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  2. Melt and pour - Wikipedia

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    The meltable base is usually naturally rich in glycerine, a by-product of saponification that has humectant and emollient properties, whereas commercial soap bars have often had this component removed. As with the rebatching method, it can be considered a misnomer to refer to the melt and pour process as soap making. The process has much in ...

  3. Brio Superfund site - Wikipedia

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    The Brio Superfund site is a former industrial location in Harris County, Texas, at the intersection of Beamer Road and Dixie Farm Road, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of downtown Houston and adjacent to the Dixie Oil Processors Superfund site.

  4. Humble Oil Building - Wikipedia

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    It was the largest office building in Houston at the time, containing approximately 196,000 sq ft (18,200 m 2) of space. [2] A 1932 renovation added a central air conditioning system to the building, the first in any Houston office building. [3] Humble Oil and Refining Company expanded the building in 1936 with an adjacent 17-story tower.

  5. List of neighborhoods in Houston - Wikipedia

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    The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...

  6. Houston Energy Corridor - Wikipedia

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    The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway.The district straddles a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) from Kirkwood Road westward to Barker Cypress Road and extends south along Eldridge Parkway to Briar Forest Drive.

  7. Houston Refining - Wikipedia

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    Operating as Houston Refining, LP, LyondellBasell's Houston refinery is a 268,000-barrel-per-day (42,600 m 3 /d) refinery located on the Texas Gulf Coast in Houston that occupies 700 acres (2.8 km 2) along the Houston Ship Channel.

  8. Saponification - Wikipedia

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    Saponification is a process of cleaving esters into carboxylate salts and alcohols by the action of aqueous alkali. Typically aqueous sodium hydroxide solutions are used. [1] [2] It is an important type of alkaline hydrolysis. When the carboxylate is long chain, its salt is called a soap. The saponification of ethyl acetate gives sodium acetate ...

  9. List of companies in Houston - Wikipedia

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    Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1]: Rank Company name 12: ExxonMobil: 48: Phillips 66: 60: Sysco: 105: Enterprise Products Partners: 106: Hewlett Packard Enterprise: 127: Plains GP Holdings