talk to you about you about the political chemistry of oil spills and why this is an incredibly important‚ long‚ oily‚ hot summer‚ and why we need to keep ourselves from getting distracted. But before I talk about the political chemistry‚ I actually need to talk about the chemistry of oil. This is a photograph from when I visited Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in 2002 to watch the Minerals Management Service testing their ability to burn oil spills in ice. And what you see here is‚ you see a little bit of
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EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL Relevant Facts On March 24‚ 1989‚ there were several ruptured tanks of the Exxon Valdez that allowed approximately 11 million gallons of crude oil to pour into the Gulf of Alaska. As soon as this happened‚ it started what would be described as one of the most dreadful environmental disasters in the history of oil drilling. A few months after‚ there were enormous surges of wind and waves that caused the oil to spread further out into the shorelines of Prince
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ABSTRACT In March of 1989‚ the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound‚ Alaska. An eighteen foot wide hole was ripped into the hull‚ and 10.9 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the ocean. In the following weeks‚ many things transpired. This paper will discuss the cleanup‚ the damage‚ and the results of the biggest oil spill in United States history. On March 24‚ 1989‚ in Prince William Sound Alaska‚ the Exxon Valdez was moving
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1. What are the major issues in the Liebeck case and in the following incidents? Was the lawsuit “frivolous” as some people thought‚ or serious business? The major issues in this case include how hot the coffee should be‚ when to draw the line on making a case outrageous and how corporations are supposed to please customers without worrying about being sued. I believe that the lawsuit was frivolous because of the amount of money that was being asked for. It is common sense that when you order coffee
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A. Attention Getting Device: In the Wake of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill calamity‚ another potential environmental disaster is already in the making. B. Thesis Statement: Around the Athabasca Lake region the cancer rate is becoming alarming: 30 percent above the Albertain provincial average. The culprit is suspected to the toxic reservoirs where the effluence from the oil industry’s operation is collected. C. Preview of Main Points: The massive-scale extraction of "black oil‚" underway
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Assignment 5 Sheet Harbour Chemicals Sheet Harbour Chemicals (SHC) manufactures chemicals used in the paint industry. The process involves three departments. Chemical A‚ which is purchased for $3 per liter‚ is processed through Department 1 in batches of 100 liters. Each batch of chemicals processed through Department A produces 70 liters of chemical B and 30 liters of chemical C. Chemical B is sold for $10 per liter. Chemical C is used in Department 2 to produce chemicals D‚ E‚ and F. Department 2
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Chemical Engineering In the future I would like to become a chemical engineer. I really enjoy chemistry and hands on work “Chemical engineering is the application of chemistry to large scale industrial systems.” (Chemical engineering). I enjoy helping build different things like skateboards‚ ramps and‚ fixing parts on different things. When I took the sixteen personality quiz it said I was a virtuoso. The virtuoso likes hands on work and exploring ideas which I think fits my personality perfectly
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of the oil spill the Obama administration imposed a six month moratorium on new deep water drilling operations which ended on the 12th of October. For twenty years previous to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico there had been a total ban on deep water off shore drilling. But during his presidency‚ Barack Obama lifted the barriers to allow deepwater drilling to take place and his reasons for doing this were said to be to reduce the reliance on importing oil in from abroad. The oil spill‚ however‚
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Chemical Engineering Overview The Field - Preparation - Day in the Life - Industries - Earnings Employment - Professional Development - Career Path Forecast Professional Organizations The Field It would take too long to list all the products that are impacted by chemical engineers‚ but knowing what industries employ them may help you comprehend the scope of their work. Chemical engineers work in manufacturing‚ pharmaceuticals‚ healthcare‚ design and construction‚ pulp and paper‚ petrochemicals
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Group Paper Analysis‚ Team 4 4/22/2010 Victoria Chemicals (B) Group Case Study Introduction Victoria Chemicals’ Intermediate Chemicals Group (ICG) is evaluating two mutually exclusive proposals on their capital expenditures. The Liverpool and Rotterdam plants have compiled separate proposals. Each proposal had the potential to increase the polypropylene output by 7 percent for their plant respectively. Victoria Chemicals could not view a 14 percent increase companywide being feasible‚
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