Oil usage in industry - Engineering - Oil and Gas Industry Press

what are we doing to replace the usage of crude oil in the petrochemical industry for producing ethene?

Mar 01, 2008 by Amy | Posted in Chemistry

people are looking at using cellulose in plants as an alternative for using crude oil in the process of producing ethene. eventhough this is suppose to be an environmentally friendly alternative to crude oil, won't it harm the environment by decreasing

We can farm trees, if we pay attention to replacing the trees that we use.

Ethanol is not all that environmentally friendly, especially from corn. It takes about a gallon of oil to make a gallon of ethanol (from corn).

Ethene

dooberheim | Mar 01, 2008

China Industrial Corn Consumption May Slow, Curbing Imports

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Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Industrial use of corn in China, the second-biggest consumer, may grow at the slowest pace in at least five years as the economy cools, curbing the need for imports, said state-affiliated researcher Cngrain.com.

The amount processed may expand by 5 percent in the year ending Sept. 30 to 55 million metric tons, compared with 11 percent last year, Cngrain.com analyst Zhang Zhixian said in an interview on Dec. 27. The researcher is owned by China Grain Reserves Corp., which manages state grain inventories.

Lower Chinese demand for imported corn may pressure prices in Chicago, which have tumbled 17 percent since Aug. 31 on high global grain supplies and concern that Europe’s deepening debt crisis and a slowing global economy may sap demand. China’s economy will grow 8.5 percent next year, down from 10.4 percent in 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development projected on Nov. 28.

Source: BusinessWeek

Future of Oil Industry: energy prices, global economic, Middle East - Energy speaker keynote

www.globalchange.com Future trends relating to energy prices and oil price per barrel - economy outlook. Impact on global economic growth of ...

PlainsDaily: Western ND looks at regional water pipeline

BISMARCK, N. D. (AP) -- North Dakota's booming oil industry requires huge amounts of water for drilling, a need the state could use to bring clean drinking water to rural towns, backers of a proposed water pipeline project say....

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Oil usage in industry - Bookshelf


China's oil industry and market
402 pages 		China's oil industry and market

Creator: Haijiang Henry Wang | Business & Economics - 1999-08-09
A2.3 Estimated results for fuel oil demand model in the industrial sector 305 A2 .4 ... 2 Gasoline consumption (000 b/d) by sector 315 A3.3 Diesel oil ...
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Chemical, industries and occupations
1253 pages 		Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Chemical, industries and occupations

Creator: Jeanne Mager Stellman, International Labour Office | Medical - 1998
This clearly puts the onus on the forest industry to educate the public while at the ... For example, it has been estimated that chain-saw oil usage was ...
Publisher: International Labour Organization
The politics of the global oil industry, an introduction
262 pages 		The politics of the global oil industry, an introduction

Creator: Toyin Falola, Ann Genova | Business & Economics - 2005
For this reason, oil companies, stock traders, and OPEC all watch the levels of world consumption and production closely. Each attempts to predict the ...
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Digest of United Kingdom energy statistics 2009
255 pages 		Digest of United Kingdom energy statistics 2009

Creator: Department of Energy and Climate Change | Business & Economics - 2009-07-30
During the period 1998 to 2003 oil use by industry was fairly constant at around 51/2 million tonnes. Since then industrial usage has grown to 6% million ...
Publisher: The Stationery Office/Tso
Standard & Poor's industry surveys Standard & Poor's industry surveys

Creator: Standard and Poor's Corporation | Business & Economics - 1996
Developing economies drive increased oil consumption Editor: Thomas M Nugent Subscriber relations: (212) .... 1996 / INDUSTRY SURVEYS OIL & GAS /015 ...

Oil usage in industry - News


Diesel use in fracing prompts concerns
Trinidad Times Independent - Mar 04, 2011
Federal investigations regarding the recent use of diesel fuel in hydraulically fracturing gas wells in several states, including Colorado, have raised concerns about water safety and regulatory oversight among some parties, though oil and gas industry

Oil and Water; Jet Fuel and Labor
Reuters - Mar 04, 2011
Oil and Water; Jet Fuel and Labor Food and advertising expenses were also reduced. Each of these cost areas, like labor, is considered controllable costs. Oil is not. What the industry did realize over the period was a 30 percent efficiency improvement in the consumption of fuel.

Calls Mount to Tap US Oil Reserves
New York Times - Mar 04, 2011
Calls Mount to Tap US Oil Reserves Other members have raised similar suggestions, saying that a sale at the current price of nearly $100 a barrel could produce billions of dollars to ease pressures on the federal deficit and accelerate policies intended to reduce oil consumption,

As oil rallies, livestock feeders brace for higher feed, fuel costs
CattleNetwork.com - Mar 03, 2011
Hill, veterinarian and director of external affairs for Iowa Select Farms, said hog producers are being increasingly squeezed by soaring feed costs, which he attributes in large part to stepped-up corn use by the ethanol industry.

Stocks Rise Most This Year on Economy; Euro Gains
Bloomberg - Mar 03, 2011
The Markit CDX North America Investment Grade Index, which investors use to hedge against losses on corporate debt or to speculate on creditworthiness, declined 2.6 basis points to a mid-price of 82.4 basis points, according to index administrator