Oil Definition and 581 Threads

"I think energy independence is going too far" - Shell Oil http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13296235/page/5/ I think it is clear that this is not who we need making the calls for what's good for the US. Energy needs to be taken out of the hands of big oil...

Hi everybody, didn't really know where to put this thread since it's physics using math, so I'm sorry if it's not in its appropriate place. My problem is: I need to compute the mass of oil in a cylindrical core put into a core holder.it's partially filled of oil. I didn't know how to...

My question is that why did Millikan allow the oil drop to fall in terminal velocity and thus solving for the radius of the oil drop to find its mass eventually and not using a microscope to measure the oil drop's radius? This is one part of my tutorial question and I really have no idea...

I was wondering about this and haven't had the chance to look into it. Who is getting the money from the Iraqi oil sold? They are supposed to be at ~50% of pre-war production levels. And who is monitoring oil production and sales?

Hello everyone, as you may well know gas prices are high and will probably remain high for a little while. Yet, there is one thing people rarely talk about and that is that oil is a non renewable resource and there is only a finite amount left in the earth. In the long run gas prices will...

I was reading a discussion about heaters on another forum ages ago, one person claimed that there is a large difference in cost when running a thermostatically controlled oil filled radiator than an electric fan heater. Another person told him to contact the Institute of Physics and inform them...

3: I'm absolutely confused on this number 3. I've attempted this question but there must be something I'm missing out which makes a difference. An explanation would be nice. In order to find the displacement in part a wouldn't you need to know the pressure at 270 degrees? I used the ideal gas...

I'm trying to work out the viscosity of oil at various temperatures. I've got all my results, but when I try to work out the viscosity I get some really far out answers. What region would you expect the viscosity of oil room temperature to be? I get this result for viscosity of oil: -1330245.26...

Without going into an elaborate discussion to support my contention, portions of which are widely available throughout this Forum, it seems pretty clear from morning news reports and surveys that the U.S.'s policies of outsourcing mfr jobs, reliance on Arab oil, and priorities in protecting the...

Contest question! The sinking oil barge. Help! OK. Here it goes! A tugboat is towing an oil barge in the sea. You may consider the barge to be a large steel container, with an empty weight of 3000 tons, completely filled with 50000 tons of oil. The density of steel is six times that of sea...

I've been given the task to explore the alternatives that could replace oil in a distant future for energy purposes. I'm clueless as it is so I came here to ask what are the possible perspectives so i can have a clue.

Who was the inventor, discoverer, or isolator of Banana oil aka pentylacetate / pentylethanoate / amylacetate?

With this https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=108344 and other promising technologies coming along, I am greatly encouraged that a true solution [set of solutions] to the energy problem is near. How will world politics be changed as the world's oil economy is displaced by a wind...

A 1-kg beaker containing 2 kg of oil(density = 916 kg/m^3) rests on a scale. A 2kg block of iron is suspended from a spring scale and completely submerged in the oil. Find the equilibruim readings of both scales. For the bottom scale, I can find the weight, 29.4 N of the beaker and oil, but...

oil song? I am in virtual school and i have to create a song about oil. I don't know where to start. So if anyone could help, it would be great! Activity - Create a short song about the geology of oil. (You may use the tune of a song you know and change the lyrics.) Audience - Middle...

An oil slick 122 nm thick (n = 1.4), lying on water, is illuminated by white ligiht incident, perpendicular to its surface. What color will the oil appear and calculate the wavelenght.

I'm going to do a project on "The chemistry of vanilla oil". But I'm really confused about the content of vanilla oil. Could anyone tell me something about that? And are there any good experiements could be done to investigate vanilla oil?

While searching the web determine the following: How oil is created and trapped deep under the earth How we uncover that oil and bring it to the surface In your research find and define the words in the chart below. Aim at an understanding of how you would used these terms as they are...

I really need help on this problem. I've been stuck forever A U-TUBE AT BOTH ENDS IS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH WATER. OIL (DENSITY = 750KG/M2) IS THEN POURED INTO THE RIGHT ARM AND FORMS A COLUMN L=5.00 CM HIGH. DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE h IN THE HEIGHTS OF THE TWO LIQIUD SURFACES. THE RIGHT ARM...

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0507/feature5/index.html Demand for natural gas and the resulting land-use pressures are pitting America's Old West against the New. http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0507/sights_n_sounds/index.html...

http://www.physorg.com/news8441.html" Sorry folks, but if his right, it means it’s all down hill from here.

Amid months of criticism over failed U.S. oil policy, and after suffering embarrasing setbacks in the Senate (Democrats use of rule to demand continued pre-war intelligence committee review) and in the House (Democrat Cong. Murtha's Iraq war exit proposal), the White House and big U.S. oil were...

http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/27/news/fortune500/exxon.reut/ So, oil companies make record profits, and gas prices hit record highs. Coincidence? And for reference, how many people have seen prices go down more then 20 cents in the past month?

If anyone out there is able to give a brief overview of how oil is used as an energy source, I would really appreciate it! Nothing too fancy, I just need to know the basics of how it works and how to find its efficiency. Thanks so much.

Why are we introducing hybrid cars? So some of them reduce emissions by 50%, 75%... but by the time everyone has one, the number of drivers on the road is going to have doubled, tripled, possible quadrupled, and the same amount of emissions will still be being put out because of this! Let's stop...

