Liquefied petroleum gas

through the air at the rate of a mile in five-seconds on the average – commonly referred to as “the speed of sound.” In an internal combustion engine, these pulses are created when the exhaust valve opens and the hot gas from the combustion chamber enters the exhaust system. The exhaust gas…

3.6. Root causes in the Bourbon Dolphin accident The critical events in the Bourbon Dolphin accident are identified with the help of reviewing the official report of Bourbon dolphin accident (2008) and experts opinions. These are initial heel angle and drift of vessel. 3.6.1. Root causes in vessel capsizing The stability of an AHV during anchor deployment or recovery is a complex subject. The stability is primarily dependent on vessel’s design, environmental conditions and forces acting on it.…

SAMIR Moroccan and Italian refining, started in 1959 as a limited company. Represented by the "Office of Studies and Industrial Portfolio" and "Italian petroleum board." It were the first crude oil distribution unit has a capacity of 1.25 million tons per year. The company becomes Moroccan entirely in 1973. In 1996 made its IPO in the Casablanca Stock Exchange. In 1997 privatization and transfer of 67.27% stake in Corral group. SAMIR Company has a 10 tons per year refining capacity. A storage…

Stainless Steel (Car Components): Stainless steel which is also known as inox steel, is a steel alloy which features 10.5% of chromium. Stainless steel does not rust or stain like normal steel would and even though it is called stainless steel, it is not entirely stainless, because in low-oxygen, high salinity environments it is able to be stained. The main difference between stainless steel and general carbon steel is the amount of chromium present. Due to the amount of chromium that stainless…

What is Styrofoam? Styrofoam is a brand of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam currently created for thermal insulation and craft applications. Dow Chemical Company retained and produced the Styrofoam. Through petroleum product known as styrene, Styrofoam was created. The styrene is amended into a clear molten mass of polystyrene through a complex chemical process known as polymerization. It would become a hard plastic if it were left to cool. Disposable eating utensils are created from this…

Oklahoma on last Saturday morning, I just thought I was in a dream. Is Texas near a seismic zone? Again, I heard my cousin, a petroleum engineer, talk about the hydraulic fracturing which causes the frequent earthquakes recently. hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is widely used by the oil and gas companies in Texas and Oklahoma to produce oil and natural gas. Although hydraulic fracturing technology successfully reduce the price of energy, the scientific evidences show that it…

African oil and gas markets, including Nigeria, the continent’s biggest oil producer. Consequently, industry operators are facing challenging times as reflected in reductions in headcount and other cost-cutting measures that are being implemented across the industry. Nevertheless, exciting opportunities including megaprojects in the area of oil and gas infrastructure development and new foreign direct investment inflows lie ahead. With this in mind, stakeholders throughout the oil and gas value…

John Davison Rockefeller the well-known American entrepreneur was born July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York. His first oil refinery was assembled in 1870 starting the later multi-million company brand “standard oil.” It was built near Cleveland because of the many oil hotspots. It wasn’t long until his business grew wealthier, by 1882 he had a near-monopoly of the oil business in the U.S., however some of the ways he ran his business led to the passing of antitrust laws. Rockefeller devoted…

Navistar International Corporation is currently America's largest manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty diesel trucks. Until 1986, Navistar was known as International International Harvester, a leading manufacturer of agricultural and construction machinery, with 47 manufacturing plants. Years of dramatic financial losses, however, forced the company to sell off these primary businesses to focus on the production of diesel trucks, a move that necessitated the layoff of thousands of workers and…

Section 2: Executive summary 2.1 Background Entity Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad ("KLK"), an organization joined in Malaysia and which is recorded on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad with a market capitalization of around RM23.1 billion toward the end of September 2015. KLK is a well-known plantation company, which is started more than 100 years ago. KLK’s core business activity is plantations (oil palm and rubber). KLK follows its history back to 1906 when The Kuala Lumpur…