Demand for gas and oil is increasing and so finding new sources in remote and untouched areas is a necessity.Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

Surging demand for

oil

and

gas

has made it necessary to find new

sources

in remote and untouched

areas

. As the global population is rising day by day, the requirement of

oil

and

gas

is

also

increasing.

This

increased requirement of

oil

and gases cannot be satisfied until new

sources

in the remote and untouched

area

are found. Yes,the merits of finding new

sources

in the remote and untouched

area

definitely overpower its demerits. Let us discuss it in detail below.

To begin

with, let us shed light on the advantages of finding new

sources

of

oil

and

gas

in remote and untouched

areas

.

First

and foremost, finding new

sources

in remote and untouched

areas

increases employment opportunities and

development

rate in that

area

. To explain, in order to operate new factories and

oil

rigs in remote and untouched

areas

, a large number of new workers are required. Since

this

demand can be easily fulfilled by local

people

, they are hired for

this

purpose.

Also

, these factories in remote and untouched

areas

are run successfully if they are connected by good road and rail transportation.

As a result

of increased connectivity of the remote

area

with the developed world, the

development

of that

area

occurs and the living standard of

people

is raised. To illustrate, a survey conducted by UN in 2014 in the UAE, in ten newly excavated remote and untouched

areas

for

oil

revealed that employment was increased by 40% and

development

rate was doubled in those

areas

.

In addition

, finding new

sources

of

oil

and gases in remote and untouched

areas

has incremented per

capita

income

of

people

of those

areas

because earnings of

people

have increased. To clarify, in order to construct roads, rails and refineries at remote and untouched

areas

, vacant lands are acquired from native

people

at good prices.

As a result

, revenues of local

people

increases and per

capita

income

is raised. To cite an example, Mr Benjamin Bradlee, the Editor-in-chief of ‘Washington Post’ in his editorial on ‘Benefit of

oil

excavation at remote places’ in the April 2012 issue stated that per

capita

income

of

people

of remote

areas

of Saudi Arabia was increased by 40% with establishment of

oil

rigs in those remote

areas

.

On the contrary

, finding new

sources

in remote and undeveloped

areas

has some demerits as well. Primarily, after putting more factories in the emote and untouched

area

, pollution is increased in those

area

and natural resources are overexploited. To substantiate, when the ground is excavated for finding

oil

in remote

areas

, sand particles get mixed in the air and become a source of pollution in those

areas

.

Moreover

, in order to earn more profits, natural resources are

also

overexploited in remote and untouched

areas

. As a consequence of the over-exploitation of natural resources in remote

areas

, they will soon become extinct. To exemplify, a research conducted by University of British Columbia in 2015, in Iraq, on five newly established

oil

rigs in remote

areas

revealed that pollution was surged by 20% and rate of exploitation in those

areas

would extinct crude in 10 years. To encapsulate, it can be concluded that even though finding new

sources

of

oil

and

gas

in remote and untouched

areas

has some demerits, advantages have outweighed its disadvantages. Finding new

sources

in the remote and untouched

area

not only provides employment to

people

of these

areas

but it

also

increases

development

and per

capita

income

of

such

remote

areas

.