Chapter 51 Saudi Arabia Case study main details ¼ of the worlds crude oil unrefined found in Saudi Arabia Once a poor country with nomad farmers Now one of the worlds richest countries Due to oil High standard of living ID: 594945
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Energy sources: Focus on Oil and Gas
Chapter 51Slide2Slide3Slide4Slide5
Saudi Arabia: Case study – main details
¼ of the worlds crude oil (unrefined) found in Saudi Arabia
Once a poor country with nomad farmers
Now one of the worlds richest countries
Due to oil: High standard of living
High employment in the country
Oil is finite (will run out)
Saudi Arabia must diversify (make money from other sources)Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9
Multinational Companies are wealthy American/European companies that explore for oil/gas in many countries at the same time.
Examples of multinational companies are:
Marathon Corporation which takes gas from
Kinsale Head gas field andShell Corporation who
hopes
to take gas from Corrib gas field. Slide10Slide11Slide12Slide13Slide14Slide15Slide16
Chapter Revision
What are energy guzzlers?
What are non-renewable resources?
Name two non-renewable resources?
Explain the terms ‘finite’ and ‘non-finite’?
Name an important oil producing country?
Give three main details about this country?
List three negative effects of oil drilling?
What is a gas field?
Name two large Irish gas fields?
Give five details about the Corrib/Shell gas dispute?
List three positives and three negatives about the gas explorations in Mayo?