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    Oil and Gas

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    to understand: What are hydrocarbons? What are their properties? What are the main products derived from crude oil and their uses Exploration milestone-an overview. INTRODUCTION: By definition petroleum is a generic name for hydrocarbons‚ including crude oil‚ natural gas liquids‚ natural gas and their products. Petroleum comes from the Latin petra meaning rock or stone & oleum meaning oil. Petroleum occurs in the earth in combination of any of the four states: gas‚ liquid‚ semisolid‚ and solid. Chemically

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    $13.2 billion and net income of $739 million. In 1988‚ the Deskjet printer was introduced and had become one of HP’s most successful products‚ with sales of 600‚000 units/$400 million in 1990. Summary This case study deals with Hewlett-Packard (HP)‚ a famous manufacturer of computers and peripherals. In the early 1990s‚ HP faced a so-called “Inventory/Service-Crisis” concerning one of their high volume products‚ the DeskJet printer. Despite growing inventory levels at the distribution centers in Europe

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    Oil Embargo

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    1973-1974 Oil Embargo The oil embargo of 1973 was one of the most significant events regarding the United States macroeconomy. This event was a refusal of Arab countries to sell oil to pro-Israeli countries. The embargo began on October 17‚ 1973‚ when the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries‚ or OAPEC‚ declared they would immediately cut oil production by 5 percent and will continue until Israel withdrew from the West Bank‚ Gaza‚ and Jerusalem. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait soon followed

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    Oil Drilling

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    No Oil Drilling In Protected Areas Oil‚ or petroleum‚ is a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons and rock minerals found below the earth ’s surface. When the oil is extracted from the ground it is then refined into various gases or fuels and as a raw material‚ it can be used to make plastic‚ pesticides and many more uses. Oil drilling is a process of perforating the earth’s surface and rock layers to extract fossil fuels or oil for energy productions. Oil is found all over the world and it

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    Oil Spill

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    quality Oils consist of a complex mixture of hydrogen and carbon which is used for fuel‚ lubrication‚ plastics manufacturing‚ and many other purposes. These petroleum products get into water mainly by means of accidental spills from ships‚ tanker trucks‚ pipelines‚ and leaky underground storage tanks Petroleum products affect surface water‚ impairing water quality with hydrocarbons‚ salts‚ nutrients‚ a host of organic compounds‚ and various heavy metals. Immediately after a spill‚ Oil slicks on

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    Crude Oil

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    Crude Oil Effect on soil quality: • Oil contaminated soil looses its fertility for more than 20 years. • The texture and other physicochemical characteristics of the soil gets affected. • The mites and other insects can’t survive in oil contaminated land leading to major imbalance in the food chain. • Oil contamination has adverse effect on seed germination. Farmers loose its crops and are not able to grow agricultural crops for years after years. • Effect on economy of the farmers.

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    Coconut Oil

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    coconut oil due to its high levels of saturated fat. Advocacy against coconut and palm oils in the 1970s and 80s due to their perceived danger as a saturated fat caused companies to instead substitute trans fats‚ unaware of their health-damaging effects.[28] Coconut oil contains a large proportion of lauric acid‚ a saturated fat that raises blood cholesterol levels by increasing the amount of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol[29] that is also found in significant amounts in laurel oil‚ palm

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    The Oil Curse

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    International Business Assignment 3 A Pipeline of good Intentions 1- What is the “oil curse”? Why do you think it develops? The oil curse (Paradox of Plenty) refers to the paradox that countries and regions with an abundance of natural resources‚ specifically point-source non-renewable resources like minerals and fuels‚ tend to have less economic growth and worse development outcomes than countries with fewer natural resources. This is hypothesized to happen for many different reasons‚ including

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    no more oil

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    Oil has had a profound impact on the world civilization than any other single natural resource. It is the principle energy source sustaining our civilization and economy in the world. Currently‚ oil is among the world’s most important natural resource‚ without it‚ the world would not function as effective and as efficient as it does today (Science Classified 2008). “Oil has become a very decisive element in defining the politics‚ rhetoric and diplomacy of states” (Agbebi 2009‚ p.1). Economically

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    Oil Industry

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    Brittany Butler and Nick Schuchardt MBA 633 Position Paper The Oil Industry: "Why Companies Are Not Getting a Fair Shake" Within the last two years‚ the oil industry has increased the price of oil causing gas prices to rise to $3.00 a gallon today. It was only a few years ago that the price of gas was $1.00 a gallon. There have been many complaints against the oil industry on price gauging and monopolizing the industry. Oil companies are reaching sales up to $100 billion and they are seeing

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