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History of oil production. Part 3

1973. First oil embargo. 1975. The US Congress decided to create a strategic oil reserve in the country in order to reduce the dependence of the economy on export oil in the future. 1981. OPEC countries have reduced oil production by about a quarter compared to 1978. Oil prices have doubled. 1982. OPEC countries set oil production quotas...

Oil refining products

Crude oil is practically not used. It is cleaned and recycled. There is primary and secondary oil refining. Initial oil refining is distillation, as a result of which oil products are divided into components: liquefied gas; gasolines (automobile and aviation); jet fuel; kerosene; diesel fuel (solar oil); fuel oil. The first five types of petroleum products are fuel. And fuel oil is processed...

How are they looking for oil?

The first stage is called joking. First I joke about promising areas - pasta. For this majestic territory, they are furnished with ultra-modern methods: they are photographed from space, “shine through” with seismic winds, and are heard with special devices. Fahіvtsі fold up maps and paint geological cuts of the earth's crust, on which one can...

Countries with the largest oil reserves

Venezuela - proven oil reserves (barrels): 297.7 billion barrels. The country remains heavily dependent on oil revenues, accounting for approximately 96% of export earnings, about 40% of government revenues and 11% of GDP. Saudi Arabia - oil reserves (barrels): 268.4 billion The country was the largest player in the oil market last year. Last November, Saudi...

Concentrated funds “Econad”

The unique concentrated Econad products will help you completely remove stains from fats and oil products. Apply cleaners to: cleaning of rolling stock on the railway, nodes; removal of oil contaminants from asphalt concrete pavements; cleaning of mechanisms not in direct contact with food; washing of filtering equipment from hydrocarbons; washing tanks, reservoirs and other types of storage for petroleum products; washing...

Oil sorbents

Oil sorbents are materials that are used to collect oil and oil products from the surface of water bodies. What oil sorbents do: remove pollution without environmental damage; block oil pollution in the shortest possible time; localize oil slicks and prevent further spread of oil products; ensure further restoration of natural balance. Many experts recommend the use of ECONAD sorbents, since...

The worst accidents on drilling platforms

The accident on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform that occurred on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico has been recognized as the world's largest environmental disaster to date. The explosion and fire on the platform killed 11 and injured 17 people. Over 152 days of fighting the consequences of the accident, about 5...

Sorbent sprayer

The sorbent sprayer is intended for application of "Econadin" type biosorbet on water and hard surfaces covered with oil and oil products. Peculiarities: The Econad sprayer is characterized by increased autonomy, high performance and is designed to provide maximum operator comfort. A distinctive feature of the Econad sprayer is easily accessible control knobs, a capacious tank for biosorbent...

What is oil made of?

Oil is a dark red-brown, sometimes almost black, oily liquid. It contains about 1000 substances! The largest part of them (80-90%) are hydrocarbons, that is, organic substances consisting of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Oil contains about 500 hydrocarbon compounds - paraffinic (alkanes), which make up half of all petroleum hydrocarbons, naphthenic (cyclanes) and aromatic (benzene...

Unique sorbent “Econadin”

The unique sorbent "Econadin" is a natural oil absorbent, which is an organic sphagnum peat. It has a high absorption capacity, which is coated with special avirulent oil-oxidizing bacteria. It is they who exhibit sorption and destructive activity in relation to oil hydrocarbons. "Econadin" is an abbreviation for "Ecological hope", which appears in our planet...