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    Introduction British Petroleum is among the largest producers of oil and gas in the world. Headquartered in London, England it is one of only seven “supermajors” in the production of petroleum, in fact its performance in 2012 made it the sixth largest producer in its field and by market capitalization. It is also considered a vertically integrated company which operates in all areas of oil production including exploration, refining, distribution, and marketing. It has also recently expanded into

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    Department of oil-gas industry Oil-gas industry division Safety in Petroleum Industry”(Ecological Management) ISW Ecological problems of Kazakhstan. Done By: Zhenis Seitekov Checked By: Bigaliyev Aitkhazha Bigaliyevich Almaty 2011 Contents: • Introduction • National environmental issues • The impact of landfills military space systems and test • Radioactive contamination • Oil and ecology • Air pollution • Aerosol pollution of the atmosphere • Conclusion

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    Crude oil, also known as petroleum, is among the most valuable commodities in the world. It is vital to many industries, accounting for just over thirty-three percent of the world’s energy supply. Crude oil is a naturally occurring substance that can be refined into several products, including diesel fuel, motor oil, and gasoline, among others. Though prices of crude oil in years passed were typically high, they fluctuate daily in response to a host of factors, including world-wide rates of production

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    Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource created from deceased prehistoric animal and plant remains. This is accomplished over millions of years, in which variables of heat and pressure cause the remains to be transformed into hydrocarbons. The United States depends on oil for around 36% of its energy demand, of this about 71% is directed to transportation, 24% to manufacturing and industrial applications, 5% to commercial and residential areas. An interesting fact is that even though oil and gas are

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    the employees’ commitment to the organization. The specialization as I understand it would be the petroleum industry, as for the study is focused on the petroleum industry. According to Al-Emadi, & Marquardt (2007), “The petroleum industry is the focus of the study for a number of reasons.” I also discovered that the business problem and the specialization are appropriately related because the petroleum industry is the central point of the global economy and they spend millions of dollars to train

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    Adam Bobroy Ms. Kelton Composition and Literature 112-1 17 May 2016 The Major Effects of The British Petroleum Oil Spill The BP Oil spill pumped almost 200 million gallons of crude oil into the gulf of mexico, for approximately 87 days. This became the largest and most devastating oil spill in the United States. The coastlines of Texas, Alabama, Florida, MIssissippi and Louisiana were drastically effected by this horrible oil spill. In the end the BP oil spill negativity impacted more

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    The topic I chose for our assigned is Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC). The reason for this topic is because of how valuable oil is to the world and how much we are depended on it. For the Middle East, the “majority of economic growth and stability depends upon the natural resource of oil.” (Satterlee, B. C. 2014). However, there is always a conflict and partnership concerns for nations not in the region as the world dependency on this natural resource is only increasing

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    Oil Drilling Regulations British Petroleum(BP) had a massive oil spill on April 20, 2010. In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of oil was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of eightyseven days, making it the biggest oil spill in United States history. The initial oil rig explosion killed eleven people and injured seventeen others(“11 Facts”). The spill killed hundreds of animal, plant life and destroyed the environment. BP was penalized up to $40 billion in fines. Stricter

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    In June of 2009 and before the low general whom the price of the petroleum had experienced, I indicated that the greater package of stimulus to the world-wide economy did not come from the massive rescue to the financial system but of the low systematics that had the price of the crude one when happening of the 147 dollars that reached the barrel the 2 of 2008 July, to the 35 dollars whereupon it initiated year 2009. That was the most important package of aid for million consumers anywhere in the

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    4.1. Overview of Thailand Petroleum Industry The ten countries in Southeast Asia established the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is straining an increasingly significant effect to world energy trends. Based on the report of the International Energy Agency (IEA) broadcasted by the Southeast Asia Energy Outlook Re-port (2015), the natural resources of Southeast Asia is abundant precisely fossil fuel resources in-cluding petroleum, gas, and coal and the significant countries that possess

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