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International Commodities

Information for Confluence Campus students abut international commodities.

 

Academic Level of Resources

 = Introductory

 = Intermediate

 = Academic

Oil/Gas Corporations

 British Petroleum

British Petroleum (BP)  a multinational corporation, is one of the worlds largest oil and gas companies. The sustainability page, contains information on BP's impact on the environment, the societies and the economies where they operate. 

 ExxonMobil

Based in the United States of America ExxonMobil is one of the largest corporations in the world, regularly being listed as one of the top 5 largest corporations in the world.  

 Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell commonly known as Shell is a global company the employs approximately 94, 000 employees in over 70 countries.

  Petroleum Overview

Environmental Organisations

 GreenPeace

Operating in over 40 countries GreenPeace is one of the world largest and most vocal environmental organizations. 

 Sierra Club

Founded in 1982 the Sierra club is one of the first large scale environmental advocacy organizations. With over 2 million members the Sierra clubs actively supports environmentally friendly legislation.

 Corporate Watch

Corporate Watch is an independent research group, which investigates the social and environmental impacts of corporations.

 

 Oil Spills

 

Library Book: Tar sands dirty oil and the future of a continent / 333.8232 NIK

Library Book: Ethical oil the case for Canada's oil sands / 178 LEV

Library Book: Fuel under fire petroleum and its perils/ 338.2 GOL

Fracking

 

Library Book: Fracking a reference handbook / 622.2 NEW

 

 

Transportation

 Keystone Pipline

 Northern Gateway Pipeline

 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

 

 The petroleonic wars

 

Library book: Oil on the brain adventures from the pump to the pipeline / 338.2728 MAR

Library book:  The pipeline and the paradigm Keystone XL, tar sands, and the battle to defuse the carbon bomb / Samuel Avery 665.544 AVE