\nAll Norwegian gas and some 70 per cent of our oil production are sold to countries within the European Union. Norwegian oil accounts for about 15 per cent of oil consumption in the Union, and Norwegian gas for about 10 per cent of total gas consumption. Our share of the West European gas market is expected to go up to at least 15 per cent as exports are expected to increase more rapidly than gas consumption. \n\nEU dependence on imported energy is expected to increase, and Norwegian exports will be a considerable contribution to EU energy supplies. It is our objective to be a stable, reliable supplier of oil and gas to Western Europe. We place particular emphasis on the safety of gas supplies. \n\n4. November 2005 \nIEA asks Norway to keep oil production high \n\nThe Norwegian oil production is falling this year. The International Energy Agency (IEA) asks Norway to maintain a high production level, in order to reduce world dependency on oil from the Middle East. \n\n-The increased dependency on just a few nations in unstaable regions may be reduced if Norway could manage to maintain its level of oil production, or at least reduce the expected decline, says IEA chief economist Fatih Birol to Aftenposten.\n\nThe task of the Paris-based IEA is to secure the industrial nations enough oil. In the opinion of the organization, the demand for oil will increase strongly over the next 25 years, and the dependency on the oil-rich nations in the Middle East will increase considerably.\n\nAccording to statistics, the Norwegian oil production is declining this year. This is of concern to the IEA.\n\nBirol says that it is therefore important that the Barents Sea, which is expected to contain major oil and gas reserves, will be thoroughly explored.\n\n- Continued exploration is important, particularly in light of today's high oil prices, Birol says to Aftenposten.\n\n(Aftenposten)\n\nRolleiv Solholm
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uses more oil quicker. i stuck on the question please explain more
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The United Kingdom, one of the most highly industrialized countries in the world, lives by manufacture, trade, and financial and commercial services. Apart from coal and low-grade iron ore, some timber, building materials, hides and skins, and natural gas and North Sea oil, it has few natural resources. Agriculture provides 60% of the food needed with only 1% of the labor force. The remainder of the UK's food and most raw materials for its industries have to be imported and paid for largely through exports of manufactures and services. The United Kingdom is in fact one of the world's largest markets for food and agricultural products and the fifth-largest trading nation. Vast quantities of imported wheat, meat, butter, livestock feeds, tea, tobacco, wool, and timber have been balanced by exports of machinery, ships, locomotives, aircraft, and motor vehicles. The pattern of exports is gradually changing, however. Post World War II reduction in output of textiles—once a leading British export—due to competition from Asia, and in coal output, because of competition from oil and new mines in Europe, is being offset by industries such as electronics and chemicals. A major source of earnings is the variety of commercial services that stem from the UK's role as central banker of the sterling area. Shipping, income from overseas investment, insurance, and tourism also make up an important part of the economy.\n\nI would like to add , Tea is not grown in the Uk.We import the tea and maybe make the packaging!
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Because Tony Blair has spent all the money invading countries with oil.  There is none left for genuine causes.
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no, is should not, you should take your topic and look at alternative fuel sources and such, i have included many sources where you can find info.  if you need aditional help i would be willing to answer any questions you have.  there is only enough oil in the ANWR to last anywhere between 6months and 2 years.  it will cost billions of dollars to drill there when that money should be put towards alternative fuel sources such as the hydrogen fuel cell. there will also be 130+ animals that could become extinct. you may also talk about the vulnerability of the US oil imports and the '73 opec embargo.
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None we keep all our oil just in case.
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Probably not much, since the big bucks are in production and transmission.\nRemember we still own a big piece of the Production in OPEC Oil Fields.
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Yes, we can make oil- take a look at Biodeisel.  However, right now it is still a LOT cheaper to get it from the ground then make it ourselves.  Oil scarcity is much more about economics than geology.
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Oil is non-renewable.  So it will run out but NOBODY knows when.
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One amount of the oil to double the amount of carrier oil or of course two parts.\nIt's to make sure the complete mixture isn't too strong
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Per a gallon ( 5 litres) thats about £5.02 in $ that is $9 roughly per a gallon...by the way thats in London, U.K...don't think anyone can beat that price\n:P
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antartica reputedly has a massive amounts of oil reserves but due to environmental protection cannot be checked.\n\nsiberia has huge amounts also but russia being so poor cannot do much with it in large quantities.\n\nrecently the north sea and gulf of mexico again have found new fields as well as the caspian sea.
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barrel (petroleum) bl ≡ 42 gal (US) = 158.987 294 928 L \n\nThere are 42 gal(US) ! US gal is diffrent from UK gal and imperial gal
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The US exports oil, but trying to find out where that oil comes from and goes to is not as easy as I expected.\n\nThe CIA factbook: Oil - exports:\n1.048 million bbl/day (2004)
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Specifically as crude oil the best estimate is 2.2 trillion barrels. That includes estimates of undiscovered oil. Known remaining reserves of crude oil are about 890 billion barrels.\n\nHowever, to truly consider remaining reserves you must consider natural gas and NGL's (natural gas liquids). The most reliable estimate is that about 4.9 (Four and nine-tenths: sorry Yahoo seems to be censoring nines)trillion barrels of oil equivalent remain. The "equivalent' part is because natural gas and condensate are also included in that estimate, while these are normally measured in cubic feet and not barrels. This estimate does not include tar sands, oil shale, or gas hydrates which may all make significant contributions in the future. Tar sands are already producing significant oil in northern Canada.   \n\nThe estimate includes remaining reserves, reserve growth (a phenomenon where initial estimates of oil in place often are found to be too low after the fields are fully explored), and estimates of undiscovered oil. Undiscovered oil can be estimated by examining what are called petroleum systems, where basins have formed significant deposits that should contain oil. \n\nThis estimate was made by the USGS in 2000 and the results are published in an American Association of Petroleum Geologists book titled "Global Resource Estimates from Total Petroleum Systems".
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106 kWh/t (avg) of electricity...but that isn't all the energy..there are other fuels consumed as well.\nThis site have what you need...\nhttp://www.world-aluminium.org/environment/lifecycle/lifecycle3.html\nand check out the pdf link under "Life Cycle Inventory data"  page 31