An oil spill can be defined as an accidental or deliberate dumping of oil or petroleum products into the ocean and its coastal waters, bays, and harbors, or onto land, or into rivers or lakes (Holum 1977). Between one and ten million metric tons (one metric ton is 1000 kilograms) of oil are put in...

The worst environmental catastrophe to ever occur in Maryland has just become a reality. The lifeblood of Southern Maryland watermen has been forever affected. The ecosystems of the Patuxtent River and Chesapeake Bay have been irreversibly contaminated. The Three Mile Island and Chernobyl Nuclear Ac...

Oil is a product used by everyone, but sometimes oil is a problem. An oil spill is aleakage from an oceangoing tanker, pipelines, or other oil sources. Oil spills occur veryfrequently, and cause enormous ecological harm. About eight million barrels of oil arespilled each year. Tankers usually ca...

Oil Pollution and Its Effect on Wildlife"OIL POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECT ON WILDLIFE"INTRODUCTION: Contamination of the oceans by oil spillage is not a rare occurrence. It is happening all over the world every day, fouling coastlines, killing animals and destroying fisheries.BODY: In 19...

When it comes to mixing oil and water, oceans suffer from far more than an occasional devastating spill. Disasters make headlines, but hundreds of millions of gallons of oil quietly end up in the seas every year, mostly from non-accidental sources Large spills--even though a relatively minor s...

"How To Change Car Oil "Cost is one of the major reasons why so many people change their own car oil. There's a small initial investment for supplies, but you'll make that back the first time you do it yourself. Frequent oil changes are the best preventative maintenance the home mechanic can give th...

On January 3 in the year 1959, Alaska officially became the forty-ninth state of the United States of America. Alaska is over twice the size of Texas; measuring from north to south at approximately 1,400 miles long and from east to west it is 2,700 miles wide making it the largest state in America. ...

How to Change Your OilFrequent oil changes are the best preventative maintenance the home mechanic can give the engine, because old oil becomes contaminated and or burnt, which leads to premature engine wear. Performing simple maintenance such as changing the oil can save hundreds of dollars over t...

CRUDE OIL Crude oils are unprocessed oils mined straight from the oil source. Crude oils are such a useful starting point for so many different substances because they contain hydrocarbons. Crayons, plastics, heating oil, jet fuel, kerosene, synthetic fibres and tires are all originally made from...

World Oil Supply Oil, one of the most precious commodities of the mechanized age, is available in limited quantities as it is an irreplaceable resource. Not only does oil run the United States and hundreds of other countries around the world, but it also is a vital element of the global economic...

The history between giant oil companies like Shell, Mobil and Exxon and the national governments under which these and other companies operated goes back many years. In the United States in the 1930's, there existed a huge oversupply of crude oil which upset the oil market and created the collapse o...

THE ROLE OF THE INDEPENDENT OIL PRODUCER IN TODAY'S MARKET Should a poll be taken of the populace of our nation regarding the role of the independent oil producer in today's economy, the likelihood of negative feedback is highly probable. For, most Americans are disgruntled with t...

In order for your Nissan 240SX to last longer, it is very important to change oil every three thousand miles. With twenty dollars, thirty minutes of your time, and some tools you can change your own oil. Technically you can change any car's oil, but it's important to check manufacture&ap...

There are many oil spills that occur every year. They harm the environment, the plants, the animals, and the people who live near it. People can clean up the spill. The environment takes the disaster of an oil spill and the follow a natural process to clean itself. Oil spills are dangerous to ever...

The economy aspect of oil exploration and development obviously has major benefits, but we can not over look the disadvantages. With a new industry in the east coast, more revenue is generated from this, creating a stronger region than it was before. With this new revenue, surrounding towns and comm...

Taking care of an automobile is very simple. Filling a car up with gasoline and changing the oil are the basics for maintaining a car\'s engine. Changing gasoline is easy. The car\'s gasoline tank gets low and all it requires is a one-step fill up at the gas station. The process of an oil change is ...

During the mid-1970\'s, we experienced an energy crisis which more than quadrupled the price of oil in the U.S. The outrageous oil prices resulted in long lines at the gas pump, increases in airline tickets, and steep increases in all goods that were deliverable. There are several reasons as to why ...

Introduction On March 24, 1989, at 4 minutes past midnight, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Alaska\'s breath-taking Prince William Sound. Instantaneously, the quiet waters of the sound became a sea of black. \"We\'ve fetched up - ah - hard aground north of Goose Island off Bligh Reef, ...

Olugbobri on the Niger River Delta - On October 14, 2000, ten Ijaw youths were killed by soldiers guarding a flow station owned by Italian oil giant Agip Oil Company. The youths had planned to stage a protest at the site over the failure of Agip to carry out road work and area development projects p...

Analysis of the prospect of Entering the Iraqi oil market In terms of Infrastructure and Productive capacity Iraq holds the world's third largest oil reserves base after Saudi Arabia and Canada, with 112 billion barrels of proven reserves and an estimated 100 billion barrels of undiscov...

Gasoline, Motor Oil: Which is more important? Any driver will testify that they want to feel safe in their cars, motor oil and gasoline advertisers argue that each product is important to the driver while striving to accomplish the goal of making this feeling a reality. With drivers being put t...

In January 1988, a 4-million gallon oil storage tank owned by Ashland Oil Company, Inc., split apart and collapsed at an Ashland oil storage facility located in Floreffe, Pennsylvania, near the Monongahela River. The tank split while being filled to capacity for the first time after it had been dis...

The economy is affected by many factors that determine if it is strong or weak. These factors have to do with buyers consuming goods and services and at what rate they do this. Do the goods and services that are consumed by people created wealth, jobs and a better overall economy for a country. Th...

In 1870 the first national parks and forests were set aside for wildlife protection and for the extraction of resources. Along with the timber, oil and mining industries, tourism offered economic benefits. But by the 1920s all development was prohibited on these land areas. However external pressur...

Ever since man started trading, supply and demand for a particular product has been the determining factor of its price. Certain attributes of the supply and/or demand of the product affect its price and events beyond the control of the producer/consumer who can often affect its supply and demand, ...