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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The movie‚ "Lorenzo’s Oil"‚ was about a family that found out that their son had been diagnosed with a rare‚ genetic disorder of which was considered incurable. The sex-linked disorder ALD‚ passed on by the x-chromosome‚ of which is usually accompanied by the unfortunate fate of death‚ has also been known to bring forth muteness‚ blindness‚ comas‚ seizures‚ and deafness. With no known cure for ALD‚ or any possible way of escaping its final result (death)‚ doctors would use a special treatment to
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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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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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An Assessment Whether the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998 Violates the 1987 Constitution A Thesis Proposal In Partial Fulfillment Of the Course Requirements in DOCULMG 2013 TABLE of CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Background of the Study .………………………………………………………………………... 3 Statement of the Problem ………………………………………………………………………... 6 Objectives of the Study …………………………………………………………………….......... 8 Significance of
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PHYSICS FOR SCIENTIST AND ENGINEERS LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS EXPERIMENT 5 (Assignment) EXPERIMENT 5 – MAGNETIC FIELDS OBJECTIVES 1. To study the workings of magnetic fields. 2. To determine the North and South poles of magnets and magnetic field lines. 3. To understand the attractive and repulsive forces acting on it. INTRODUCTION Electric current is defined as the rate at which charge flows through a surface. As with all quantities defined as a rate‚ there
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Oil Spill Group 3 Vera Lois A. Decano Kriceal Viz B. Saldon Mia Tagle Sam John F. Luison Kathe Unabia Chayya Margaret P. Golez Dominic M. Concillo Oil Spill Introduction In the recent years there have been occurrences of oil spills in several locations within our country. Knowing that these have adverse effects on our environment and the ecosystem as a whole‚ we’ve always been in search of ways to counter this major problem. The damages we receive from an oil spill
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Earth’s Magnetic Field Introduction Earth’s magnetic field is one of the world’s most complicated features. It started to be observed in 1845 by a scientist named Carl Friedman Gauss (Sarfati). The magnetic field is generated inside of the earth’s core and there are many scientists who still debate over how it was first created. There are also many arguments about the many changes that the field has gone through in it’s existence. These arguments are mostly either for a young-earth model or
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Explain what it means when we say a substance is magnetic. A substance can be picked up by a magnet. Discuss the relationship between electric and magnetic fields. The magnetic field will be perpendicular to the electric field and vice versa Before you begin your lab‚ you need to form a hypothesis that reflects which material‚ voltage‚ and number of winds you think will produce the strongest electromagnet. Record your hypothesis as an if then statement. If I use copper‚ 100 volts‚ large thickness
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Essential oils have numerous health benefits and they are used for many purposes. These oils are beneficial for your overall health and well being as well as for household purposes. Bone Repair – To aid in faster bone recovery due to injury‚ apply cypress‚ fir and helichrysum essential oils. Improved Digestion – To support proper digestion and treat leaky gut‚ take peppermint‚ fennel and ginger essential oils. Anxiety Relief – Diffuse lavender essential oil all over your room or around your house
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