Year 11 - Geography
Developing conventional oil/gas sources in sensitive or remote areas
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about different energy resources, their extraction and uses. Pupils learn about the different types of energy, the factors affecting extraction and the patterns and inequalites associated with production and consumption. Pupils also learn about energy futures.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain the economic costs and benefits of developing conventional sources of oil and gas in ecologically-sensitive and isolated areas.
Key Notes
- The world's continuing reliance on fossil fuels increases pressure to exploit new areas.
- There are economic benefits of developing conventional oil and gas sources in ecologically-sensitive and isolated areas.
- There are economic costs of developing conventional oil and gas sources in ecologically-sensitive and isolated areas.
Vocabulary To Learn
- conventional: sources of oil and gas that are relatively easy to extract because the oil and gas can flow freely towards an oil well or a gas well
- viable: able to generate enough money to cover its costs and remain profitable
- reserve: a known amount of oil or gas that can be taken from underground and used
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- If you find oil or gas underground, it is always worth extracting it.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
The world's continuing reliance on fossil fuels increases pressure to exploit new areas. There are economic benefits of developing conventional oil and gas sources in ecologically-sensitive and isolated areas.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'conventional'
sources of oil and gas that are relatively easy to extract because the oil and gas can flow freely towards an oil well or a gas well.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: If you find oil or gas underground, it is always worth extracting it. Correction: In fact, just because a reserve exists doesn't mean that it will be technically or economically viable. Reserves that are in remote locations or in challenging conditions may have high development costs, especially if oil prices fall.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Changing attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption Study Guide
- Changing oil supply and prices Study Guide
- Classification of energy – non-renewable, renewable and recyclable Study Guide
- Costs and benefits to fossil fuel alternatives Study Guide
- Developing unconventional oil/gas sources in sensitive or remote areas Study Guide
- Distribution of oil reserves, factors affecting growth of oil consumption Study Guide
- Energy futures – contrasting views Study Guide
- Environmental impacts of energy extraction Study Guide
- Factors affecting access to energy resources Study Guide
- Global patterns of energy use and causes of variations Study Guide
- Reducing demand on fossil fuels Study Guide
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