Explain the use of crude oil as a source of both aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons Crude oil: a complex mixture of hydrocarbons found in layers of rock beneath the earth’s surface Aliphatic Hydrocarbons: contain chains of carbon atoms that may be branched Aromatic Hydrocarbons: contain Benzene rings- rings of carbon atoms with delocalized electrons Alkanes all have different boiling points dependent on the length of the carbon chain in the molecule. The smaller chains ie. the most volatile
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NIGERIA AND OIL By: Fariha Ahsan‚ period 5 This article displays a vivid picture for us about the conditions in Nigeria due to the oil reserves. Though Nigeria contained the potential to strive and become a wealthy oil nation‚ leaving the cocoon of poverty encompassing Africa- it became trapped in a lot of corrupt dealings. Today‚ the Niger Delta in Nigeria has caught the attention of world wide humanitarian and environmental activists. The article states how in the past‚ the corrupt government
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building railwas in the Pacific Northwest region‚ and it provided opportunities for immigrant to come to the United States and fulfill their own American dreams. The railroad companies’ representatives went to China for the recruitment‚ and many Chinese were attracted to working in the United States by the hope of bringing affluent back home. Soon‚ the Chinese came to the United States crew by crew‚ and the massive Chinese workforce increased the Asian population in the Pacific Northwest in a few years
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THE 18TH CENTURY INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND The INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION can be said to have made the European working-class. It made the European middle-class as well. In the wake of the Revolution‚ new social relationships appeared. As Ben Franklin once said‚ "time is money." Man no longer treated men as men‚ but as a commodity which could be bought and sold on the open market. This "commodification" of man is what bothered Karl Marx -- his solution was to transcend the profit motive by social
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Page 1: Introduction OPITO is the focal point for skills‚ learning and workforce development in the oil & gas industry. It aims to deliver the right skills for the industry now and in the future. OPITO was established to meet industry demand for a competent and competitive workforce. To achieve this it works with industry employers‚ training providers and higher education providers. Careers for life are now relatively rare in the UK. Individuals now have more varied career options‚ career progression
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Oil refining in China Ed chen‚ a strategic planner at a international oil and gas firm was assigned with the task to look for investment opportunities in the china’s refining industry and also to see whether there was any room for foreign competition or if was a local-only-game. Downstream constraints have always been a major factor which will ease neither quickly nor cheaply”. “ Crude oil prices have continued to increase in the period 2001-2005 and according to the” Medium term oil market
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isn’t cutting out the fat—it’s learning to make healthy choices and to replace bad fats with good ones that promote health and well-being. Polyunsaturated fats is one of two main fats. When you pour liquid cooking oil in a pan‚ there’s a good chance you’re using polyunsaturated fat. Corn oil is a common example. Polyunsaturated fats are required for normal body functions‚ but your body can’t manufacture them and so must get them from food. Polyunsaturated fats help build cell membranes‚ the exterior
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Thomas Preston BA 2196 Section 14/Emil Steiner 10-31-2012 British Petroleum’s public image was damaged immensely by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its poor public relations management during the weeks that followed. BP created the “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website to inform the public about its efforts in cleaning up the spill and to help restore public trust in the company again. BP’s “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website uses these three strategies to try to repair its reputation:
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20 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO CONSERVE ENERGY Whenever you save energy‚ you not only save money‚ you also reduce the demand for such fossil fuels as coal‚ oil‚ and natural gas. Less burning of fossil fuels also means lower emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)‚ the primary contributor to global warming‚ and other pollutants. You do not have to do without to achieve these savings. There is now an energy efficient alternative for almost every kind of appliance or light fixture. That means that consumers
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3 ELECTRICAL & INSTRUMENTATION 6.4 OPERATION CHAPTER- 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND SYSYTEM DETAILS: IOT Utkal Energy Services Limited is a consortium of IOT‚ OT and IVRCL. IOT is a 50:50 joint venture company of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Oil tanking Gmbh (based in Hamburg‚ Germany). The contract for Installation‚ Operation and Maintenance of crude and finished product tankage facility at Paradeep Refinery Project‚ Paradeep is awarded to IOT Utkal Energy Services Limited
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