Take out a piece of loose-leaf paper, and write

down all the uses for oil. (2mns)

Bell Ringer: WHAT DO WE USE OIL

FOR?

Uses of Petroleum/Crude Oil• Gasoline & diesel to power vehicles

• Through a chemical process, petroleum can be mixed to create other end products:Tires Styrofoam

Styrofoam Plastic

Airplane fuel Kerosene

What Fuels Are Made From Crude Oil?• After crude oil is removed from the ground, it

is sent to a refinery by pipeline, ship, or barge. At a refinery, different parts of the crude oil are separated into useable petroleum products.

• One barrel of crude oil, when refined, produces about 19 gallons of finished motor gasoline, and 10 gallons of diesel, as well as other petroleum products. Most petroleum products are used to produce energy. For instance, many people across the United States use propane to heat their homes.

• Other products made from petroleum include:

Ink Crayons

Dishwashing liquids Deodorant

Eyeglasses CDs and DVDs

Tires Ammonia

Heart valves

• Former dictator of Iraq• 1980 – he sent troops

to attack Iran over “border dispute”• Used poison gases

(illegal since WWI)• Both sides attacked

oil tankers and fields• US Navy sent in to

protect oil investments

WHO IS SADDAM HUSSEIN?

• Kuwait is an oil-rich nation.

• Hussein argued that historically, Kuwait was part of Iraq

• Iraqi control would make Iraq one of the largest oil-producing countries in the world.

1990 - IRAQI TROOPS INVADE KUWAIT

• US Congress under George H. Bush declares WAR on Iraq.

• Forms coalition of American, European, and Arab powers.

• UN liberates Kuwait.• Was this war about

Kuwait or OIL???

1991 - PERSIAN GULF WAR

• Used chemical weapons to put down Shiite and Kurdish rebellions.

• UN set up no-fly zones to protect rebels.

• UN banned Iraq from building Weapons of Mass Destruction.

• Saddam violated restrictions completely.

• 2002 Saddam allowed weapons inspectors back in Iraq.

UN SANCTIONS AGAINST SADDAM

• 2003: US and Britain were convinced Saddam had WMD.

• US and Britain invade Iraq without UN support.

• December 2003 the US occupied Iraq and captured Saddam Hussein.

• Guerrilla resistance and terrorists fought on.

• Most Iraqi citizens were grateful for the end of Saddam regime, but did not want foreign occupation.

2003 - WAR IN IRAQ