How Modern Transport Fuels Effect our Environment Why is looking at alternate fuels important? There are several reasons‚ but the most important reason is that air pollution kills in the neighborhood of 3 million people every year and air pollution affects more than 1 billion people in a negative way. That ’s over 1/6 of the earths population being harmed by air pollution‚ that ’s a trend that cannot continue without extreme repercussions to everyone on the planet. Granted‚ air
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum British Petroleum (BP) reputation was put to the test in 2005 when a major explosion at one of the refineries in Texas exploded killing 15 people and injuring more than 180. Investigations returned a history of poorly regulated safety measures and facilities’ safety compromised in favor of profits‚ cost savings‚ and lack of supervised management. Two years later‚ Lord John Browne announces an early retirement before a
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British Petroleum British Petroleum is a company‚ which focuses mainly on petroleum‚ but has some interest in alternative energy. It is one of the world largest oil and gas companies‚ which serves over 13 million consumers in more than 100 countries. The market of alternative energy is not as well developed‚ nor as profitable as oil‚ but it is a good future investment with the recently raising environmental concerns. BP recognized this on time and entered the solar market in the year of 1973.( History
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The environment is something you are very familiar with. It’s everything that makes up our surroundings and affects our ability to live on the earth—the air we breathe‚ the water that covers most of the earth’s surface‚ the plants and animals around us‚ and much more. In recent years‚ scientists have been carefully examining the ways that people affect the environment. They have found that we are causing air pollution‚ deforestation‚ acid rain‚ and other problems that are dangerous both to the
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1. PETROLEUM TRAPS http://www.usoilandgas.net/findingoil.htm Hydrocarbons - crude oil and natural gas - are found in certain layers of rock that are usually buried deep beneath the surface of the earth. In order for a rock layer to qualify as a good source of hydrocarbons‚ it must meet several criteria. Characteristics of Reservoir Rock For one thing‚ good reservoir rocks (a reservoir is a formation that contains hydrocarbons) have porosity. Porosity is a measure of the openings in a rock‚ openings
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Introduction Petroleum has been a mainstay of the United State’s economy for almost a century. However‚ oil has now been recognized as a strong catalyst for global warming‚ it is becoming scarce and therefore‚ an expensive necessity to America’s economy. In the recent years many universities and scientists have looked for alternatives to oil in the form of renewable energies. These renewable energy sources would be cheaper in the long run‚ more efficient and environmentally clean. America
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Risk 7 Industry level 7 Firm level 7 COST OF EQUITY 8 COST OF DEBT 9 Analysis between competitors 9 IMPACT OF CORPORATE EVENT 10 Reason to such a huge reaction 11 Potential effect on SPC’s future performance 11 INTERESTING FACTS 11 Beyond the conventional CSR efforts 11 INTRODUCTION Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) is a Singapore-based oil company. Its principal activities consist of refining services‚ exploration and production. SPC’s core earnings driver is its refining business
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Application Exercise Strategic Management Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)‚ where I am employed‚ is engaged and exploration‚ refining‚ distribution and marketing of petroleum product across the country. In downstream product marketing BPCL‚ has bouquet of products on offer‚ ranging from Petrol‚ Diesel‚ to Aviation Fuel‚ to Cooking Gas to Auto Lubricants. It is a global major and ranked 225th in the Fortune Global 500 rankings of the world’s biggest corporations for the year 2012.
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earth is the only planet in the universe which has an environment suitable for life. Water‚ land‚ and air are needed for survival. Earth provided these essential and human used them. One of the biggest problems that the enviroment is serious pollution. Pollution can be divided into three types : water pollution‚ land pollution‚ and air pollution. Paragraph 3: Another type of pollution is which has a remarkable influence on over environment is air pollution. Every year‚ there are a lot of smoke
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Both the governmental and Non Governmental Organizations have been propagating afforestation programmes. Due to the industrial revolution many countries have seen the rapid decline in forests. Cutting of trees is not only a threat to the environment but also to the quality of life and to the economy also. Reasons for the decline in forests : Explosion of human and livestock population Increased demand of timer‚ and fuel wood Expansion of the agricultural land Construction of the infrastructure
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