Athabasca oil sands From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the bitumen deposit. For the corporation‚ see Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. Athabasca oil sands Athabasca Oil Sands map.png Country Canada Region Northern Alberta Offshore/onshore Onshore‚ mining Coordinates 57.02°N 111.65°WCoordinates: 57.02°N 111.65°W Operators Syncrude‚ Suncor‚ CNRL‚ Shell‚ Total‚ Imperial Oil‚ Petro Canada‚ Devon‚ Husky‚ Statoil‚ Nexen Partners Chevron‚ Marathon‚ ConocoPhillips‚ BP‚ Oxy
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OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of using locally produced hydrogenated castor wax as a substitute for imported stearic acid GIVEN: Demand: 1‚000 bags per month of Stearic Acid (25kg per bag) Thickening agent – 12% of the weight of the final product (30% of product cost) Stearic acid Cost: Price - $1‚600/1000 kgs. FOB USA Sea Freight Cost - $1‚800 per container van (1‚000 bags @ 25kg. per bag) Fixed Ordering Cost – Php 3‚000 per shipment Custom Duty – 10% based
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| | PORTER’S FIVE-FORCES’ ANALYSIS OF THE SPANISH OLIVE OIL INDUSTRY | The Spanish Olive Oil Industry The Spanish Olive Oil Industry Index Introduction 2 1. Intensity of current competence 2 2. Menace of New Entrance 3 3. Menace of substitute products 3 4. Bargaining power of suppliers/ 5. customers 4 Bibliography 4 Introduction The cultivation of olives and the production of olive oil have deep roots in the history of Spain. The olive‚ a symbol of peace
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CASE STUDY Shell Oil Company and the Brent Spar Shell Oil Company and the Brent Spar 1. The company failed to consider public reaction to their proposal of sinking the Brent Spar in June 1995 in Northern Scotland. They failed to look at how others would react and feel and neglected to take into consideration others’ point of views. They did research impacts and found this would be the best option and assumed everyone would agree and didn’t stop to think about how environmental
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British global energy company which is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world. As a multinational oil company‚ BP is the UK’s largest corporation‚ with its headquarters in London. BP’s headquarters is in Houston‚ Texas. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world‚ and one of the six private sector oil exploration‚ natural gas‚ and petroleum product marketing companies. Tony Hayward took over as the Chief Executive officer in May
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Palm Oil Mill (POM) Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) is one of the key plant to ensure smooth production of the mill. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) generally is about 0.7m³/Mt Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) processed. Total Solids are in the range of 11500 to 79000 mg/l and suspended solids is in the range of 5000 to 54000 mg/l. The organic content of POME is generally biodegradable and could be treated by anaerobic‚ aerobic and facultative processes. The processes are essentially biochemical and depends
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The Exon Valdez oil spill disaster occurred on March 24‚ 1989. This was the most devastating human-caused disaster in the United States history until twenty-one years later when The Deepwater Horizon occurred on April 20‚ 2010. Both disasters had a deadly effect on environmental life. These two incidents linked individuals taking shortcuts and being overconfident. Catastrophes do not happen by accident; something has to trigger them. Three main reasons why the disaster at Deepwater Horizon occurred:
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enough fire or charring on it to light off the base of fried palm fronds beneath the signal fire.”‚ “At last I thought‚ perhaps they didn’t see the smoke. I knew it was going up into the sky‚ but was it white smoke that might be lost in the blue-white sky‚ or was it dark and oily smoke that would make a smudge against the blueness? There was no way to tell.”‚ “The sea grape! I snapped some off‚ feeling it between my fingers. Yes‚ there was oil in it. I got up and went over to the fire‚ tossing a piece
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This case study is based on an ethical dilemma due to a 2011 oil spill. Enbridge had an oil spill near Wrigley. Although the company has taken responsibility for the spill‚ the members of the community are uneducated people who live off the land. The members of the community do not understand the technical jargon buried in the 600 pages of documents the company has presented them with. To try and fix things they offered the community members $5‚000 to get a consultant. 1. The facts. Gather
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The Economic Impact of Rising Oil Prices in Automotive Industry The rise in the oil prices plays a major role in the automotive industry. “The world consumes over 82 million barrels of oil per day (BPD)‚ with the united states taking roughly 20 million BPD” (McFarlane). Oil provides 97 percent of the transportation fuels that helps to run the cars‚ trucks and other vehicles in the nation’s highway (Heinberg). Thus‚ when the price of the oil rises‚ it clearly concerns the auto industry because the
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