PETROLEUM I. HISTORY The petroleum industry includes the global processes of exploration‚ extraction‚ refining‚ transporting (often by oil tankers and pipelines)‚ and marketing petroleum products. Petroleum in an unrefined state has been utilized by humans for over 5000 years. Oil in general has been used since early human history to keep fires ablaze‚ and also for warfare. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline (petrol). Petroleum is also the raw material for many
Premium Petroleum
Ahoussou kouadio Jean Christian Student number: 2522706 Management of company finance Analysis of the financial structure of British Airways Name of professor: Tony Kilmister British airways is one of the most valuable company in the world that is why I choose her. With the aim to evaluate the proportion of debt in British airways‚ we will study his financial gearing: income gearing and capital gearing. In order to calculate the company’s capital gearing according to the book value
Premium Stock Weighted average cost of capital Finance
Initial public offering (IPO): An initial public offering (IPO) is a type of public offering where shares of stock in a company are sold to the general public‚ on a securities exchange‚ for the first time. Through this process‚ a private company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are used by companies to raise expansion capital‚ to possibly monetize the investments of early private investors‚ and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required
Premium Initial public offering Underwriting Public company
Section 1. The Philippines is a democratic and republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them. a. The basic principles underlying the 1935‚ 1973 and 1987 Constitutions. b.Manifestations of a republican state. c. Define “state” COLLECTOR VS. CAMPOS RUEDA‚ 42 SCRA 23 d. Elements of a state. Define each: 1. people 2. territory 3. sovereignty 4. government e. Different meanings of the word “people” as used in
Premium Government Form of government Federation
a company’s stock. The shares are sold on a securities exchange‚ and as a result‚ a private company becomes a public company. This dissertation will examine the reasons for using an IPO and some of the advantages and disadvantages of an IPO. It will also examine the procedure that is undertaken to execute the IPO. Lastly‚ Facebook’s recent IPO will be used to help delineate some of the concepts of an IPO. A company uses an IPO because once its stock is listed on the public stock exchange all
Premium Initial public offering Stock market Underwriting
PETROLEUM (PRO’S and CON’S) Petroleum has brought great benefits to human civilization; quality of life and dynamic prosperity is caused by this precious resource. It is the lifeline of modern civilization. It is the source of energy for agricultural‚ industrial and transport sectors and sustains essential industries moving. Petroleum currently provides 90 per cent of energy used for transportation‚ and while its benefits are astounding‚ the use of petroleum-based technologies also has cost
Premium Natural gas Petroleum Fossil fuel
Joint-Stock Company: A joint-stock company is a business entity which is owned by shareholders. Each shareholder owns the portion of the company in proportion to his or her ownership of the company’s shares (certificates of ownership). This allows for the unequal ownership of a business with some shareholders owning a larger proportion of a company than others. Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. In modern corporate
Premium Stock Limited liability Joint stock company
investors are perhaps most likely to be the primary focus‚ these two groups are highly influenced by surrounding interrelated groups and channels and generally rely on these sources (not the company) for accurate information. Environmental and other similar lobbying groups are always a concern for oil companies such as BP. It was in fact a combination of such groups and media coverage that led BP to withdraw financial support from Arctic Power: a proposed oil drilling project in Alaska - a region in
Premium Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum Environmentalism
Environment Small Group Assignment for Spring Semester 2008 Table of Contents 1. Terms of reference 2. Procedure 3. British Petroleum 3.1. British Petroleum (BP) 3.2. Background 4. British petroleum SWOT analysis 4.1. What is SWOT analysis? 4.2. Strengths 4.3. Weaknesses 4.4. Opportunities 4.5. Threats 5. BP Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 5.1. What is Porter’s Five Forces Analysis? 5.2. Threat of New Entrants
Premium Photovoltaics Petroleum Strategic management
111 Midterm Exam 10/24/2011 Essay Question 2: Analyze the role joint-stock companies had in settling America. Joint-stock companies charted by King James I funded the English colonial enterprises. Investors bought shares in the company‚ and at the end of a specified period received their investment back plus a percentage of the profits of the company. In April of 1606‚ the king issued a charter to the Virginia Company of London to create a colony in America. In December 1606‚ three ships
Premium John Rolfe Jamestown, Virginia Virginia Company