BP OIL SPILL IN 2010 April 20th was a tragic day for BP and the crew of the Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon. “Floating fifty-two miles off the coast of Louisiana in 5‚000 feet of water was an oil rig drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.” (Hoffman‚ 2010) What unfolded next will go down in history as the worst accidental oil spill in the world. “The oil well a mile below the surface of the Gulf blew up from high-pressure methane gas expanding into the drill. As a result of the explosion‚ it ended
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beginning of the largest‚most disastrous oil spill in the United States had begun. The oil leak was caused by an explosion that happened at approximately 10:00 p.m‚killing eleven people and injuring seventeen others. Two days later‚ the rig sank and started to leak oil and gas from the well. After about three months of the well (Macondo) leaking oil‚ it finally got capped off on July 15. Within those three months‚ the well had leaked 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The leak did not
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Oil Futures Market in India There are primarily 3 major exchanges present in India * Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) * India’s No. 1 commodity exchange (85% Market share)‚ 3rd largest in world in crude oil trades * Turnover of over Rs 90 Lakh Crore‚ daily turnover of Rs 10‚000 crore in crude alone * National Commodity and Derivative Exchange (NCDEX) * Ranked number 32nd in 2010 in the Futures Industry Association’s global list of top 53 derivatives exchanges
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Alex Bordeau P.6 3/27/16 Ms.Whittaker Exxon Oil Spill The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound‚ Alaska‚ on March 24‚ 1989. Exxon Valdez‚ an oil tanker headed for Long Beach‚ California‚ struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef at 12:04 am local time and spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil. Exxon Shipping Company failed to properly maintain the Raytheon Collision Avoidance System radar which‚ if functional would have identified that the ship was off course an heading
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OPEC Oil Embargo The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was created in 1960 with the idea of unifying and protecting the interests of petroleum-producing countries. The members of this organization include: Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Venezuela‚ Qatar‚ Indonesia‚ Libya‚ The United Arab Emirates‚ Algeria‚ and Nigeria. Their goal was to slowly take over the function of the companies‚ at least in production‚ and then increase the amount of revenues they could retain. Despite
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technological capability gap that separates Orange Electric Plc.‚ is a necessary condition to put the latter on a path of sustainability. The importance of learning alliances to capability development places a premium on Orange Electric Plc.’s ability to identify‚ assimilate‚ and utilize a partner’s (Finland) knowledge. However‚ this is limited primarily to how they should be structured and managed. Therefore‚ it is important that such operational issues as when Orange Electric Plc. may need to form a joint
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Isolation of Essential Oils by Steam Distillation Procedure Part A Apparatus 1.) Using a 20- or 25-mL round-bottom flask (for distillation) and a 10-mL round-bottom flask (for collection) assemble a distillation apparatus 2.) Use an aluminum block to heat and insert a water condenser 3.) The collection flask may be immersed in ice to ensure condensation of the distillate Preparing the Spice 1.) Weigh approximately 1.0 g of your spice or herb onto a piece of weighing paper and record the exact
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Purpose of this experiment is to synthesis Banana oil by mixture of the isopentyl alcohol and acetic acid . Banana oil smells like fruit mostly it smells like banana. This reasons that this compound uses in different perfume products as well as the gums for the flavor. The reaction that takes place in this experiment is a esterification. In this experiment‚ the carboxyl group of the acetic acid joins with the hydroxyl group of the isopently alcohol‚ catalyzed by the presence of sulfuric acid
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Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) which in turn placed an embargo on oil exports upon the United States because of the aid and arms that the United States was supplying Israel. This embargo caused fuel shortages such as gasoline which in turn caused fuel prices to soar throughout much of the 1970s. This was further amplified due to the decline of domestic oil production and the reliance on imported oil from abroad. It only took three months for the embargo to cause massive change in
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different products that may be derived from its various parts. All typical farms have fruit bearing coconut trees. A fully integrated mobile processing unit (diesel engine powered)‚ that can be hooked like a trailer‚ able to extract virgin coconut oil from coconut meat‚ coconut coir and coir dust from the husks‚ and charcoal from the shell‚ will benefit all small and medium sized coconut farmers. These 3 products are heavily traded in the global market. At present‚ farmers are limited to copra production
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