oil & gas transportation

Oil and oil wastes enter rivers and other water bodies from different sources such as oil refineries, storage tanks, petro-chemical plants, industrial effluents, oil tanker spillage and automobile waste oil. Normal tanker operations and spillage fr..

1. Arachis hypogea (ground nut) 2. Pongamia pinnata (Pongam oil..

Hydrocarbon based natural oil trapped in deeper layers of earth's crust is useful to produce many refined petroleum products such as high speed diesel, petrol. Petrol and diesel are commonly burnt in automotive vehicles to generate power for movemen..

In this type of colloidal system water is the dispersed phase and oil acts as the dispersion medium. Examples of water in oil emulsions are butter, cold cream and cod liver oil..

Recent discoveries of oil and gas - both off shore and on shore - in eastern coast, western coast, river belts of Cauvery, Godavari, Mahanadi as well as traditional oil wells of north eastern states have been of great utility to national economy. India has been found to have gr..

The refining of petroleum is done in big refineries. Washing it with acidic or basic solution first neutralizes crude oil. A furnace is used to heat up the crude oil to 650 - 675 K and then the pressure reduced. The resulting crude oil vapors are fed into a fractionat..

Which of the following is the best estimate of the volume of oil in an oil tanker? => 10 quarts or 100 gallons or 10 pints or 1,000 cups..

Lubricants like oil or grease can reduce friction. The lubricants form a thin film between the moving parts and fill the tiny pores and depressions on the surfaces. This makes the surfaces smooth and reduces the friction. Oil ..

The cost of crude oil per barrel over a span of 5 years is represented in the scatter plot. What was the price of crude oil in the year 1998? => $30 or $25 or $23 or $29..

The bar graph displays the prices of crude oil. What is the difference between the increase in the price of crude oil from 1995 to 1996 and that from 1997 to 1998? => $4 or $0 or $1 or $2..