ABSTRACT The objective of this research is to produce second generation biodiesel from Pongomia Pinnata seed oil using a microwave assisted transesterification. Pongomia Pinnata seed oil is obtained after the mechanical extraction of rubber seed is using Soxhlet Extractor. The alcohol used in this research is methanol which is used to react with Pongomia Pinnata seed oil with a base or acid catalyst to produce methyl ester. Acid catalyst used in this research is potassium hydroxide (KOH)
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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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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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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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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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HRM CASE STUDY Management Appraisal at Attock Refinery Limited MBA II Marketing I Group Members Hira Tanveer M.Waqas Tahir Rabbia Shahid Tehmas Zaki Introduction: Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) was incorporated as a Private Limited Company in November‚ 1978 to take over the business of the Attock Oil Company Limited (AOC) relating to refining of crude oil and supplying of refined petroleum products. It was subsequently converted into a Public Limited Company in June‚ 1979 and is listed on the three
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Kate Webster Year 10 Social Studies Environmental Issues assignment The Palm Oil Industry and what it’s doing to orang-utans. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Hypothesis: Humans are not aware of the palm oil plantations and the orangutans Introduction Once upon a time orangutans roamed all of Asia’s tropical rainforests‚ with over 500‚000 orangutans spread over 162 million hectares. Today‚ only around 20‚000 orangutans are left‚ mostly due to 80% of their forest home being destroyed
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MSc Thesis: Valuation of Integrated Oil & Gas Companies Irakli Menabde Valuation of Integrated Oil & Gas Companies A comparative analysis of methodologies and empirical practices MSc Thesis MSc in International Business and Economics: Cand. Merc Finance and Strategic Management (FSM) Copenhagen Business School Date 09/10/2008 Author: Irakli Menabde MSc Thesis: Valuation of Integrated Oil & Gas Companies Irakli Menabde Abstract The paper examines a number of empirically
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The Stock Market Reaction to Oil Price Changes Sridhar Gogineni Division of Finance Michael F. Price College of Business University of Oklahoma Norman‚ OK 73019-0450 March 13‚ 2008 Abstract I explore the reaction of the stock market as a whole and of different industries to daily oil price changes. I find that the direction and magnitude of the market‟s reaction to oil price changes depend on the magnitude of the price changes. Oil price changes most likely caused by supply shocks have a
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