to understand: What are hydrocarbons? What are their properties? What are the main products derived from crude oil and their uses Exploration milestone-an overview. INTRODUCTION: By definition petroleum is a generic name for hydrocarbons‚ including crude oil‚ natural gas liquids‚ natural gas and their products. Petroleum comes from the Latin petra meaning rock or stone & oleum meaning oil. Petroleum occurs in the earth in combination of any of the four states: gas‚ liquid‚ semisolid‚ and solid. Chemically
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1973-1974 Oil Embargo The oil embargo of 1973 was one of the most significant events regarding the United States macroeconomy. This event was a refusal of Arab countries to sell oil to pro-Israeli countries. The embargo began on October 17‚ 1973‚ when the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries‚ or OAPEC‚ declared they would immediately cut oil production by 5 percent and will continue until Israel withdrew from the West Bank‚ Gaza‚ and Jerusalem. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait soon followed
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No Oil Drilling In Protected Areas Oil‚ or petroleum‚ is a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons and rock minerals found below the earth ’s surface. When the oil is extracted from the ground it is then refined into various gases or fuels and as a raw material‚ it can be used to make plastic‚ pesticides and many more uses. Oil drilling is a process of perforating the earth’s surface and rock layers to extract fossil fuels or oil for energy productions. Oil is found all over the world and it
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quality Oils consist of a complex mixture of hydrogen and carbon which is used for fuel‚ lubrication‚ plastics manufacturing‚ and many other purposes. These petroleum products get into water mainly by means of accidental spills from ships‚ tanker trucks‚ pipelines‚ and leaky underground storage tanks Petroleum products affect surface water‚ impairing water quality with hydrocarbons‚ salts‚ nutrients‚ a host of organic compounds‚ and various heavy metals. Immediately after a spill‚ Oil slicks on
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Crude Oil Effect on soil quality: • Oil contaminated soil looses its fertility for more than 20 years. • The texture and other physicochemical characteristics of the soil gets affected. • The mites and other insects can’t survive in oil contaminated land leading to major imbalance in the food chain. • Oil contamination has adverse effect on seed germination. Farmers loose its crops and are not able to grow agricultural crops for years after years. • Effect on economy of the farmers.
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Not My Cup of Tea It was a cold December night of 1773. The wind howled through the deserted streets while many families were tucked away in their warm beds. The shuffling feet of fifty men are not to be heard as they make their way to Griffin Wharf’s where the Dartmouth‚ Beaver‚ and Eleanor rest (Johansen‚ page 13). Disguised as Mohawk Indians‚ one by one‚ these men quietly scurried though the ships and threw about 35‚000 pounds of tea overboard (Johansen‚ page 13). As sunlight approaches‚ words
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International Business Assignment 3 A Pipeline of good Intentions 1- What is the “oil curse”? Why do you think it develops? The oil curse (Paradox of Plenty) refers to the paradox that countries and regions with an abundance of natural resources‚ specifically point-source non-renewable resources like minerals and fuels‚ tend to have less economic growth and worse development outcomes than countries with fewer natural resources. This is hypothesized to happen for many different reasons‚ including
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coconut oil due to its high levels of saturated fat. Advocacy against coconut and palm oils in the 1970s and 80s due to their perceived danger as a saturated fat caused companies to instead substitute trans fats‚ unaware of their health-damaging effects.[28] Coconut oil contains a large proportion of lauric acid‚ a saturated fat that raises blood cholesterol levels by increasing the amount of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol[29] that is also found in significant amounts in laurel oil‚ palm
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Oil of oregano is a beneficial preparation. Oregano is an aromatic herb that has antiseptic‚ antibacterial‚ anti-fungal‚ anti-parasitic and antiviral properties. Its scientific name is Oreganum vulgare‚ and its name is Greek in origin‚ meaning "joy of mountains." Oil of oregano is used in cooking‚ as well as for massage. The essential oil of oregano can be extracted from the leaves through distillation‚ yielding the concentrated benefit of the bulk oregano herb for medicinal and therapeutic purposes
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Versace Devine Chemistry 2A 9/10/2013 Lorenzo’s Oil Lorenzo’s Oil is a 1992 American drama film directed by George Miller. It is based on the true story about a child afflicted with the illness adrenileukodystrophy or known as ALD. Augusto Daniel Odone and Michaela Teresa Murphy Odone are the parents of Lorenzo Oden ‚ They became famous for discovering a treatment using Lornzo’s oil ‚ for their son’s incurable illness. ALD is passed from parents to their children as an X-linked genetic
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