Petroleum jelly‚ petrolatum‚ white petrolatum or soft paraffin‚[1] CAS number 8009-03-8‚ is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25)‚[2] originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. Its folkloric medicinal value as a "cure-all" has since been limited by better scientific understanding of appropriate and inappropriate uses (see uses below). However‚ it is recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an approved over-the-counter
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ADEYEMI G.A OMEGA 2013 The petroleum industry has evolved over the years to become a gigantic industry. Personnel in the areas of sciences & applied sciences are required: • Petroleum engineers • Mechanical engineers • Chemical engineers • Electrical engineers • Computer scientists • Physicists • Chemists • Marine biologists & • Geologists engineers • Others There 2 broad classifications of global petroleum industry: • National Oil Companies (NOC)
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Executive Summary Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) prevailed in 2009 regardless of the state of the global economy and competition from larger companies. Focusing on long-term growth‚ Occidental aims to increase production and profits by acquiring local and global oil and gas reserves. They maintain their competitive advantage through the development of strong relationships with both local foreign counterparties. This is typically a difficult feat when faced with potential commodity
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rich‚ but what about the poor people or so called middle class. What will they do if the prices are too high to afford? Petroleum is something that we all need to go from place to place‚ anyways most of us do; four to five years ago‚ when I first came to Canada‚ the gas prices were quite low‚ but in the past 2-3 years‚ it is still increasing up to date. Prices of toasters and petroleum etc shouldn’t increase because we are getting our taxes cut and on top of that our level of price for the gas has increased
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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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Throughout the duration of this course‚ you will be performing literature reviews and presenting findings on the topic of petroleum. For this specific assignment‚ please do the following: Identify a topic or a problem faced by the global petroleum industry. Once the problem has been identified‚ your goal is to solve it. Provide an overview of the problem and a solution that is supported by current research. Tips for Selecting a Topic or Problem What subject within the global oil and gas industry
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Amma Addai-Donkor | 4774941 | 5) Tari Youkedebah | 4534895 | 6) Karen Elom Adiamah | 4761446 | 7) Seidu Babilo | 4816285 | 8) Obinna Vincent Unaegbunam | 4901536 | 9) Henry Ajieh | 4517245 | INTRODUCTION Currently‚ Delta Petroleum is experiencing swift decline in the in its current oil production. Therefore growth and replacements is its top priority‚ with a focus on the rationalization of 5 upstream assets in different countries‚ namely: Algeria‚ Canada‚ Kazakhstan‚ Mozambique
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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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Student’s name Professor’s name Course title Date British Petroleum (BP) case study British Petroleum (BP) is a global oil and chemical company with global headquarter in London and United States operation in Houston‚ Texas. BP owns numerous oil fields‚ refineries and chemical manufacturing plants worldwide. It is the largest company in the United Kingdom while BP America in U. S. is the largest BP division. BP operations as of 2013 were spread in over 80 countries around the world. The brands
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British Petroleum (BP) Case Study Executive Summary This case study report examined a public relation management problem that British Petroleum (BP) faced since the oil spill accident happened in April‚ 2010. In addition‚ this thesis recommended possible solutions and implementation plans for BP to deal with the public crisis. On April 20‚ the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to the largest accidental release of oil into marine waters in history. As a
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