Bhopal as a Case Study - Union Carbide Corp. INVESTIGATION OF LARGE-MAGNITUDE INCIDENTS: BHOPAL AS A CASE STUDY Ashok S. Kalelkar Arthur D. Little‚ Inc. Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ USA Presented At The Institution of Chemical Engineers Conference On Preventing Major Chemical Accidents London‚ England May 1988 ABSTRACT The investigation of large-magnitude incidents is fraught with difficulties and the process of establishing the primary cause of an incident often requires an understanding
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What happens when oil does peak? by Joel Bainerman Peak oil is often referred to as "Hubberts Peak"‚ a geophysicist who observed that oil well production followed a bell curve. According to the mainstream‚ convention view‚ peak oil is set to occur around 2006-2008. When peak oil occurs‚ production will decline approximately 3% per year at a time where global demand is increasing at 3% per year. What will all this mean for you and me- the average folk? Which industries will suffer the most- and
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experience of the soldiers was beyond anything that had ever been faced before. A soldier who was attacked by poison gas says that “It seemed as if [his] lungs were gradually shutting up and [his] heart pounded away in [his] ears like the beat of a drum. On looking at the chap next to [him‚ he] felt sick‚ for green stuff was oozing from the side of his mouth.” (Pressey‚ “Poisonous Gas”). After getting attacked‚ this soldier isn’t only poisoned physically‚ but is poisoned mentally as he looks at the
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Oil and Gas Law Outline Fall 2000 Class One INTRODUCTION Petroleum: generic name for certain combustible hydrocarbon compounds found in the earth A commercial oil deposit requires the presence of a porous‚ permeable rock formation containing oil of a marketable A.P.I. gravity and of producible viscosity. Three fundamental properties of petroleum (for oil and gas production): 1. state (gaseous‚ liquid or solid) 2. specific gravity
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After the Bhopal gas disaster in 1984‚ the Indian legislation governing safety and environment underwent significant changes.Specifically‚the factories Act was amended to assign the responsibility of the “occupier”‚who is legally responsible for the safety of the workplace and workers‚to the highest level of management in an organization. For a company this meant that one of the directors on the board had to be designated as “occupier”.The Environmental legislation also underwent changes ‚with the
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Company is catering the demand of its product W within a local community. However the Company wishes to analyse the implications if a decision is made in respect of launching product W at the state level. As a consulting firm‚ we will perform a cost-volume-profit [CVP] analysis whereby we will examine where the Company stands now and where the Company intends to be. CVP analysis is extension of break-even analysis – a situation where a business earns no income and incurs no loss. From the analysis we
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• Natural gas is an odorless‚ colorless‚ flammable gas. It is non-toxic and lighter than air. • The gas chiefly consists of methane (CH4)‚ but also contains other hydrocarbons such as ethane‚ butane‚ propane and naphtha. Oil and gas deposits in the North Sea were formed millions of years ago through the decomposition and transformation of organic matter (plant and animal remains). In its primary form‚ natural gas can be used for residential heating and cooking‚ for industrial purposes
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Arizona Gas Pipeline On July 30‚ 2003 an Arizona gas pipeline owned and operated by the Houston‚ Texas based company‚ Kinder Morgan Energy Partners‚ burst in Tucson and was shut down. A small portion of the 11-mile pipeline‚ which is about five feet underground burst and at least 10‚000 gallons of gasoline spilled; the pipeline rupture spewed gasoline 50 feet into the air. The Arizona gas pipeline cuts through Tucson’s South and West sides en route from El Paso‚ Texas to Phoenix‚ Arizona and
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Arterial blood gases are only done in the very sick children‚ who have been intubated/ventilated and have arterial lines in situ (usually in the theatre prior to transfer to the PICU in Newcastle. Here is a stepwise approach to blood gas analysis. STEP 1: [pic] STEP 2: Look at pCO2 [pic] STEP 3: Look at Bicarbonate & Base excess (BE) [pic] Base excess (BE): Base excess is the amount mmol/l of base that is needed to correct pH back to normal when pCO2 is corrected
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An Industrial Analysis on OIL AND GAS Industry With specific references to Indian oil‚ HP Gas‚ Bharath Gas‚ Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Submitted to Lakireddy Balireddy College of Engineeing(Autonomous) Mylavaram In partial fulfillment of the Requirement For the award of the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Submitted by KANDUBOTHU CHITTI BABU (REG. No. 121E00020) Under the esteemed guidance of Dr.T.RAJASEKAR ‚ M.B.A‚PhD. FACULTY‚ DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
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