Palm oil is under increasing scrutiny in relation to its effects on the environment. Palm oil‚ produced from the oil palm‚ is a basic source of income for many of the world’s rural poor in South East Asia‚ Central and West Africa‚ and Central America. An estimated 1.5 million small farmers grow the crop in Indonesia‚ whereas about 500‚000 people are directly employed in the sector in Malaysia‚ plus those connected with spin offs.[1][2] Palm oil (from the African oil palm‚ Elaeis guineensis) is
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Mustard oil From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Mustard oil The term mustard oil is used for three different oils that are made from mustard seeds: * A fatty vegetable oil resulting from pressing the seeds‚ * An essential oil resulting from grinding the seeds‚ mixing them with water‚ and extracting the resulting volatile oil by distillation. * An oil made by infusing mustard seed extract into another vegetable oil‚ such as soybean oil The pungency
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Comparative Nutritional Quality of Palmstearin Liquid Oil Blends and Hydrogenated Fat (vanaspati) S. Ray and D.K. Bhattacharyya* Department of Chemical Technology‚ University Colleges of Science and Technology‚ Calcutta University‚ Calcutta - 700 009‚ India ABSTRACT: An attempt was made to use high-melting lowdigestible fat palmstearin as a vanaspati substitute by blending it with polyunsaturated fatty acid-rich liquid oils. This blending produced fat products of zero-trans fatty acid content
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Alberta Oil Sands Did you know Canada’s energy mostly comes from Alberta’s oil sands? It has been estimated that between 1.7 trillion and 2.5 trillion barrels of oil come from Alberta. The province’s oil resource plays an important role for the world’s oil supply. It has enough oil to keep Canada supplied for the next 400 years! The oil sands were formed in a pretty complex way.The oil was formed in source rocks‚ then continued pressure from overlying rock forced the oil through permeable rock
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The BP Oil Spill “Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste to sky‚ as well as the earth‚” said Henry David Thoreau on environmental damage. The BP‚ or British Petroleum‚ Gulf oil spill has been widely referred to as the biggest environmental disaster that the United States has ever faced‚ with over four million gallons of oil pouring into the waters off the Mexican Gulf Coast. The BP oil spill occurred in April of 2010. It was‚ and still is‚ the biggest oil spill in all of U.S. history. The massive
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MUSK Hair Oil Prepared by: Kunal Delwadia Date: 24th September 2013 MUSK Hair Oil Oil of pride Hair oil is a hair care product specifically intended to keep the moisture balance of the hair‚ as moisture is lost due to strong shampoos and harsh chemicals in water. It can also be considered as conditioner to make the hair soft and pliable. Hair oil can come from natural products such as coconut oil‚ fruit extracts‚ milk‚ lemon oil‚ rosemary oil and others. Modern hair oils contain fragrances
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of edible oil | | | Oil and fat have always been an essential part of the human diet because of the energy they provide. Obtaining oil and fat from plants is a characteristic of many ancient cultures. There is evidence of the cultivation of plants that produce vegetable oils such as poppy seed‚ rapeseed and linen even in the Stone Age. The first oil presses were found on Crete from 3500 B.C. and Chinese sources from 2800 B.C. show that soy and hemp plants were used to produce oils. As vegetable
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MARKETING OF CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS CPM-DS‚ HPCL SANGEETH P S ISPE-HPCL-CPM-DS1-015 08/JULY/2013 MARKETING OF CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS PART I : Each Question is of 1 mark each 1. Name petroleum products which we get on processing Crude Oil. Ans: Petroleum products are usually grouped into three categories: light distillates (LPG‚ gasoline‚ naphtha)‚ middle distillates (kerosene‚ diesel)‚ heavy distillates and residuum (heavy fuel oil‚ lubricating oils‚ wax‚ asphalt). This classification is
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Essential oils are safe and the best anti septic replacement for traditional anti bacterial treatment. These essential oils are natural and very effective in avoiding the septic in wounded human skin. There is no any chemical content in these aromatherapy essential oils. It is 100 percent natural that is created by the every part of plants. These natural qualities of aromatherapy essential oils give the healing power to the human and strengthen them. Traditional anti septic ointments are really harmful
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ISIS and the Oil Industry The oil industry became a key source of revenue for ISIS following the 2003 onset of the Iraqi insurgency. In 2007‚ AQI was making roughly 100-200 million dollars per year from oil smuggling‚ with much of the smuggled product stolen from the Bayji refinery. In 2008‚ AQI made 50-100 thousand dollars or 18.25-36.5 million per annum through its Bayji rackets. AQI operatives were also known to drill holes in oil pipelines‚ syphon the oil into trucks‚ and sell it to various
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