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    Petroleum (redirect from Crude oil)
    some parts of the middle east. Conflicts may start when countries refuse to cut oil production in which other countries respond to such actions by increasing...
    132 KB (14,542 words) - 17:33, 7 June 2024
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    large ships such as bunker fuel, or the spill of any oily refuse or waste oil.[citation needed] Oil spills penetrate into the structure of the plumage of...
    89 KB (9,744 words) - 14:34, 5 June 2024
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    Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries who had supported Israel at any point during...
    132 KB (17,974 words) - 21:18, 29 May 2024
  • local rates; sometimes they refuse to prorate; but in either case the result of their policy is to favor the Standard Oil Co. Different methods are used...
    61 KB (6,691 words) - 20:44, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Deepwater Horizon oil spill
    The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the...
    239 KB (22,739 words) - 01:42, 29 May 2024
  • The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific...
    141 KB (14,600 words) - 22:14, 7 June 2024
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    Arabian Oil Group or simply Aramco (formerly Arabian-American Oil Company), is a state-owned petroleum and natural gas company that is the national oil company...
    95 KB (8,727 words) - 14:05, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Exxon Valdez oil spill
    The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William...
    63 KB (6,491 words) - 04:45, 23 April 2024
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    The Refuse Act is a United States federal statute governing use of waterways. The Act, a section of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, prohibited "dumping...
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    Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie...
    111 KB (10,072 words) - 07:59, 4 June 2024
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    Expeller pressing (redirect from Oil press)
    Expeller pressing (also called oil pressing) is a mechanical method for extracting oil from raw materials. The raw materials are squeezed under high pressure...
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  • Thumbnail for Salon des Refusés
    The Salon des Refusés, French for "exhibition of rejects" (French pronunciation: [salɔ̃ de ʁəfyze]), is generally known as an exhibition of works rejected...
    17 KB (2,325 words) - 19:38, 28 May 2024
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    Coal oil is a shale oil obtained from the destructive distillation of cannel coal, mineral wax, or bituminous shale, once used widely for illumination...
    9 KB (888 words) - 13:15, 19 May 2024
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    of the Unite union began to refuse to unload Russian oil from any ship. Despite sanctions on Russian shipping, Russian oil continued to arrive at port...
    19 KB (1,900 words) - 04:19, 20 February 2024
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    The Oil-for-Food Programme (OIP) was established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) to allow Iraq to sell oil on...
    71 KB (8,614 words) - 14:13, 23 February 2024
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    Many pomace oil extraction facilities refuse to work with these materials because the energy costs of drying the pomace for the hexane oil extraction often...
    25 KB (3,443 words) - 07:03, 6 May 2024
  • Corleone, were actually spoken by Mario's mother. Yes, "an offer he can't refuse," "keep your friends close but your enemies closer," "revenge is a dish...
    22 KB (2,560 words) - 05:47, 28 May 2024
  • 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." – No. 2 2006 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – No. 5 2007 AFI's 100 Years...
    158 KB (14,642 words) - 14:12, 2 June 2024
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    tonnes of heavy fuel oil. During a storm, it burst a tank on 13 November, and French, Spanish, and Portuguese governments refused to allow the ship to...
    29 KB (3,399 words) - 18:18, 7 June 2024
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    Amongst these '7R's, the first two ('Refuse' and 'Reduce') relate to the non-creation of waste - by refusing to buy non-essential products and by reducing...
    89 KB (10,792 words) - 14:22, 26 May 2024
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