Many people believe that companies behind oil and gas production promote new boundless opportunities while others fear their intrusion in nature. Discuss possible reasons, results and solution.

Many people consider that

oil

rigs and gas businesses offer different job prospects for countless

workers whereas

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workers, whereas

others worry about the detrimental effects on the

environment

.

This

essay thinks that without strict monitoring from the government,

oil

and gas companies may abuse and harm the flora and fauna.

Firstly

,

this

essay will discuss the potential benefits of the

oil

and gas industry expanding and

secondly

, the damaging effect on the

environment

and

lastly

will suggest potential resolutions to solve the problem. On the one hand, many investors want to expand

oil

and gas companies for

this

is a very lucrative business.

This

has made Saudi Arabia one of the richest countries, for they provide the major

oil

and gas supplies to the entire world and because of it, their economy booms and

prospers

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prosperities

prosperity

which the whole country enjoys.

In addition

, it has

also

offered many job opportunities not only for the

people but

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people, but

for nearby countries including the Philippines.

For instance

, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in 2016 reported that over 1 million Filipino workers went out of the country to work in an

oil

and gas company located in the middle east.

On the other hand

, the process of producing gas and manufacturing

oil

is a very strenuous task. Several

machines drill

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machines, drill

the ocean floors or vast areas in the

desserts

arid land with little or no vegetation

desert

to look for

oil

deposits, which more often than not can destroy the

surroundings

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surrounding

. It can

also

affect some of the creatures that thrive in the affected

environment

for their habitats are being destroyed. The atmosphere is not spared, for the

oil

and gas companies produce major air pollutants that can harm both the nature and the health of its workers.

For example

, a study by the World Wildlife Fund in 2015 revealed that 20 percent of the ocean floor of the Pacific Ocean had been

destroying

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destroyed

due to

oil

explorations. In my opinion, I believe that a potential answer to

this

could be that different government officials should work together in order to construct laws that provide protection

to

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for

the

environment

against abusive

oil

and gas businesses. They should

also

have strict policies and meticulous implementation of these laws so that companies are aware of the major consequences.

For instance

, The Department of

Environment

and the Natural Resources in the Philippines in 2010 revealed that 30

oil

explorations in the Philippines sea had been cancelled due to the probable detrimental effects on the coral reefs in the area. In conclusion,

although

oil

and gas companies provide countless jobs for

employees we should

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employees, we should

also

consider the effects on our

environment

because the result of

this

is irreversible.