Essays on Plume

This March, the whole world celebrated the 161th anniversary of the birth of Vincent Van Gogh's, whose paintings are now included in the list of the fifteen most famous and expensive artworks in the world. The paradox is that it was the artist's lifelong dream to sell at least one of them to get the money and pay off his countless debts. When a healthy boy was born on the 30th March, 1853 to the ...

Abstract

The objective of this research paper is to discuss background of oil well fire occurred in Kuwait and how the fire causes serious impacts on the environment. During the Gulf War around 725 Kuwait’s oil wells were burned by the Iraq. The fire occurred due to burning of oil wells not only impacted the environment of the Kuwait but global environment in very negative manner. Fire increased pollution level significantly high and people started witnessing black rain. Days were turned into the dark nights due to smoke. The balance of ecological system was completely lost due to significant ...

Background

British Petroleum (BP) is an oil company based in London, England that has business operations in more than 80 countries. With the production of approximately 3.8 million barrels of oil per day and more than 22,000 service stations, BP is considered the fourth largest global company in terms of revenue (Reuters, n.d.). However, BP is also responsible for causing the worst environmental disaster that is attributed to oil and gas companies. On April 20th 2010, the Deepwater Horizon Rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. The explosion killed 11 people and the drilling rig proceeded to spill ...

Geog 315: Assignment 2 Literature review

Introduction The Tohoku magnitude-9 earthquake occurred on March 11th 2011. Its epicenter was on the undersea floor of the Pacific Ocean, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of Tohoku in northeastern Japan, and at a depth of about 20 miles (32 km). The cause was the sudden movement at the junction of two tectonic plates – the Eurasian Plate rising over the Pacific Plate. The tremors lasted about six minutes, and caused a huge and devastating tsunami. Huge waves reached Japan’s coastline less than an hour after the earthquake itself, and in some locations travelled inland as far as six ...

Literature review

Introduction The Tokohuma earthquake in Japan occurred in 2011 on March. It occurred in the Pacific Ocean where it caused a huge tsunami that was very devastating. The earthquake was the largest ever recorded in Japan and the fourth largest in the world. It produced a tsunami of sixteen metres high. What’s more is that the tsunami hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan that caused an explosion which produced radioactive contamination which spread over Japan and the surrounding areas affecting the air, soil as well as the water. This disastrous event had adverse effects on Japan as a country ...

Business

Introduction The biggest menace most countries face today is the environmental pollution; earth, water, plants and animals are the first impaired factors affected by pollution. Our earth is becoming warmer because of fraud practices of certain companies that never cease burning more energy every day to accumulate more profit and generate higher revenue levels. One of these companies we will discuss in this paper is Williams Energy; a famous cash cow company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, working in the field of energy. With its additional petroleum and electricity generation assets, Williams Energy plays a critical role in polluting the environment ...

Final Essay: Meditation and Conflict Management

When legal researcher Erin Brockovich blew the whistle on California utility company PG&E in the early 1990s, the subsequent tortfeasor lawsuit Anderson vs. PG&E, resulting in a $333 million landmark settlement to the plaintiffs in 1993, established a new baseline for damages in respect to environmental violations by a corporation (Girardi & Keese). Analysis of the legal representation of 650 residents in the City of Hinkley, California, by Brockovich’s employer, by law firm Girardi and Keese expiates the limitations of mediation and conflict management leading up to litigation of gross negligence cases. The case alleging defendant corporation, PG&E’s contamination of ...

Mobile devices have become the face of communication especially in the 21st century. Mobile is a multi-trillion industry that surpasses pharmaceuticals thanks to a considerable lobbying arm. Scientific studies that have been conducted in relation to phone safety have resulted in differing conclusions in respect to humans. Funding for such research projects originate from a number of sources which cannot be ascertained if affiliated to the industry or not.

INTRODUCTION

As the social media platforms are evolving the benefits are replicated everywhere in the industry. Mobile devices have received a wide range of applications ranging from healthcare, education, transportation, business and even social perspectives. ...

Abstract Stages of fire behaviou from inception to decay have been described. Fire events namely flameover, flashover and backdraft have been described. Their causes and procedures to prevent and protect against them have been discussed.

Stages of Fire Behavior

The development of compartment fires is usually divided into 4 major stages, namely, the incipient or ignition stage, the growth stage, the fully developed stage and the decay stage. The graph in figure 1 represents these stages on a heat release rate vs. time diagram. The descriptions below are mainly as explained in ‘Fire development and fire behavior indicators’.

Figure 1: Stages of development ...

Fire spread in trade building

Undeniably, the intensity of fire spread in buildings is significantly determined by fire behaviour, which involves but is not limited to stage of fire development, behaviour of fully developed fires inclusive of the temperature development, role of ventilation as well as duration. Moreover, burning behaviour of materials such as energy release rates and mass loss is another fire behaviour that influences spread of fires (Siu, 2008). Upon ignition of a material, fire spreads across it until it becomes completely involved. The rate at which the flame spreads are dependent on the combustion rate of the material, surface area exposed to ...

Financial ratios

Comparison and interpretation Rate of Return on Equity (ROE) The ratio indicates the return of profitability for every one shilling of equity capital contributed by the shareholders. The 31.2% of plume incorporation means one dollar of equity generates $0.312 profit attributable to shareholders. The 14.9% ROE of Arrow company one dollar of equity generates $0.312 profit attributable to shareholders. The Arrows ROE is better than Plume because it is higher hence one dollar of equity generates more profits (Siddiqui, 2006).

Return on Assets (ROA)

The ratio indicates the return on profit from total assets. The 18.7% ROA of plume incorporation means ...

Introduction

Technology involves all the steps and procedures which are involved in making, using and having knowledge of tools and techniques used to solve a problem. Technology means the skills that are involved in making work easier and ensuring the quality production of a given piece of work. Technology affects human species and other animals both directly and indirectly. The use of technology has been in place since time immemorial. (Ellul, 1967) Man initially converted natural resources into simple tools that helped him in accomplishing certain tasks. There have been several technological developments which include the printing press, internet and the use ...