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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Hybrid oil palms bear fruit in western Kenya | FAO project improves incomes and diets‚ and may reduce imports of food oil | 24 November 2003‚ Rome — A cold-tolerant‚ high-yielding oil palm being promoted by FAO in western Kenya could be a boon to small-scale farmers and industrial producers alike‚ increasing incomes improving diets‚ reducing imports of food oil and providing much-needed crop diversification for local sugar growers.Until the FAO project‚ which began in 1993‚ the only oil palm
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of Essential Oils Following are the methods used to extract essential oils from aromatic and medicinal plants: • Hydrodistillation: For the isolation of essential oils by Hydrodistillation‚ the aromatic plant substances are packed in a still and a sufficient amount of water is added and brought near to a boil. Due to the influential effect of hot water and steam‚ the essential oil is unbounded from the oil glands present in the plant tissue. The combination of water vapors and oil is condensed
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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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Art of Essential Oil Making There are many ways to process out the aromatic compounds of plants we call essential oils. The most common being steam distillation followed by alcohol absolutes‚ cold pressing‚ and carbon dioxide extractions. Before these methods came about due to technology people would often do their own oil or fat based extractions at home called oil macerations. An oil maceration is the product of plant matter being soaked in a carrier oil. A carrier oil is an unsaturated
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INTRODUCTION: Oil and gas conservation means their better and more efficient use with regard to economic social or environmental costs and benefits resulting in attainment of higher energy use efficienciesm minimixation of wasteful practices. WAYS TO CONSERVE OIL AND GAS IN OUR DAILY LIFE: -The simplest way to conserve oil is to cut down the use of cars and bikes -Walk‚run or use bicycle or electric bike to reach your distination. It not only conserve oil but also gives
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January 16‚ 2009 Global Oil Crisis – Word Count: 1‚823 Global Oil Crisis: The depleting oil supply and the need for alternatives Oil is the single most important energy source that drives our economy and makes civilized life as we know it today possible. It is so vital to our life that if the earth’s oil supply were to run out within the next 20 years‚ it would completely cripple the United States and its economy. We use oil and other fossil fuels for transportation (of goods‚
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BP oil spill is ranked as the largest environmental disaster in the world history. As the oil from BP spill washes ashore‚ people on Gulf Coast are suffering huge damages they have never met before. The U.S. government estimates that up to 60‚000 barrels of oil a day are spewing out from the damaged BP drilling rig to Gulf of Mexico. It has ruined the shoreline‚ killed animal and sea life‚ threaten the ecosystem and harmed the tourism and fishing in Louisiana. After the spilling happened‚ US government
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COMPANY PROFILE Anjali Oils and Foods was born out of the dream of visionary entrepreneur‚ Mr. K.S.R.Natarajan. He was well aware of the tremendous importance of sesame‚ or gingelly oil in the culture of South India‚ and how it is used as a cooking medium‚ for medicinal purposes in Ayurveda‚ and for cosmetic use. Realizing the potential importance of this nutritionally rich oil in an increasingly health-conscious society‚ he founded Nataraj Oil Mills Private Limited in 1994‚ to provide the best
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Oil Pollution-Case Study The following case study is about the impacts that oil pollution produces in the sea‚ specifically in this case in the coasts of South Wales. This incident was due to the stranding of an oil tanker from the company Sea Empress. The cause for this oil pollution was that a 147‚000 tonne oil tanker from Sea Empress ran aground‚ even though they were controlled by the harbor pilots. The oil tanker would have been docked earlier but because of the heavy seas it took longer.
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