The Gulf oil spill exploded on April 20th‚ 2010. It is known as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. 11 people died along with the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The oil pipe was leaking oil 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana and was estimated of leaking 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. The well was located 5‚000 feet beneath the ocean surface. It took them 87 days to finally cap the well. At that point the damage had already been done. Oil reached the shores of Alabama‚
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EXTRACTON OF SASAME OIL USING DIFFERENT METHODS OF EXTRACTION FOOD PROCESSING PRACTICAL (TFT 709) BY GROUP THREE MEMBERS ISMAILA AYUBA RAMADAN Submitted to Department of Food Technology University of Ibadan Lecturer-in-charge Dr. Akinoso Febuary‚ 2012 Abstract Oil extraction was carried out using two different extraction method (water and solvent) and the yield for different method were obtained. The free fatty acid for different oil was also determined
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Oil and gasoline prices had been a problem since individual vehicles had actually entered the market. After the Katrina United States current economic growth is not even sustainable under the recent oil price surge. Even though the Department of Energy does not feel that oil prices are high enough to cause a recession‚ the consequence of high energy costs cannot go unaddressed. Government has to start looking and actually spending money on solutions to this consumption problem immediately. This
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Gulf Oil Corp.--Takeover Summary of Facts o George Keller of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal) is trying to determine how much he wants to bid on Gulf Oil Corporation. Gulf will not consider bids below $70 per share even though their last closing price per share was valued at $43. o Between 1978 and 1982‚ Gulf doubled its exploration and development expenses to increase their oil reserves. In 1983‚ Gulf began reducing exploration expenditures considerably due to declining oil prices
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study The petroleum industry in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in Africa’s most populous nation. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s‚ the oil industry has been married by political and economic strife due to a long history of corrupt military regimes and the complicity of multinational corporations‚ notably Royal Dutch Shell. However it was not until the early 1990s‚ after the Nigerian
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The project is about processing of raw coconut into virgin coco oil‚ coco flour and desiccated coco products. The processing plant aimed to venture into 100% export. In the 80’s‚ the American Soybean Association‚ campaigned against the use of coconut oil in the diet and claimed that it is the leading cause of heart disease and atherosclerosis in the United States. Since 2001‚ the Americans have recognized the virgin coconut oil as a functional food that not only nourishes but also heals and
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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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ECONOMICS FOR BUSINESS Project Report on – Oil and the recent ‟Dutch Disease‟ - The Case of the United Arab Emirates Submitted by – Amitava Manna 1|Page Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Purpose ....................................................................................................................................................
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different products that may be derived from its various parts. All typical farms have fruit bearing coconut trees. A fully integrated mobile processing unit (diesel engine powered)‚ that can be hooked like a trailer‚ able to extract virgin coconut oil from coconut meat‚ coconut coir and coir dust from the husks‚ and charcoal from the shell‚ will benefit all small and medium sized coconut farmers. These 3 products are heavily traded in the global market. At present‚ farmers are limited to copra production
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importance of oil in our society is so great that it affects developed and developing countries. It is a huge contributor to economic growth and environmental destruction. Although the Alberta Oil Sands has destroyed acres of local and global (indirectly) ecosystems‚ it has achieved and ensured that Canada stays as an economic power. The economical‚ cultural‚ and political benefits the oil sands give to Canada makes it an irreplaceable asset to our nation and our global community The oil sands have
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