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Other Education Links and Resources
More Classroom Resources
- NaturalGasFacts.org
Looking for more information on the current natural
gas situation? Want to know how you can reduce your
natural gas bills? Check out API's new natural gas
website. The new site features factsheets; answers
to frequently asked questions; multimedia excerpts
(including video clips and charts); and links to
other organizations and sources of information.
- Policy
Issues
The oil and natural gas industry shares a keen interest
in the policy issues arena. As demand for energy
to keep our homes, vehicles, and businesses running
continues to increase, so does our advancement in
technology, allowing us to provide safe, reliable,
and affordable energy. While serious challenges
face our nation on a variety of fronts, oil and
natural gas industry representatives remain actively
engaged with government leaders to ensure informed
decision making so the energy needs of tomorrow
are met.
- About
Oil and Natural Gas
Oil and natural gas touch our lives in countless
ways every day. Together, they supply 65 percent
of our nation’s energy. They fuel our cars,
heat our homes and cook our food. But did you know
that oil and natural gas also help generate the
electricity that powers our daily lives? Or that
crude oil supplies the building blocks for everything
from dent-resistant car fenders to soft drink bottles
to camping equipment? Explore this area to learn
more about oil and natural gas, how they are produced
and how they become the products you count on. You’ll
also find useful tips on how to conserve energy
and use oil and natural gas products in ways that
protect you, your family and our environment.
- Environment,
Health & Safety
The oil and natural gas industry is recognized for
delivering products that enhance our quality of
life, energy that heats our homes, and fuels that
allow us to live and work where we choose and bring
our goods to market. What is less widely known is
all we have done to improve our environmental record.
- Facts
on Fuel
This informative web site provides a comprehensive
and easy-to-understand overview of supply, demand,
prices and other hot topics related to gasoline,
diesel fuel, natural gas, home heating oil and other
fuels. The site also illuminates the challenges
the oil and natural gas industry overcomes to ensure
that Americans have access to these vital fuels
when they need them.
- Industry
Statistics
Updated monthly, find quick facts on imports, average
price per barrel of crude oil, U.S. crude production,
natural gas production, gasoline and fuel oil deliveries.
- Innovation
Oil and natural gas are the lifeblood of the American
dream, but these products do not rise magically
from beneath the earth’s surface and into
our furnaces, factories and vehicles. Cutting-edge
technology is enabling us to achieve the same production
capacity of 15 years ago with fewer wells. This
means greater efficiency with less impact on the
environment.
- Newsroom
Visit the media center to access the latest news,
reports, testimony, and journalists' resources regarding
the oil and natural gas industry.
- Pipeline
101
Pipelines play a role in everyone's lives and are
essential to the nation's industries. Yet few people
are aware of the work done by the country's 200,000-mile
petroleum pipeline network that delivers the products
that are integral parts of America's economy. It
is a network that delivers the nation's crude oil
and petroleum products (such as gasoline, jet fuel,
home heating oil) reliably, safely, efficiently,
and economically. "Pipeline 101" seeks to be your
introductory resource for energy pipeline information.
- There's
a Lot of Life in a Barrel of Oil
From the time your digital clock alarm rings in
the morning to the time you turn in for the night,
oil touches your life in ways you may never have
imagined. Thousands of products – from your
toothpaste to your telephone, your credit cards
to your computer, and your vitamins to your shampoo
– all got their start from oil. This publication
provides a host of useful facts about the uses of
oil. Teachers can use these facts to produce material
for classroom quizzes, discussions, and activities.
- Discover
the Wonders of Natural Gas
Natural gas was formed millions of years ago when
most of the earth was covered by water. Plant and
tiny animal remains were mixed and layered with
sand and mud.When the earth underwent natural but
drastic changes to form today’s landscape,
the intense heat and pressure transformed these
fossils into hydrocarbons – chemical compounds
of hydrogen and carbon atoms. Depending on the arrangement
of the atoms,what were once sea plants and animals
are now natural gas or crude oil deposits contained
in the earth’s crust. This publication provides
a host of useful facts about natural gas. Teachers
can use these facts to produce material for classroom
quizzes, discussions, and activities. Click on the
"download" button or image to view this
document.
- Technology Transforming
an Industry
Computers, robotics, 3-D imaging and satellite communicates
have transformed the way we explore for and produce
oil and natural gas. We do amazing things miles
below the sea and the earth's surface to bring America
the oil and natural gas that support its way of
life. The video clips contained in the "Technology
in Action" area of this site are compiled
on this CD-ROM, exploring some of these technological
wonders.
Please note that these files are available to
view using Windows Media Player. If you do not
have the player already installed on your machine,
you can click here
to download.
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Energizing
Life: The Story of Oil and Natural Gas
How do oil and natural gas get from deposits deep
underground to you?
This CD-ROM offers an interactive tour through
the production of oil and natural gas, from exploration
to production to refining and distribution.
- Fuel-less
This funny and informative 16-minute video –
a spoof on the movie “Clueless” –
follows high-school queen Crystal through the worst
day of her young, pampered life. It seems that everything
in her life derived from oil has disappeared: her
makeup, Daddy’s credit card, gasoline for
her beloved BMW and aspirin for her growing stress
headache — all gone. But with a little guidance
from Miss Watkins, her “extremely cool science
teacher,” Crystal gets a better understanding
of where oil comes from, how it is processed and
how the products made from oil impact our everyday
lives.
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Education Links
- Industry Resources
- Government Agencies
- Museums
- Educator and
Professional Organizations
- Environmental
Progress and Performance
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Careers in Energy
- EnergyProfessions.org
API has launched a new energy careers Web site, www.energyprofessions.org. The site features background information on the oil and natural gas industry, profiles industry employees in a variety of positions, and provides access to a searchable database linking to colleges and post-graduate programs that prepare students for careers in the oil and natural gas industry. This site is a one-stop information resource for students and teachers looking for education programs that put people on the path for a dynamic career in the oil and natural gas industry.
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