towers of Babylon; there were oil pits near Ardericca (near Babylon)‚ and a pitch spring on Zacynthus.[32] Great quantities of it were found on the banks of the river Issus‚ one of the tributaries of the Euphrates. Ancient Persian tablets indicate the medicinal and lighting uses of petroleum in the upper levels of their society. In the 1850s‚ the process to distill kerosene from petroleum was invented by Ignacy Łukasiewicz‚ providing a cheaper alternative to whale oil. The demand for the petroleum
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THE MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IN THE OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT SERVICE INDUSTRY We explore how the macroeconomic fluctuation can really affect the performance of a company. We analyze the companies of the oil and gas equipment service industry: FMC Technologies‚ NOV‚ and Schlumberger. We use the MUST Analysis in order to discover what were the macroeconomic variables that really affects our companies’ performance‚ the magnitude‚ and the direction of the variables with the performance. The data sources
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Isolation and Analysis of Essential Oils using Gas Chromatography Lyndon Justin T. Guzman Institute of Chemistry‚ University of the Philippines‚ Diliman‚ Quezon City Date Performed: February 2; February 4‚ 2011 Date Submitted: February 18‚ 2011 Abstract The purpose of this experiment is to isolate the essential oil from eucalyptus leaves as a pure compound; moreover‚ the components of the essential oil‚ camphor and limonene‚ will be then separated using gas chromatography technique‚ identify the
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RFID for Risk Management and Safety Inspections in Oil and Gas Introduction The oil and gas industry now faces its strongest set of challenges in terms of risk and compliance regulations. Recent events such as the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico have further brought to light
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This essay is based on the Premium Oil and Gas Company (POG) case study. POG‚ as a global‚ company is functioning in diversified business environment. It causes in fact‚ a necessity to deal with varied internal and external environmental issues‚ that occur within the company. Internal business environmental issues are in control of the enterprise. External business environmental issues‚ on the other hand‚ are driven by factors‚ that are beyond the control of the company (e.g. legal issues). According
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eurojournals.com Dividend Policy: A Review of Theories and Empirical Evidence Husam-Aldin Nizar Al-Malkawi Corresponding Author‚ Faculty of Business‚ ALHOSN University P.O. Box 38772 - Abu Dhabi‚ UAE E-mail: h.almalkawi@alhosnu.ae Michael Rafferty Senior Research Analyst‚ WRC‚ University of Sydney‚ Australia E-mail: m.rafferty@econ.usyd.edu.au Rekha Pillai Faculty of Business‚ ALHOSN University‚ Abu Dhabi‚ UAE E-mail: r.pillai@alhosnu.ae Abstract The literature on dividend policy has produced
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Razak School of Engineering and Advance Technology _______________________________________________________ POST MODULE ASSIGNMENT (PMA) DESIGN ACCOUNTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY NAME: FAIZ NOR AKMAL BIN MUHAMAD MATRIC NUMBER: LECTURER: ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES BY HONDA AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) Brief Nowadays the problem of global climate change is growing more serious. As a company pursuing for a global mobility business‚ Honda is striving to be the world ’s leader in environmental
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DEEMED DIVIDENDS can elect to have deemed dividend paid from capital dividend account by making 83(2) election resulting in no taxes may still elect if corporation has deemed dividend so as to transfer the Capital Dividend Account amount to the parent corporation if individuals receive deemed dividends: LRIP (lower rate income pool) from CCPC small business deduction plus investment income subject to integrations Gross up 25% $1‚000 x 1.25 = $1‚250 FDTC $167 [either 2/3 of gross up 1250
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crude oil‚ petroleum products‚ liquefied petroleum gas‚ liquefied natural gas and chemicals‚ also vegetable oils‚ wine and other food - the tanker sector comprises one third of the world tonnage. Tankers can range in size from several hundred tons‚ designed for servicing small harbours and coastal settlements‚ to several hundred thousand tons‚ with these being designed for long-range haulage. A wide range of products are carried by tankers‚ including: * hydrocarbon products such as oil‚ LPG‚
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Stock dividend * Definition: * A corporate distribution to shareholders declared out of profits‚ at the discretion of the directors of the corporation‚ which is paid in the form of shares of stock‚ as opposed to money‚ and increases the number of shares. * A dividend paid as additional shares of stock rather than as cash. If dividends paid are in the form of cash‚ those dividends are taxable. When a company issues a stock dividend‚ rather than cash‚ there usually are not tax consequences
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