MacMillan Oil Company has been around since the early 1950s and is a leading distributor of crude oil in South Florida. Government, industrial, retail, and aviation industries, among others, are MacMillan Oil Company’s customers.
Oil production in recent years has introduced new technologies, namely fracking. Fracking, while it has a number of detractors, has proven to be one of the more efficient ways to extract oil from beneath the Earth’s surface.
More recently, researchers have developed a more environmental-friendly way of extracting oil. Instead of relying on a water solution to break up sediment, a gel containing propane is used to break up rocks. This substance is believed to be better than the water solution because it contains hydrocarbons, which are also found in the earth, so these deposits seep back into the ground.
Another method for reducing the environmental impact of fracking is through reducing the amount of methane released into the air. Businesses could significantly reduce the amount of emissions by plugging up methane wells. Using infrared cameras, inspectors can target areas where there are methane leaks (a contributor to greenhouse emissions) and plug these leaks.
Companies can also switch machine equipment for some that reduces methane emissions. Using solar-powered pumps and operators rather than conventional-pressure pneumatic controllers, operators can eliminate close to six billion cubic feet of methane annually.
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