(NaturalNews) It’s true the almost five million barrels of oil that contaminated the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill was an ecological nightmare. And residents of the area have complained for the last two years that the chemicals dumped into the area as an ill-thought-out solution have made many of them sick. But what about the ocean itself that has been treated as an experimental chemical dump by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and corporate giant BP? Turns out
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Oil refining in China Ed chen‚ a strategic planner at a international oil and gas firm was assigned with the task to look for investment opportunities in the china’s refining industry and also to see whether there was any room for foreign competition or if was a local-only-game. Downstream constraints have always been a major factor which will ease neither quickly nor cheaply”. “ Crude oil prices have continued to increase in the period 2001-2005 and according to the” Medium term oil market
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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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THE REFINERY ‚WITHDRAWAL OF OIL SUBSIDIES AND APPROPRIATE PRICING IN A LIBERALISED ECONOMY. . INTRODUCTION. Nigeria is blessed with vast quantity of oil making it the 6th largest oil exporter in the organization of petroleum exporting country. Oil is a major source of energy in Nigeria and the world in general. Oil being the mainstay of the Nigerian economy plays a vital role in shaping the economic and political destiny of the country. Although Nigeria’s oil industry was founded at the
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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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steam distillation we can isolate eugenol at lower temperature than its usual boiling point of 248 degree Celsius. Eugenol belongs to a category called essential oil. Many of these compounds are used as flavoring and perfumes and in the past were considered the essence of plant from which they were derived. Structure of eugenol (clove oil) and eugenol acetate: Reagents: Eugenol‚ CH2Cl2‚ Br2‚ FeCl3‚ Methanol Procedure: Co-distillation We first combine 15 mL of water with 1 g of crushed
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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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3 ELECTRICAL & INSTRUMENTATION 6.4 OPERATION CHAPTER- 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND SYSYTEM DETAILS: IOT Utkal Energy Services Limited is a consortium of IOT‚ OT and IVRCL. IOT is a 50:50 joint venture company of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Oil tanking Gmbh (based in Hamburg‚ Germany). The contract for Installation‚ Operation and Maintenance of crude and finished product tankage facility at Paradeep Refinery Project‚ Paradeep is awarded to IOT Utkal Energy Services Limited
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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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