Managing used oil can be slippery. (Environmental & Safety Issues).(Brief...

Industrial Heating;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...What is Used Oil? Used oil is any oil that has been refined from crude oil or any synthetic oil that has been used and, as a result of such use, is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities. To be defined as used oil by EPA, a substance must...

Fleets Grapple With Disposal of Used Oil

Transport Topics;  May 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ...OIL & LUBRICANTS Atypical Class 8 truck generates about 10 gallons of used oil at every oil change. Assuming 100,000 miles driven a year and oil changes every 25,000 miles, it does not take long for most fleets...

The West's oily heart: oil's central position in the world economy has...

Geographical;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Oil has been known to man for millennia. The walls of ancient...when the first commercial wells were drilled in the USA, for oil to move from the periphery of human endeavour to its very epicentre. The fabric of the world economy is drenched in oil. It is our primary energy source, feeding the power ...

The end of the oil age? Experts agree that oil production will begin...

Geographical;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Oil is a finite resource. If we continue to consume it, we will eventually reach the point...The formula for the answer is unexpected. People worry that we're running out of oil, says Richard Hardman. We're not. What's happening is that the demand for oil is exceeding our ability to supply it. As the global ...

OIL PROBLEM BY THE YEAR 2000

Indonesian Commercial Newsletter;  June 10, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Oil and gas will continue to play an important role in Indonesia...the year 2000, although the role will continue to decrease. Oil and gas provide a major source of foreign exchange and state...dilemma confronting Indonesia is the fact that Indonesia's oil reserve is small, while its consumption is ...

THE FUTURE OF INDONESIA'S OIL INDUSTRY

Indonesian Commercial Newsletter;  August 23, 1993 ;     395 words ...Oil and gas are no longer the primadonna of Indonesia's economy. As shown in Table 1 their contribution to the GDP on the basis of current prices has dropped from 24.3% in 1981 when the price of oil was US$ 35 per barrel to only 14.0% when the price of oil reached its low point of an average of US$ 12.6 per ...

Crude Realities: two histories of the oil business.(Oil on the Brain:...

Columbia Journalism Review;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline by...336 pages, $26 Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil by Nicholas Shaxson Palgrave Macmillan 288 pages, $26.95 Lisa Margonelli first became fascinated with oil while observing an experimental cleanup in Alaska's Prudhoe...

Onward and upward. (demand for oil) (A Survey of Energy)

The Economist (US);  June 18, 1994 ;     700+ words ...WITH oil as cheap today as at any time since the shocks...once again. The past decade has shown that oil is far more plentiful than pessimists such...OPEC has, it seems, learnt that expensive oil stimulates conservation, alternatives and non-OP...

Legislature mulling a plan to collect, recycle used motor oil statewide

The Boston Globe;  November 14, 1992 ;     700+ words ...Waste oil is hazardous stuff, and its improper disposal has become...environmental problem. You can't point an accusing finger at the oil industry for this; the villains are we. Repair garages, oil companies, gas stations, quick-lube places and the like...

Right Oil Can Prevent Troubles With Engine

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 6, 1994 ;     545 words ...Oil is the lifeblood of an engine. Imagine hundreds of metal parts packed together, rubbing up against each other thousands of times per minute with no lubrication - that's what happens when you forget to change your oil. If you're faithful about oil changes - and making sure your oil is full between ...

THE FATE OF INDONESIA'S OIL UP TO THE YEAR 2000

Indonesian Commercial Newsletter;  October 28, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Oil is still the determining factor in Indonesia's economic development even though its role has gradually diminished since 1983. Oil is particularly important as a source of foreign exchange...the problem Indonesia is facing is that she cannot produce oil as she wills, because the price of oil has ...

Beware cheap oil; tax it, or slide slowly back into OPEC's lap....

The Economist (US);  March 12, 1988 ;     700+ words ...OIL burners, rejoice. Since the start of the year the price of...dollar's slump (and to a little inflation), the real price of oil for consumers outside America is down where it was in July...maybe ominous news for later. Encouraging, because cheaper oil offers scope for faster economic growth with a ...

Oil, Profits and Peace: Does Business Have a Role in Peacemaking?(Book...

International Journal on World Peace;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...OIL, PROFITS AND PEACE: DOES BUSINESS HAVE A ROLE IN PEACEMAKING...of Peace Press, 2007 234 pages, paper, $35.00 In her book Oil, Profits, and Peace: Does Business Have a Role in Peacemaking?, Jill Shankleman analyzes how governments often respond to oil wealth, discusses the relationship between oil ...

The Future: Oil, America, and the Air Force

Air & Space Power Journal;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...OIL PLAYED A leading role in conflicts of the twentieth century...tension in this century. Contrary to public perceptions about oil shortages, embargoes, and fuel cells, energy's future in the...look much like its recent past. "The World Is Running Out of oil": Wrong The headlines are frightening, but ...

`Prize' documents the volatile mix of oil and power

The Boston Globe;  January 9, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Oil is the prize in the modern era. With it, you have money and power. Without it, you risk poverty and dependence. But oil is a peculiar kind of prize. Possessing it is not enough. You also must control it. Otherwise there is a chance too much oil will be produced and the prize will lose its value. So ...