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Pipeline protection: an enduring safety-focused commitment for Maccaferri Mexico, in a world craving for energy Pipeline infrastructures can be successfully and safely protected by using Maccaferri’s MacNet™ products In a world of growing environmental dangers, triggered by climate change, and rising security issues in relation to potential terrorist threats, the protection of oil and gas infrastructures like pipelines has now become a top priority in the agenda of governments and the energy…

the vehicle is powered and operated through electrical energy only. This means it requires no sort of fossil-fuels or biofuels, required to actively operate this vehicle. This is essential in current society, as the global warming due to excess production of greenhouse gases, is impacting the entire globe. Through the introduction of green vehicles that produce little to none greenhouse, these automobiles can effectively curb the threat of climate change due to greenhouse gases. Tesla cars’ are…

Introduction It was my Junior year of high school, in both my AP Seminar and French classes we had been discussing air quality issues in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, as most students became annoyed at the constant discussion of these issues I became inclined to gain extensive knowledge pertaining to the ongoing air quality issues that were constantly affecting me. I became interested in this topic and the idea that maybe somehow I could make a difference. The air quality in Utah is extremely…

The Deepwater Horizon incident was caused by the failure of a cement base of the drilling-well. An explosion occurred due to the combination of: a faulty base, the flow of high pressure gases, and mechanical problems. A safety mechanism called the “blowout preventer” uses drill pipe to seal off the well in events like this. This preventer also failed, allowing for the oil spill to continue to leak. It was found that a nitrogen foam based cement was used in constructing the drilling-well base.…

In April of 2010, BP had a blowout in the Macondo well deep in the ocean. This disaster is said to be one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Although BP worked with the coast guard and tried to plug the hole multiple times, it took over 3 months to finally put a cap on the well stopping the oil spill, and almost 6 months to permanently seal the leaking well. It is estimated that a total of 4.4m barrels of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico during the nearly three months…

Background Information Oil is an organic fluid that has a lower density than water. When oil is spilled on water, it will float on the water surface and form a thin layer. Oil is not soluble in water. This thin layer of oil on the water surface is called sheen and it can kill the aquatic animals and plants that live beneath the water if it is not removed quickly. Photosynthesis uses solar radiation to change water and carbon dioxide into important nutrients that endure plant life. Therefore,…

In our world today, we use sources of primary energy, and remedies that we are able to cure illness with. Organic compounds make up cells and structures of organisms and carry out life processes, Ethanol is common and is used for many things in our lives. Ethanol has two ways it can be produced the first is by fermentation, which is the chemical breakdown of sugar by yeast, this method is used to create beverages such as alcohol. The second method is the Hydration on ethene. This methobd…

Original Proposal Methane hydrate formation by using coffee waste April, 2015 Wenxi Huang Florida International University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Advisor: Dr. Rudolf Jaffé 1. Introduction Natural gas hydrate (NGH) has been considered as a possible alternative for transporting natural gas because of its lower capital cost when comparing with liquefied natural gas (Javanmardi, et al., 2005). Methane is the main component in natural gas (Engineering Data Book…

Located in Northeastern Alaska, United States, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the areas used to protect and conserve America’s wildlife and plants. It is the largest Wildlife Refuge in the country at 19,286,722 acres. For more than over a decade there has been political debates about whether or not there should be drilling for oil on the coastal plains. Oil drilling cause’s damage to the wildlife there and cause for animals to become extinct. I think that there should not be any…

To say that the United States is too dependent on it’s fossil fuels is a massive understatement. It is often difficult to picture our lives without fossil fuels, because around 90% of the world’s electricity demand comes from the use of them (IER 2005). With this being said, if we want to provide the generations long after we are gone with sustainable, renewable, and environmentally appropriate (clean) energy, we certainly have to make big changes. These changes have already started but are…