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Showing 1 to 20 of 5700 for “"Oil"”.
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Crude Oil and Crude Oil Derivatives Transactions by Oil and Gas Producers.
… the diversification benefit of crude oil for equities. Second, it examines whether or not crude oil derivatives transactions by oil and gas producers can change shareholders' wealth. With these two major goals in mind, I study the risk and return profile of crude oil, the value effect …
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Oil volatility and government spending behaviour in oil-exporting countries.
… contribution of the dynamic relationship between oil volatility, including revenue, price and rent in relation to government spending behaviour in OPEC and non-OPEC oil exporting countries. A research gap has been identified in three areas, firstly, there is a paucity of comparative literature …
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The esterification of tall oil to obtain drying oil characteristics
… into the possibilities of obtaining drying oil characteristics in tall oil. Refined tall oil was esterified in an inert atmosphere with pentaerythritol at temperatures of 250, 300, and 320°C. Carbon dioxide was used to maintain an inert atmosphere. The esterification was carried out in a …
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Oil of maize
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, 1890
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Fuel oil atomization
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1943.
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Dynamic relationship between oil price and macroeconomic variables: evidence from oil exporting and oil importing countries in Africa.
… long-run and short-run relationship between oil price and key macroeconomic variables, within the context of net oil-exporting and importing countries in Africa. Using quarterly data ranging from 1996(Q1) to 2016(Q4), panel ARDL estimation is carried out to analyse how asymmetric changes in …
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Non-thermal Recovery of Heavy oil and Oil Sands Using Nanoparticle
Heavy oils and oil sand resources are considered the largest portion of known energy resources, comprising 70% of total resources. Still, there is potential to increase oil production from these resources to fulfill future global energy needs. There have long been serious critiques of the methods …
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Experimental and numerical studies on oil spilling from damaged oil tankers
It is well understood that the spilled oil from damaged oil tankers poses a severe threat to the marine environment. Although great efforts have been devoted to studying the oil spilling from damaged oil tankers, especially double hull tanks (DHTs), the majority is subjected to an ideal condition …
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Characterization of palm olein (oil) as base oil for biolubricant production
… on the determination of the properties of palm oil as potential base oil for producing bio based lubricants. The samples analysed were obtained from the open markets in the South West, South East and South South zones of Nigeria. Some of the physical and chemical properties such as viscosity, …
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Study of transient oil migration at compressor and improved oil return
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Maximum of oil output of a treadle-powered peanut oil press
… in the developing world. Consumption of oil is an essential part of an individual's diet and thus, the production of oil is an essential activity. In many communities, this oil is obtained by manually pressing it from peanuts. In order to more efficiently and easily express oil from …
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Promoting of soybean oil oxidation by the addition of menhaden oil
… if a small amount (0.5%) of deodorized menhaden oil (DMO) Significantly promotes or accelerates the oxidation of soybean oil (SO). A blend (M/S) of 0.5% DMO in commercial SO, pure SO, DMO and undeodorized menhaden oil (UDMO) were stored in the dark for ten weeks at 30°C. A control or "on the …
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Optimizing oil production in horizontal wells (water/oil cresting in horizontal wells)
… Cresting poses problems such as uneconomic oil production rates due to increasing volumes of effluent(s) (unwanted water and or gas) produced with oil over time as well as the overall recovery efficiency of oil reservoirs. Production optimization from crest-affected thick- and thin-oil rim …
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Interfacial deformations by active growth of oil-degrading bacteria on oil droplets
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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The catalytic heat treatment of cottonseed oil to obtain drying oil characteristics
Crude cottonseed oil was heat treated with four catalysts at various temperatures and lengths of time in an inert carbon dioxide atmosphere in an effort to impart drying oil characteristics to the oil. The tests were carried out in a three neck, 1000 ml., distilling flask heated electrically in a …
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The Tideland Oil Controversy
69 leaves
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A Drop of Oil
Many Christian writers point to God through their fiction without openly evangelizing. The images their words evoke lift their secular and religious readers' heads, for God is reflected in their use of language, the emotions they describe, and the actions of their characters. The preface and short …
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The Alberta Oil Sands
<p>The Alberta oil sands near Ft. McMurray, Alberta, have been estimated by many to contain at least 300,000,000,000 bbls of oil, and would therefore be classed as the largest potential oil field in the world. The oil sand deposit is considered to be non-marine in origin and consists mainly of very …
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Engine lubrication oil aeration
… The entrapment of air in the lubricating oil is called oil aeration. Oil aeration can be detrimental to internal combustion (IC) engines. This study attempts to determine a means to reduce the level of aeration in a typical IC engine. Experiments were performed on a motored Ford 3.0L V6 …
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