This increases the productivity of successful wells, allowing for more petroleum and natural gas to be extracted from the ground. In fact, 3-D seismic can increase the recovery rates of productive wells to 40-50 percent, as opposed to 25-30 percent with traditional 2-D exploration techniques.
Even though America's food supply is the safest in the world, millions of people are affected by foodborne illnesses. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), foodborne illnesses cause about 76 million cases of illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year.
Population: 146, 255, 312â¦ most populous country in Africa Diseases: Hepatitis A, Typhoid Fever (food or waterborne diseases), Malaria, Yellow Fever (vector borne diseases) Religions: 40% Christian, 50% Muslim, and 10% other religions Government type: federal republic Agriculture is not substantial enough to provide for the rapidly growing population Once large net exporter of food but now must import food Gross Domestic Product: 90.52 billion Debt: $5.815 billion (as of 2007) Current ...