Three factors that influence BP oil companies operational and contingency planning include‚ unexpected oil spills. Sometimes the company may experience unexpected oil spill that will require them to change from the original plan. The second factor is natural calamities. Sometimes they cannot control things like floods‚ which can cause oil burst and affect the flow of the plan. The third factor is Man-Made calamity. These affect the plan of the company because they need to address it immediately.
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Oil Pollution-Case Study The following case study is about the impacts that oil pollution produces in the sea‚ specifically in this case in the coasts of South Wales. This incident was due to the stranding of an oil tanker from the company Sea Empress. The cause for this oil pollution was that a 147‚000 tonne oil tanker from Sea Empress ran aground‚ even though they were controlled by the harbor pilots. The oil tanker would have been docked earlier but because of the heavy seas it took longer.
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Oil Drilling Have you ever seen an animal covered in sludge‚ helpless and weak? Offshore oil drilling is one of our world’s biggest concerns. Offshore oil drilling is the discovery of finding oil or gasoline resources underwater. Usually the oil is found off the coasts of each continent and can also be found in lakes and small seas. Drilling for oil provides the energy to make fuels for cars and other machinery. Many different platforms can be used for offshore oil drilling such as drill ships
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Emulsification of Oil Prepared for: Mrs. Elena Gallagher By: Anna Villanella March 25‚ 2014 Oil is a nonpolar molecule. Polar molecules have charged groups or atoms. Nonpolar molecules have no charged groups or atoms. Polar molecules‚ like water‚ are good solvents for other polar molecules. This means they molecules that react with the water disperse into the water. Nonpolar molecules don’t disperse in water because nonpolar molecules and polar molecules don’t interact. How exactly can we discover
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CRUDE OIL HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 1990 -‚ The price of crude oil spiked with the lower production during Kuwaiti invasion by Saddam Hussein forces 1994 - The Gulf War to liberate Kuwait‚ crude oil prices declined. In 1994‚ the inflation adjusted oil price reached the lowest level since 1973 The United States economy was strong and the Asian Pacific region was booming which extended into 1997. From 1990 to 1997‚ world oil consumption increased 6.2 million barrels per day. Declining Russian
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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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Oil has had a profound impact on the world civilization than any other single natural resource. It is the principle energy source sustaining our civilization and economy in the world. Currently‚ oil is among the world’s most important natural resource‚ without it‚ the world would not function as effective and as efficient as it does today (Science Classified 2008). “Oil has become a very decisive element in defining the politics‚ rhetoric and diplomacy of states” (Agbebi 2009‚ p.1). Economically
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Oil price hike is one of the major problems in the country. To get rid of this problem‚ the researchers tried to increase the sources of oil to lower its price. The researchers used Jackfruit seeds as alternative source of oil. It is because jackfruit was available in the market. It also has the properties and substances oil has. The researchers gathered the seeds and extracted liquid from it‚ and it was heated. After 5 minutes‚ the researchers removed it from heat. The materials used are Jackfruit
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formed to help improve the work life of employees. Strikes and riots‚ like the Haymarket riot and Pullman strike‚ protested the unfair work environments set upon them by the companies. The industrial era marked a huge turning point for America with all of the changes going on. Laissez-faire is an accurate depiction of industry during this time. There was little government regulation to businesses. A trust was formed when a company kept hold of the stock from many different businesses and then made
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Fats and oils - 344 Iodine value of an edible oil INTRODUCTION Fats and oils known as triglycerides contain long chain hydrocarbons with carboxyl groups (COOH groups). These fatty acids are classified into the number of double bonds present in the fatty acid. When the carbon atoms in these chains are bounded to the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms‚ the triglyceride is said to be saturated. When one or more double bonds exist between carbon atoms in the chain‚ less hydrogen exists
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