the topic of oil pipelines. Some people believe that oil pipelines‚ such as the Keystone XL will be the first step to isolating ourselves from depending on outside threats for resources. Others believe that oil pipelines have the ability to contaminate the world‚ not only through water and climate‚ but also through the economy. The strength of crude oil companies needs to be weakened by informing the public on what really goes on behind the scenes‚ what happens to towns that have oil pipelines running
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HIBISCUS CANNABINUS L. CORE IN SIMULATED BUNKER OIL C – SEAWATER MIXTURE Lea C. Tan‚ Trina G. Napasindayao‚ Florinda T. Bacani Chemical Engineering Department‚ De La Salle University-Manila‚ Philippines 2401 Taft Avenue‚ Malate‚ Manila‚ Philppines‚ 1004 Keywords: Kenaf; mathematical equation; quantifying sorbent capacity; oil spill; sorbent; sorption ABSTRACT Sorption using natural sorbents is an alternative method of oil spill treatment. This research proposed a polynomial
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The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) 90 is an act of the Congress enforced in response to the Exxon Valdez incident of Good Friday 1989. The accident involved Exxon Valdez which spilled more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. It emerged from the incident that the country lacked sufficient resources to counter cases of oil spills. The country’s facility entrusted with the role of responding to cases of maritime oil pollution was the United States Coast of Guard. However‚ the agency
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In the article‚ it is proposed that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 could be used as a possible learning tool for engineering students. The oil spill devastated the marine ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico‚ and caused great economic hardship for the people‚ particularly fisherman‚ of the Gulf coast. The article asks for a closer examination of the Deepwater incident to inspire students‚ expand their technological literacy‚ and provide students an opportunity to apply their skills to a real
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Architecture of the oil tanker From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Oil tankers generally have from 8 to 12 tanks.[1] Each tank is split into two or three independent compartments by fore-and-aft bulkheads.[1] The tanks are numbered with tank one being the forwardmost. Individual compartments are referred to by the tank number and the athwartships position‚ such as "one port"‚ "three starboard"‚ or "six center."[1] A cofferdam is a small space left open between two bulkheads‚ to give protection
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Ethics and the Oil Industry Todd Bosta Monday‚ November 8‚ 2010 Does anybody Care? As the US Economy continues to dive‚ unemployment persists at a level not seen since the Great Depression‚ and the US Federal Government sees fit to continually bailout big business‚ it escapes logic why the cost of oil once again‚ is on the rise. The US oil companies would have us believe it has to do with the Middle East oil producing nations cutting back on production‚ therefore raising
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The Effects of Oil Spill After the oil spilled over‚ did people’s life change? For sure‚ it affects a lot to human’s lives. However‚ what are those effects? Three major places which are affected by oil spill are business marketing‚ people’s health‚ and environment. The first effect is the economic effect. The tourist season was killed because of the oil spill. The ocean which is full of oil is very unclear‚ and nobody wants to have a vacation at a place like this. The killed tourist season is
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Venezuela‚ An oil country‚ a country that since 1998‚ has had major changes‚ some positive and a lot negative‚ but a lot of the real problems‚ would not be to the eye of everyone until 2013 with the dead of Chavez‚ “El comandante” and the possession that was obscure of Maduro. Venezuela is a country of strategic importance for Latin America in general and South America and the Caribbean in particular. Along with Mexico is one of the largest oil producers in the region‚ but it is also part of the
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BP Oil Spill May 1‚ 2012 Abstract This paper is written on a current article that was recently published. The article is criminal justice related and about the BP oil spills that happened two years ago. The paper will be a brief summary of the article and what has happened since the oil spill. On Tuesday‚ April 24‚ 2012 at 7:40 P.M. Federal prosecutors brought the first criminal charges in the Gulf oil spill‚ accusing a former BP engineer of deleting
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CULF 2301.01 4 November 2010 Deep Water Oil Well Drilling For the last century finding a cheap supply of a sustainable energy source has been one of the major policies of the United States. Since the later stages of the industrial revolution and the first gasoline powered car were invented there has been an insatiable demand for petroleum. Oil well drilling first began onshore and then eventually led to shallow water drilling and finally deep water drilling as the technology evolved. Over the
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