cooking on your LPG stove; you are contributing to the increasing demands of oil in India? Most of you would be thinking ‘so what?’ Well‚ here is some data. India’s crude oil import bill increased more than 40 percent to $68 billion in 2007-08 following a consistent rise in global crude prices. According to data released by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas‚ India imported 121.672 million tons of crude oil for $67.988 billion in 2007-08‚ as opposed to 111.502 million tons imported
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Rivalry being present in any industry is obvious. Some industries have more than others and for different reasons. With over 12‚000 different companies in the Oil and Gas Field Services industry competition is high and is projected to only continue to increase. This is due to the demand of oil and gas in the United States and the world. It is also because international firms are beginning to come in the United States to compete with US firms for business. In comparison‚ US firms operating internationally
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Coal State‚ aka Kentucky‚ a new way of getting oil has come. Fracking has become more and more popular in the US and in the world. Fracking consists of drilling‚ and cracking into the ground vertically and horizontally. This new method uses water pressure and thousands of chemicals to pump the oil to the surface of the land. As a resident in Kentucky‚ I leave around some empty land out in the country side. Recently‚ I heard about KGA (Kentucky Gas Association) has bought the land around my property
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BUSINESS SET-UP GUIDE Production of Banana Chips Business Profile Summary You will need a market that can support sales of at least K73 per day. You will need around K3‚000 to start the business. Profit potential for this business is around K3‚000 per year. Sales You will need a market that can support the sale of K400 - K600 per week. This guide is focussed on starting a small scale banana chip making business‚ selling the product in trade stores‚ supermarkets‚ clubs‚ hotels or markets.
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Case studies in the Oil and Gas industry Piper Alpha Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The platform began production in 1976‚ first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on July 6‚ 1988‚ killing 167 men‚ with only 59 survivors. The death toll includes 2 crewmen of a rescue vessel. Total insured loss was about £1.7 billion (US$ 3.4 billion). At the time of
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III. Chapter III – Int’l Convergence of Financial Reporting A. Harmonization of standards (de jure) vs. practice (de facto) B. Arguments FOR harmonization - Comparability is necessary for globalization of capital markets 1. External users a. Easier to evaluate foreign securities for investment or takeover b. Reduce costs of listing on foreign exchanges c. Increases foreign investor confidence 2. Internal users d
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sources of energy are those which are exhaustible & can not be replaced once they have been used. • These sources have been accumulated in nature over a very longer period of million of years. • E.g. fossil fuel like coal‚ petroleum‚ natural gas. Conventional source of energy: • Conventional sources for energy are
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homepage which highlights social responsibility‚ sustainability‚ innovation‚ and community involvement as it key public strategies. However‚ cooperating with eco-warriors‚ social activists and unions has come to little avail for the international Banana supplier. While trying to improve their social reputation‚ Chiquita’s competition has been outselling their product to retailers; retailers are not recognizing Chiquita’s efforts as being beneficial to their store. Chiquita can engage in corporate
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facts about bananas. Facts such as: the history‚ how they grow‚ and even the ripening process. There are many interesting ways to ripen bananas. There are even ways to help make a banana ripen faster. The banana fruit is the world’s largest herb. Bananas contain 3 natural sugars: sucrose‚ fructose and glucose. They are an excellent source of potassium and fiber. The six most popular types of bananas are Manzano‚ Baby/Nino‚ Burro‚ Red‚ Plantain‚ and Cavendish. The Cavendish Banana is the most
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Figure 3.1: Typical standard chromatogram of Ritonavir and Lopinavir Figure 3.2: Typical sample chromatogram of Ritonavir and Lopinavir 3.3.2 Method validation The optimized RP-HPLC method for simultaneous assay of Ritonavir and Lopinavir was validated according to ICH guidelines with respect to system suitability‚ linearity‚ sensitivity‚ accuracy‚ precision and robustness. 3.3.3 System suitability Before sample analysis‚ the chromatographic parameters used in this analysis must conform the system
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