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  2. Health and environmental impact of the petroleum industry

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    An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually applied to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters , but spills may also occur on land.

  3. Environmental impact of the energy industry - Wikipedia

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    World consumption of primary energy by energy type. [1] Energy consumption per capita per country (2001). Red hues indicate increase, green hues decrease of consumption during the 1990s. [2] The environmental impact of the energy industry is significant, as energy and natural resource consumption are closely related.

  4. Eucalyptus oil - Wikipedia

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    Eucalyptus oil is the generic name for distilled oil from the leaves of Eucalyptus, a genus of the plant family Myrtaceae, mostly native to Australia but cultivated worldwide. Eucalyptus oil has a history of wide application, as a pharmaceutical , antiseptic , repellent , flavouring and fragrance , as well as having industrial uses.

  5. Eucalyptus globulus - Wikipedia

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    Eucalyptus globulus is a tree that typically grows to a height of 45 m (148 ft) but may sometimes only be a stunted shrub, or alternatively under ideal conditions can grow as tall as 90–100 m (300–330 ft), and forms a lignotuber. The bark is usually smooth, white to cream-coloured but there are sometimes slabs of persistent, unshed bark at ...

  6. What Is Eucalyptus Oil, and Why Is It So Good for You? Here ...

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    Eucalyptus oil is a very strong oil, both in scent and application, so it should be known that it needs to always be applied with a carrier oil. Otherwise, it could deeply irritate the skin .

  7. Hirsch report - Wikipedia

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    The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an unprecedented risk management problem. As peaking is approached, liquid fuel prices and price volatility will increase dramatically, and, without timely mitigation, the economic, social, and political costs will be unprecedented.

  8. Oil depletion - Wikipedia

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    Oil production in the United States, provided one excludes Alaska, began by following the theoretical Hubbert curve for a few decades but is now deviating strongly from it. U.S. oil production reached a peak in 1970 and by the mid-2000s it had fallen to 1940s levels. In 1950, the United States produced over half the world's oil, but by 2005 ...

  9. Canadian oil producers forecast higher production in 2025 - AOL

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    Cenovus forecast a 4.4% increase in 2025 crude output, targeting 805,000 to 845,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, primarily driven by the start-up of the Narrows Lake oil sands project.