Oil/ Petrol Research Project In the modern world we use oil every second of the day‚ whether we realise it or not. We use oil to fuel our cars‚ our public transports‚ etc. Without oil our daily lives would be the same. Oil is a natural resource that comes from beneath the earth’s crust; it is trapped in pockets under the earth. Finding oil trapped underground is very complicated and costly‚ it takes millions of dollars to drill a well and only a few are successful. Oil travels upwards from the
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Man-made disasters are disasters is the element of human intent‚ negligence or involving a failure of a man-made system that leads to human suffering and environmental damage. Man-made disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. The term anthropogenic designates an effect or object resulting from human activity. Man-made disasters can be divided into different categories and they include technological hazards‚ sociological hazards and transportation hazards among others. These are
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Questions: What are the environmental implications of oil spills? What legislative policies have been instituted to mitigate the possibility of future oil spills? How are oil spills cleaned up and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each method? What type of research and innovation surrounding oil spills has been done to prevent their occurrence? In order to foster an environment for emerging technologies and higher standards of living‚ the United States‚ Canada and many other nations
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effects‚ aired on October 26‚ 2010. Around then‚ the oil giant BP had suffered a crisis with its latest off-shore oil rig‚ the Deepwater Horizon. However‚ this was just the latest in accidents concerning its oil operations. In the years before the Deepwater Horizon accident‚ BP had also suffered major accidents in its oil production fields in Texas and Alaska. Its CEO‚ Lord John Browne‚ had greatly expanded the company by buying off other oil companies and cutting costs. Unfortunately‚ Frontline’s
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OIL PALM INDUSTRY ECONOMIC JOURNAL (VOL. 2(2)/2002) Malaysian Palm Oil Industry at Crossroads and its Future Direction Khoo Khee Ming* and D Chandramohan** ABSTRACT Palm oil accounts for 20% and 46% of the global oil and fats production and trade respectively. Malaysia is the world’s largest producer and exporter of palm oil with a 50% share of world palm oil production and 61% of exports. This paper assesses the growth of the Malaysian palm oil industry and the limitations of land and labour
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OIL PURIFICATION A SCIENCE INVESTIGATORY PROJECT CHAPTER I Background of the Study INTRODUCTION Oil used in cooking foods is commonly derived from vegetables. Cooking oil is commonly used for frying and oil used for frying is usually thrown away. The recycling of cooking oil also provides a form of revenue for restaurants‚ which are sometimes compensated by cooking oil recyclers for their used deep fryer oil. Cooking oil recycling also results in less used oil being disposed
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Critique on “The Future Of Oil” INTRODUCTION In April 9‚ 2012 an article in TIME Magazine‚ titled " The Future of Oil" by author Bryan Walsh which is a senior writer for TIME magazine‚ covering energy‚ environment and diseases infers and appraises the future of oil in the aspect of economy‚ value‚ scarcity and finding its alternatives. The author reveals and reviews the importance of oils to global economy as well as the urgency on finding another replacement for oil in order to flee the world
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COCONUT OIL AND ITS MEDICINAL EFFECTS Edible oils are found in large amounts in our daily diets hence adding up to a great amount of fatty acids in our system. Examples are in our stews‚ some soups‚ several rice dishes‚ fried or grilled meat and fish. Many have thus perceived that oil has been the cause for several of the ailments that have plagued and still plague our race‚ especially heart disease and other related cholesterol issues (Blonz‚ 1991).Nature gives the best source of oils‚ such as
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Man Made Disaster The affects of over population on natural environment are vivid. As of November‚ 2008‚ the world’s population is estimated to be about 6.7 billion. It is expected to reach nearly nine billion by the year 2042. This issue of increasing population should be at the forefront of our attention. The rising population has resulted in high fuel consumption and reduction of natural resources. Due to such major growth in population‚ human needs also grow‚ in time; there will not be enough
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Olive oil is a fat obtained from the olive‚ a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. The oil is produced by grinding whole olives and extracting the oil by mechanical or chemical means. It is commonly used in cooking‚ cosmetics‚ pharmaceuticals‚ and soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps. Olive oil is used throughout the world‚ but especially in the Mediterranean countries. History The olive tree is native to the Mediterranean basin; wild olives were collected by Neolithic
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