Specifically pertaining to the oil resources in the country. How about the US allowing a special UN appointed team of international oil/energy experts into Iraq (under full American military protection to ensure their peace of mind) ? The inspectors would take full stock of existing oil...

Of course it is not a new discovery, the western Indian kept warm by burning rocks long before the white man set foot in the Americas. In parts of Colorado there may be as much as a billion barrels of oil per square mile; the state has the largest fossil fuel deposits in the entire world and...

I love to eat those smoked oysters in cottonseed oil and it looks like the oil is reasonably healthy. I've read that it's one of the most unsaturated oils, comparable to safflower oil and corn oil. But then I read on another website that it might be very unhealthy because of all the pesticides...

As America (and much of the world) remains in awe over the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the tough questions about the adequacy of the Bush administration’s federal response, the extraordinary and never before seen price spikes in oil and gasoline, and questions arising over...

Can some one help me with this Milliken oil drop problem. Data from a Milliken oil drop experiment are given below. Calculate the value of the charge on an electron from this data: Voltage needed to suspend drop (V) Drop diameter (microns) 103------ 1.1 44.7----- 1.2 127------ 1.6...

Can some one help me with this Milliken oil drop problem. Data from a Milliken oil drop experiment are given below. Calculate the value of the charge on an electron from this data: Voltage needed to suspend drop (V) Drop diameter (microns) 103------ 1.1 44.7----- 1.2 127------ 1.6...

Someone was asking me about a new Russian oil refining process from the Boreskov institute, known as the BIMF oil refiniing method, that is supposed to significantly reduce the cost of refining oil into gasoline when applied to new plants. I really don't have much clue about chemical...

Revolving door of Iraq war reasoning---This time it's OIL Here we go. The kooks and nuts of America who thought this war was about oil from the beginning---I say this because many Bush apologists have minimized those who espoused this reasoning as the real reason as said crazies---have been...

I'm in the process of designing a high pressure hydrogen compressor. In this machine, an oil will be in direct contact with the hydrogen. To minimize the amount of oil vapor that enters the hydrogen and must be separated, an oil with high molecular weight and low vapor pressure should be best...

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Hey, my aunt brought stocks in oil before the New Orleans incident How much will the New Orleans incident raise those stocks, if any? Thanks She didn't invest in NEW ORLEANS oil, just other oil I'm not sure where else I could find this info.. thanks I think she invested around...

Just for fun, I used to play around with liquids, and I noticed something odd. In an uncovered tall glass container, ~20 fl.oz., I made an emulsion of water and olive oil by mixing and blowing bubbles with a straw. (Go ahead, laugh.) I let this sit undisturbed on a window sill for a while and...

If this issue is covered under an existing thread please so direct me kindly. Otherwise, I'd like to hear about people's thinking on whether the current upward trend in oil prices will start acting as a brake on the economy, and even throw us back to the oil crisis days of the '70s. To have...

How does the oil between the piston and the casing manage to move with the piston? Is their no leak of the oil? And does the piston ring actually rub against the walls of the casing? Doesn't it generate too much friction? Does anyone know a good site where they show how the dimensions of...

One thing that I've absolutely never seen brought up is how aircraft will be effected by depleating oil supplies. We figured out that we can go to hydrogen powered cars when we figure out all the kinks in the system and setup a mass distribution system... but what about aircraft? I just can't...

An idea I had some weeks ago is genetically engineered plants that synthesize petroleum oil from hydrogen and carbon. If the need for such a thing was upon us in the next few years, how hard would it be to create oil-gourds, bamboo, algae etc.? Also to what level could huge fields of such plants...

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=82210

Government holds an auction to sell the right for oil exploration (and exploitation, if any found) on a tract of land to the highest bidder. Rules are: no reserve price; highest price wins and is paid; there will be a sale even if a single bidder shows up and bids zero. All potential bidders...

We can't sell Oil to the Chinese ... because it is a National Security comodity ... BUT ... CNET :smile: :smile: :smile: So ... What's that again?

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/acs-oc061305.php

U.S. checking possibility of pumping oil from northern Iraq to Haifa, via Jordan By Amiram Cohen The United States has asked Israel to check the possibility of pumping oil from Iraq to the oil refineries in Haifa. The request came in a telegram last week from a senior Pentagon official...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7857167/ Top Kremlin operatives and a flamboyant Russian politician reaped millions of dollars in profits under the U.N. oil-for-food program by selling oil that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein allowed them to buy at a deep discount, a Senate investigation has...

Embargoed Book Claims Saudi Oil Infrastructure Rigged For Catastrophic Self Destruction By Huffington Post 05/10/05 "HP" - - According to a new book exclusively obtained by the Huffington Post, Saudi Arabia has crafted a plan to protect itself from a possible invasion or internal attack...

"A fuel tank is an upright cylinder, buried so that its circular top is 10 feet beneath ground level. The tank has a radius of 5 feet and is 15 feet high, although the current oil level is only 6 feet deep. Calculate the work required to pump all of the oil to the surface. Oil weighs 50...

I just have purchased an air compressor Nikota 2 hp., 4 gallon twin tank, 115 psi, and i was wondering what kind of oil i am supposed to put in the pump also i don't have any directions any suggestions? thanks