Essays Tagged: "refineries"
Oil Spills, one of main causes of enviromental pollution.
nvironment. First, these spills are often caused by accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, refineries, etc. Also it can be caused by illegal dumping, natural disasters, people's carelessness ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
INDIAN OIL CORPORATION
orated on June 30, 1959 under the name and style of Indian Oil Company Ltd. Upon merger with Indian Refineries Ltd. on September 1, 1964, the name of the company was changed to Indian Oil Corporation ... Nehru, on 1st January 1962. As on 1st April 2002 IndianOil owns and operates 10 of the country's 18 refineries with a refining share of 33% (over 41%, if the capacity of recently acquired subsidiaries ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
River Rhine Case Study
ible for 10% of the world's chemical production, as well as a variety of other industries including refineries, metal works, plastic and textile manufacturers.No other waterway in the world carries as ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Gasoline - Supply, Demand, and Cost
ane Katrina did just that; Hurricane Katrina dramatically impacted the Gulf of Mexico where several refineries were disrupted and several ports were closed that were dependant on oil importation. Thes ... has capped and that it will only take time for these prices to settle (Webb, 2005), meantime until refineries in the Gulf of Mexico and Iraq are back into production we can still expect to pay higher ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges
Oil company price gouging.
escalate the public was informed that it was due to the weather conditions that were affecting the refineries that were located along the gulf coast. Due to an especially turbulent hurricane and trop ... g the gulf coast. Due to an especially turbulent hurricane and tropical storm season this year. The refineries were supposed to be shut down to better prepare for the impact of the storms and to prese ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
The Concepts of Supply and Demand
pply is tight due to record growth in world oil demand. With gasoline demand at record levels, U.S. refineries have responded by producing record amounts of gasoline. Most refineries are running at a ... ars, and the last new U.S. refinery was built in 1976 (Parker, 2004). Currently, there are 149 U.S. refineries, a roughly 50 percent decrease from 1980 of more than 300 refineries (Parker, 2004). It i ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Exxon Mobile - A financial look from the corporate side
escalate the public was informed that it was due to the weather conditions that were affecting the refineries that were located along the gulf coast. Due to an especially turbulent hurricane and trop ... g the gulf coast. Due to an especially turbulent hurricane and tropical storm season this year. The refineries were supposed to be shut down to better prepare for the impact of the storms and to prese ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Merging Of BP And Mobil
s group with operations in some 70 countries. In Europe, BP operates downstream which have European refineries with combined capacity of 760,000 barrels a day. Moreover, they plan to sell a refinery i ... erating in over 100 countries. In Europe, Mobil has downstream operations in 22 countries. European refineries with combined capacity of 350,000 barrels a day.BP has strength in term of Fuels while Mo ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Crude Oil
ent substances combined together. Together, they are worthless. But separate, they are very useful. Refineries reassemble the hydrocarbon components of crude oil to develop products such as diesel fue ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
United States Embargo on Cuba
by the U.S. are: ?U.S. aid to Cuba, a ban on U.S. arms sales to Cuba, etc.? Of course, the two U.S. refineries refused. Furthermore, Cuba?s response to the negative response of the refineries ?was to ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Captain of Industry or Robber Baron
tandard prospered and began to buy out its competitors until, by 1872; it controlled nearly all the refineries in Cleveland. That fact enabled the company to negotiate with railroads for favored rates ... d rates on its shipments of oil. It acquired pipelines and terminal facilities, purchased competing refineries in other cities, and vigorously sought to expand its markets in the United States and abr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Oil Drilling and Exploration in The United States
of opening up all the federal properties and of its shores for oil drilling and exploration is new refineries and nuclear plants can be built, which would have a drastic effect on the speculation of ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Topic: "Oil Price Fluctuation: Cause for Economic Panic"
here is no shift in supply. The main reason for no increase in supply, is that most all the worlds' refineries are working at maximum capacity. These factors are some of the reasons, why in recent tim ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Technology and Management Functions
latest technology and alternative energy. (Valero Marketing and Supply Company, 2009) Valero has 18 refineries in North America. The refineries produce over a couple of million barrels of crude oil wi ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Technology
“an Overview Of The Current And Future Importance Of Oil In The World In Terms Of Energy And Resources”
be separated, by a process called known as refining. This process is carried out in units known as refineries. Refining itself consists of various procedures like fractional distillation, cracking et ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Case Study Valero Refinery Asphyxiation Incident. This Case Study describes the Valero Refinery Asphyxiation Incident in Delaware City refinery deaths of two employee contractors.
f accident. I would also include Valero Energy Corporation for their experience in safely operating refineries, though accidents do happen. In this case Valero may not have do enough since acquiring t ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies