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08 Energy Rocks
08 Energy Rocks
Vibroseis Truck
In order to determine
the structure of
underground rock
layers this large truck
thumps the ground
with a large base
plate between its
wheels. The thumps
send out seismic
vibrations, or shear-
waves, at a known
frequency. A network
of seismometers
called geophones
records the arrival
time of the shear-
waves.
Drilling for Oil & oil bearing structures
Baku and Oil. The Period of Industrial Oil
Extraction
The documentary proof of drilling
the first oil well in Bibi-Heibat in the
world was included in Count
Vorontsov’s report of July 14, 1848
to the Russian tsar. This is
considered the starting point of
industrial oil extraction in Azerbaijan
and in the whole world. Beginning
from 1871 the oil wells were drilled
everywhere and a new method of oil
extraction completely replaced the
old method of well-sinking. Close to
the end of the 19th century the Baku
oil industry, following the path of
capitalist development, reached
50% of the volume of extraction
from the world level of oil extraction
of that time in less than two decades
(by 1901).
Oil Pipeline
Super tankers that measure more than 450 m (1500 ft) long and carry over 200,000
metric tons (220,000 short tons) of oil
The Oil Industry
Like coal, oil and natural gas,
uranium is an energy
resource which must be
processed through a series of
steps to produce an efficient
fuel for use in generating
electricity.
Uranium is usually
mined by either surface
(open cut) or
underground mining Nuclear Fuel Cycle
techniques, depending
on the depth at which
the ore body is found
Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.,
Jaduguda : Mines Uranium Ore and
produces Uranium Concentrate used
as fuel in Nuclear Power Programme.
The corporation operates uranium
mines at Jaduguda and Narwapahar
in the state of Bihar. It processes the
ore to produce Uranium concentrate
at its mill in Jaduguda.
About 200 tonnes uranium oxide (U308) concentrate is required to
keep a large (1000 MWe) nuclear power reactor generating
electricity for one year.