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Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) is a term used for any mixture of hydrocarbons that are found in crude oil. There are several hundred of these compounds, but not all occur in any one sample.
LPG storage spheres Two 45 kg (99 lb) LPG gas cylinders in New Zealand used for domestic supply LPG minibuses in Hong Kong A dual fuel LPG-powered Ford Falcon taxicab in Perth, Australia Tank cars in a Canadian train for carrying liquid petroleum gas by rail
Kimia is an Ancient Greek word and a feminine given name in Persian language. It means elixir of life , alchemy , or the philosopher’s stone . [ 1 ] In ancient Persian poetry, kimia means "rare" or "unique."
A 1956 world oil production distribution, showing historical data and future production, proposed by M. King Hubbert – it had a peak of 12.5 billion barrels per year in about the year 2000.
An oil war is a conflict about petroleum resources, or their transportation, consumption, or regulation.The term may also refer generally to any conflict in a region that contains oil reserves or is geographically positioned in a location where an entity has or may wish to develop production or transportation infrastructure for petroleum products.
The possibility of the creation of infrared lasers based on the vibrationally excited products of a chemical reaction was first proposed by John Polanyi in 1961. [1] A pulsed [broken anchor] chemical laser was demonstrated by Jerome V. V. Kasper and George C. Pimentel in 1965. [2]
The Anglo-American Petroleum Agreement or Washington Agreement (August 8, 1944) was a failed attempt by the British and American governments to establish a lasting agreement to manage international petroleum supply and demand.
The first of the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes (Indonesian: Gempa bumi Sumatra 2009) occurred on 30 September off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia with a moment magnitude of 7.6 at 17:16:10 local time. The epicenter was 45 kilometres (28 mi) west-northwest of Padang, West Sumatra, and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southwest of Pekanbaru, Riau.