Class Response: Mining for Oil

This class assignment required good tracing skills and ability to identify different colors. I learned that to obtain oil, you need to find a reservoir. To have a reservoir, you need a source, trap, and a container. Ms. Nightsky (not sure about spelling) worked in an area where she needed to find oil reservoirs for her intern. She collected three sheets of information; one sheet for the source, one for containers, and one for traps. A reservoir for oil can only be formed if all three components for a reservoir are present in the same location. To find this, I traced all three sheets, each with another color, to find a sweetspot. These sweetspots were the places where oil can be most likely found. Then we were faced with a real life representation. We were given a budget and we had to dig for oil considering the sweetspots and the expenses. We found the coordinates of the sweetspots and "dug for oil''. My group was only successful in finding oil 2 out of 4 times. This class amused me because it showed me the difficulty in finding oil.