a) Describe the process by which the biopolymer is produced naming any biological and chemical agents used to produce it. Biopolymers are naturally occurring polymers. One example is poly-hydroxybutanoate (PHB). PHB can be produced in a lab by feeding bacteria a diet rich in nutrients until large colonies form and then withdrawing glucose. The bacteria immediately start secreting PHB‚ which provides them with an energy store. In the 1980‚ the three genes in Alcaligenes eutrophus needed for the production
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Title of the paper Subsidy: Devising methods of reducing its impact on India’s Economy. Author: Muzaffar Khan Waris Sounak Sarkar Affiliation: Pursuing MBA (1st year) in Energy and Infrastructure at School of Petroleum Management. Address (Home): Muzaffar Khan Waris F-35‚ Mehar Manzil‚ Garden Reach Road‚ Kolkata-700024. Sounak Sarkar H-4‚ Rail Kunj
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Type | Public | Traded as | NSE: ONGC‚ BSE: 500312 BSE SENSEX Constituent | Industry | Oil and gas | Founded | 14 August 1959 | Headquarters | Tel Bhavan‚ Dehradun‚ India | Key people | Sudhir Vasudeva (Chairman & MD) | Products | Petroleum‚ natural gas‚ and other petrochemicals | Revenue | US$ 27.18 billion (2012)[1] | Operating income | US$ 6.55 billion (2012)[1] | Profit | US$ 4.22 billion (2012)[1] | Total assets | US$ 43.01 billion (2012)[1] | Total equity | US$
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development of petroleum industry in the country was considered to be of utmost necessity. Until 1955‚ private oil companies mainly carried out exploration of hydrocarbon resources of India. In Assam‚ the Assam Oil Company was producing oil at Digboi (discovered in 1889) and the Oil India Ltd. (a 50% joint venture between Government of India and Burma Oil Company) was engaged in developing two newly discovered large fields Naharkatiya and Moran in Assam. In West Bengal‚ the Indo-Stanvac Petroleum project
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it can take thousands of years in order for them to reproduce themselves. As of now‚ crude oil or (petroleum) is the only naturally liquid profitable fossil fuel. In addition‚ natural gas and propane are normally gases‚ and coal is a solid. If these nonrenewable run out they will become to costly to harvest then humans would have to use other sources for energy. Scientist believe that coal‚ petroleum‚ natural gas‚ and propane are all fossil fuels because they where formed from non living factor
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factors conditions‚ related and supporting industries‚ and firm strategy‚ structure‚ and rivalry. Neither the interventionist theory of mercantilism nor the theories of country size apply. Further‚ product life cycle theory does not apply because petroleum is not an appropriate type of product for that model. 2. How do global political and economic conditions affect world markets and prices of oil? Global political and economic conditions affect
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Many nations across the globe are continually growing and prospering by rightly managing their natural resources to extract economic gain out of them. Many success stories have arisen from natural resource wealth. Norway has long utilized its Petroleum Fund to stabilize its oil wealth‚ providing economic security for the country. More recently‚ Chile’s Copper Stabilization Fund has proven to be a successful element in the country’s economic recovery since the mid 1980s. In both cases‚ resource
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A11-02-0006 ERP in Tosco (B) It was a warm February day in 2001. Sunshine provided some (badly) needed relief from the winter’s blues. Donna was sitting in her office observing the green lawn bathing in the warm sun. What a beautiful day. After four-and-a-half years of implementation and approximately $40 million (excluding costs of Tosco’s internal staff and ongoing maintenance costs of COMETS) over the initial approved budget‚ COMETS was a success. Unlike many IT projects that are scrapped
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announced a series of duty and price changes in this sector in June 2011 to reduce the burden of rising oil prices on both OMCs and retail consumers. These included – Elimination of 5% customs duty on crude oil Reduction in customs duty on petroleum products by 5% Reduction in excise duty on diesel by Rs 2.60 per litre Increase in price of diesel by Rs 3 per litre‚ of PDS kerosene by Rs 2 per litre and of LPG by Rs 50 per 14.2 kg cylinder The estimated annual revenue loss for the Government
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used as an alternative for paraffin wax in candle making . In the field of Science‚ this study contributes a lot for the reason that we can find alternative for paraffin wax as main component in candle making‚ besides paraffin was derived from petroleum and the later is much expensive. This study contributes knowledge to the researchers and also to the community in the sense of finding an alternative way to utilize used cooking oil that may pollute and clog canals and sewerage systems if not recycled
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