Global Energy Distribution

Question 1

PRODUCTION: Where has large oil reserves?

Answer 1

Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Question 2

PRODUCTION: Where has large coal reserves?

Answer 2

China and Australia.

Question 3

PRODUCTION: Where has large oil and gas reserves?

Answer 3

UK, Russia and Canada.

Question 4

PRODUCTION: Where has large coal, oil and gas reserves.

Answer 4

USA and Indonesia.

Question 5

PRODUCTION: Why do some countries have lots of energy?

Answer 5

Because they have large energy reserves and the money to exploit them.

Question 6

PRODUCTION: Why do some countries have little energy?

Answer 6

Because they have few resources or are unable to exploit their resources due to lack of money or political instability.

Question 7

PRODUCTION: Which country is politically unstable and has a lack of money and therefore little energy.

Answer 7

Angola.

Question 8

PRODUCTION: Which country has small fossil fuel reserves?

Answer 8

Spain.

Question 9

Explain Global Energy Production.

Answer 9

Its unevenly distributed.

Question 10

Explain Global Energy consumption.

Answer 10

Its also unevenly distributed.

Question 11

CONSUMPTION: What is there a strong relationship between?

Answer 11

GDP and energy consumption.

Question 12

CONSUMPTION: Explain wealthy countries.

Answer 12

They tend to costume lots of energy per person because there wealthy and can afford to. Most people in these countries have access to electricity and heating, and use intensive devices such as cars.

Question 13

CONSUMPTION: What are examples of wealthy countries,

Answer 13

Australia, Sweden, USA.

Question 14

CONSUMPTION: Explain poorer countries.

Answer 14

They consume less energy per person as they are less able to afford it. Less energy is available and lifestyles are less dependent on high energy consumption than in wealthier countries.

Question 15

CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION: Explain the trade between countries.

Answer 15

Some countries don’t produce much energy but still consume a lot, and vice versa. This is because energy is traded between countries and countries that are able to produce a lot of energy export it to those that can’t.

Question 16

CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION: Which countries export large amounts of energy?

Answer 16

Canada, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Denmark and Venezuela all export large amounts of energy.

Question 17

CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION: Which countries import large amounts of energy?

Answer 17

Ireland, Italy, Spain and Japan.

Question 18

What are TNC’s?

Answer 18

A transnational corporation is one that operates in at least two countries. Many have their centres of production in one or more countries, whilst the headquarters are still in a different part of the world. The organisation therefore tends to be hierarchal, with the headquarters in the country of origin and manufacturing plants over seas. TNC’s take my different forms and cover a wide range of companies invoked in the primary, secondary and tertiary industries.

Question 19

Give an example of a TNC.

Answer 19

BP
What? The largest UK owned TNC
Workforce? 100, 000 employes
Countries? More than 100, spread across six continents.
Income in 2006? $26, 172 million,
What are some brands associated with BP? Castrol, ARCO, Aral, Ultimate, Connect.
Main Business segments: Exploration and production, Refining and marketing, Gas, power, renewables.

Question 20

Explain the change in production.

Answer 20

Energy production has increased in countries where new reserves have been discovered e.g. Nigeria and Algeria. there have also been increases in place that have become more politically stable e.g. Angola at the end of the civil war. The production of energy has decreased in other countries as resources are used up e.g. North sea oil production has declined since 1999, reducing production in the UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. production often decreases in areas that become more unstable e.g. Sudan oil production decreased due to civil war between 1983 and 2005.

Question 21

Explain the change in consumption.

Answer 21

China has the largest population and one of the fastest growing economies in the world. As standards of living the industrial output increase China consumes more and more energy. Other newly industrialised countries e.g. India, Malaysia and Mexico, are also using more energy as they develop.

Question 22

Explain the changes in trade.

Answer 22

As production and consumption of energy changes, so does the trade of energy. Exports from ex-soviet central asian countries like kazakhstan and increasing. These countries are attractive as suppliers to the EU, USA and China because the region is more stable than the middle east and isn’t controlled by Russia, reducing dependence on these two areas. Brazil and Denmark were once heavily dependent on imports but are now both energy self-sufficient, due to the development of renewable energy and discoveries of domestic oil reserves.