40E 80E 120E 120N TERTIARY COMPUTER MODELING OF SLOPE STABILITY IN MINING THE TAR SAND OF DAHOMEY BASIN‚ SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA David Afolayan ALAO and Mopa BASSAGI DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL SCIENCES‚ UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN P.M.B. 1515‚ ILORIN‚ KWARA STATE‚ NIGERIA Abstract The need to have stable slopes in open pit mining of the tar sand deposit of the Dahomey Basin‚ Southwestern Nigeria is emphasized in this study. In the Loda village‚ Southwestern Nigeria‚ samples of the lateritic
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buried beneath parts of Colorado‚ Utah and Wyoming. The federal government‚ scientists and geologists have known about these reserves for nearly a century. These reserves are estimated at around 2 trillion barrels. This oil‚ which is called “oil shale” or “shale oil”‚ remains untapped because it is located at depths far below the Rocky Mountains. Scientists and petroleum companies believe that it would be extremely
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century‚ the innovations in the 21st century enable the country to do exploration and invent other drilling technologies. The drilling technologies make it possible for easy accessibility of the reserves that were previously inaccessible. The Marcellus Shale has a lot of natural gas and this has brought development to the developments in the three states. The developments include both economic and infrastructural benefits. The revenue from the sale of the natural gas goes to the federal government (Chiras
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Project 1 Paper Project 1 Paper The horizontal fracking of shale oil and natural gas has created a new era of prosperity for business owners in small towns across America‚ largely due to the influx of oil-related business in the area. Williston‚ North Dakota is one such town‚ and the recent oil boom has created a surge in demand for housing as oil workers flock to the area. The Missouri Flats Inn is a hotel located in Williston that has been there since it all began‚ and as a result
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Oil sands Issue briefing bp.com/sustainability Oil sands Issue briefing How we operate BP recognizes that we need to produce energy responsibly – minimizing impacts to people‚ communities and the environment. BP’s systems of governance‚ management and operation are designed to help us conduct our business while respecting safety‚ environmental‚ social and financial considerations. Across all BP international operations‚ established practices support the management of potential
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Journey to Sakhalin: Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia Questions 1 & 2. The main factor that makes the Sakhalin project attractive for Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) is macroeconomic: the quantity of the estimated reserve of gas and oil around Sakhalin (exhibit 4) combined to Russia’s dominant player position on both markets are likely to provide RDS as a supplier with a strong bargaining power once the reserves can be exploited. Besides‚ the overwhelming part of energy in the Russian GDP lets suppose
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Application of Old Testament Law in Today’s Society Bobby Barnett OBST 591 – Old Testament Orientation 1 Professor Keith Lester 5/31/2012 Introduction Christians today are divided along the lines of the Old Law recorded in the Old Testament‚ and the New Law recorded in the New Testament. The majority of lay persons regard the Ten Commandments with reverence‚ as do the majority of Churches. How does today’s Church decide whether to follow the law or to trust in the saving Faith of God’s
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intends to stake everything on the Cline Shale that Big Oil Company just began developing. Large Independent‚ another of my clients‚ has a non-operating interest in Big Oil Company’s project‚ and their data suggests that if Kelli were to follow through with her investment‚ the result would be calamitous. Although Kelli is my friend‚ I cannot justify sharing confidential information with her‚ so I will rationalize why she should not invest in the Cline Shale using both logos and pathos. I am not asking
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Christopher J. McGlynn Critical Thinking and Writing Mary Barnett Case Essay Mary Barnett left Chicago on January 23 to travel to San Francisco‚ California. She went to California to visit her fiancé. Alison‚ Mary’s six month old daughter was left unattended for seven days. Upon return to Chicago‚ Mary discovered her six month old daughter died of dehydration. Mary has been charged with second degree murder‚ which is intentional murder without any premeditation. As a member of the
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Mary’s Calne). Those who came just outside the top four included Oscar Ellis (Berkhamstead School)‚ Nick Gill (Birkenhead)‚ Gino Engle (Birmingham Metropolitan)‚ Helena Finch and Valerie Tsui (Cheltenham Ladies College)‚ Alisha Kapoor (Henrietta Barnett School)‚ Nkush Sodha and Jeffrey Xiao (Q E Barnet)‚ Will Pearce (The Judd School)‚ Nishith Hegde (King Edward Five Ways)‚ Keegan Creighton (Simon Langton Grammar School)‚ John Ogundele (Liverpool Blue Coat)‚ and Joe Baldwin‚ Matthew Burt and Chris
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