SKPP 1313 Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering Quiz 1 (20 marks) Name: _____________________________________________________ Answer all questions 1) Petroleum engineer can be divided into several groups. Name one of them and briefly explain his main duty. [3 marks] __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
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INTRODUCTION Background Pioneer Petroleum was founded in 1924‚ through a merger within industrial‚ pipeline transportation‚ and refining fields. PP has evolved over the last 60 years into a company that now also works with agricultural chemicals‚ plastics‚ and real estate development concentrating in gas‚ oil‚ petrochemicals‚ and coal. In 1990‚ PP improved their coker and sulfur recovery facility to make their refining process more efficient and in turn has become one of the lowest cost refiners
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Are electric vehicles really good for our environment? An electric vehicle is a vehicle that runs on renewable resources instead of gasoline. In the early 1800’s‚ innovators in the United States‚ Netherlands‚ and Hungary began to experiment with the concept of a battery powered vehicle and created some of the first small-scale electric cars. Electric cars grew popular in the 1900’s because it didn’t have any issues with gasoline‚ it didn’t produce any smelly pollutants‚ and it was easy to drive
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Ryerson University | ExxonMobil and The Chad/Cameroon Pipeline: Case Analysis | By: Nirpaal Saggu | Professor: Jian GuanSection: GMS802-021 | Student ID: 500332344 | 8/3/2013 | | The case titled “ExxonMobil and the Chad/Cameroon Pipeline”‚ examines two large oil businesses merging together to finish an immense development project which spanned for approximately 25 to 30 years. In 1998‚ both Exxon and Mobil both respectively saw great success as major companies at the time with each
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The EPA: Can It‚ Will It Save Our Environment? Pollution of our environment is an issue that concerns each and every one of us. "The threat of environmental degradation now looms greater than the threat of nuclear war." Patrick Henry said‚ "I know no way of judging the future but by the past." In the past man has trampled on the environment. "The word ’ecology’ means ’a study of home.’" It means discovering what damage man has done‚ then finding ways to fix it.The Environmental Protection
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even grocery shopping: no matter what we do‚ advertising dominates the span of our vision. In her essay‚ “Framing Class‚ Vicarious Living‚ and Conspicuous Consumption”‚ Diana Kendall asserts‚ “Because of their pervasive nature‚ the media have the symbolic capacity to define the world for other people” (341). Millions of dollars are put into the psychology of advertising‚ and through this‚ imagery is used to sway our ways of thinking. Different ethnic groups‚ social classes and gender are generally
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Natural Gas‚ Pollution‚ and Our Environment In today’s society there is a great need for environmental protection. Things that happened during our parents and grandparents age have caused a great concern for our ozone‚ our air‚ and our environment. You constantly hear about the many sources of pollution‚ but we hardly ever hear about the solutions. In this paper I will present one possible solution to the air pollution problem that has been caused by too many automobile emissions being released
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Marcus Watson October 23‚ 2010 Environmental Biology L/LB BIO 1110 Harmful Effects of Nuclear Energy on Human Health and the Environment Over the past decades‚ scientists‚ conservationists and environmentalists alike have been searching for clean‚ renewable sources of energy. As we enter move further into the Common Era‚ the human population will continue to grow exponentially; therefore‚ the demand for resources will grow as well. Energy is the primary resource needed to sustain a human
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more than the next family member. In the past‚ almost every vacation opportunity we had‚ our family would pack our bags and schedule road trips to various cities. Sometimes we would visit our cousins up in Pennsylvania‚ while other times we would drive somewhere extravagant‚ such as Florida or North Carolina. Sure‚ packing my clothes‚ being nagged to wake up for the big day‚ and the anticipation of arriving at our destination may have been a pain in the rear‚ but in the end‚ it was all worth the hassle
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paper tries to evaluate BP ’s corporate governance framework. It tries to identify what responsibilities the Board of Directors and Senior Leadership should undertake before and during crisis management situations. Before the spill British Petroleum is an industry where accidents occur and given the complexities of such an industry‚ it is critical that the Board remain vigilant about company affairs and that it learns from its previous mistakes. This note tries to evaluate actions that a Board
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