I was chatting with a friend and I remembered drawing this last year.
Well it is amazing
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OPEC’s proven crude oil reserves rose 12.1 percent in 2010 to 1.19 trillion barrels led by Venezuela, which has surpassed Saudi Arabia as the group’s largest reserves holder, OPEC said in its Annual Statistical Bulletin.
OPEC’s growth in oil reserves was mainly due to Venezuela, whose holdings climbed to 296.5 billion barrels from 211.2 billion in 2009, the report said. Top OPEC exporter Saudi Arabia’s reserves were steady at 264.5 billion barrels.
Looks like the oil money is doing good for the country too. PDVSA building social centers. Chavez is very popular among the poor.
Chinese state oil company CNOOC has agreed to buy Canadian oil sands producer OPTI for $2.1bn (£1.3bn).
The deal - which must be approved by regulators - is the latest move by state-run Chinese firms to buy stakes in North American oil producers.
Canada’s Alberta province is believed to have the third-largest reserves of oil in the world.
However it is far more expensive to extract oil from Canada’s oil sands than from conventional fields.
CNOOC says it will pay OPTI shareholders $34m, but will also take on the firm’s $2bn worth of debt.
The firm’s main asset is a 35% stake in the Long Lake oil sands project in Alberta.
CNOOC also pursuing sustainable development according to their website http://www.cnoocltd.com/
Can someone please explain to me what caused crude oil prices to triple?
Here it shows the increase but the increase in crude oil seems to be non linear. Watch the video to see what I mean
These terrify me far more than I can rationally explain.
(It’s likely one reason why The Last Winter scared the hell out of me.)Here are some animated ones. They have so many names but I guess the Nodding Donkey is the most artistic name
Most definitely one of the better portrayals of a modern female engineer and a depart from the stereotype view.
The following list uses data from PayScale to rank the top 10 jobs in terms of the pay you will receive after you have gained some years of experience, the necessary education (traditionally a bachelor’s degree), the job’s commonness and the years of experience that it will take to reach your…
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The quality of oil whether it is organic or inorganic is of interest to local and international buyers whether they are using crude oil, diesel, gasoline or even vegetable oil. One of the the liquids that is considered to be a dreadful contaminant is water. This is because it destroys the quality of the products (vegetable based) and reduces the heating value of a hydrocarbon. In the world of lubrication you will normally find that water and solids will destroy moving parts e.g bearings.
Samples can be taken to a laboratory to detect metal particles, dirt and water but it is also possible to do it online. The advantage of online monitoring is the fact that the results are not dependent on a small volume sample that may not be respesentative of the batch being monitored.
Judith Love Cohen is an engineer. There is a great opportunity now for women to become engineers. We are seeing far more female engineers in the field than ever before. It is quite amazing that a lot of the videos being produced recently have women starring in the productions of “what is an engineer?”
Apart from better pay for women in these jobs it is also a career that is challenging and female engineers are now taking on some major roles in larger and smaller companies.
