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- :This article is about a type of container. [[Image:Barrels2.jpg|thumbnail ... A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally ...10 KB (1,477 words) - 10:53, 20 September 2023
- ) is the world's fourth-largest non-government energy company ... Chevron originated as the Pacific Coast Oil Company, founded in 1879 ...26 KB (3,656 words) - 18:40, 8 December 2023
- the 1904 publication of The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell ... * Tarbell, Ida M. The History of the Standard Oil Company. University ...24 KB (3,700 words) - 18:48, 5 April 2024
- Teapot Dome was an oil reserve scandal that began during the administration ... The Teapot Dome oil field received its name because of a rock resembling ...10 KB (1,500 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Getty Oil Company ... The Getty family serves as a good example of the old saying that ...17 KB (2,774 words) - 08:23, 13 March 2024
- Aniline, phenylamine, or aminobenzene is an organic compound with ... First, benzene is heated with a concentrated mixture of nitric acid ...13 KB (1,817 words) - 06:09, 28 July 2023
- ConocoPhillips Company ( COP located in Houston, Texas. It is the fifth largest private sector ...24 KB (3,330 words) - 18:20, 6 June 2023
- derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing ... gas (LPG or LP-gas) and can be a mixture of propane with smaller amounts ...13 KB (1,941 words) - 00:08, 2 December 2022
- BP p.l.c., previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest ... BP began as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd., registered in 1909 ...36 KB (5,440 words) - 05:21, 26 August 2023
- behavior and unfair business practices. The laws make illegal certain ... The history of competition law reaches back further than the Roman ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 06:41, 31 July 2023
- known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British ... The company's main business is the exploration for and the production ...44 KB (6,285 words) - 21:48, 16 April 2023
- Chaebol refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate, an ... The Chaebol originates from Korea's culture and society. Korean ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 00:11, 4 December 2023
- A candle (from the Latin word candere, meaning "to shine" ... With the advent of kerosene lamps and electric lights, candles are ...26 KB (4,080 words) - 19:18, 25 November 2023
- 1966) was a long-time president and chairman of General Motors. ... He guarded information about his private life and instead focused ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- as a fire engine or fire truck. Although the terms "fire truck" ... == Fire engine (engine company) == A fire engine is equipped with an ...18 KB (2,795 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- dulcis, or Amygdalus communis) belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the ... The almond is highly revered in some cultures. It grows in Israel ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 20:41, 26 March 2024
- issues that are generally shocking to the public. Generally, muckraking ... (1857 – 1944) expose The History of the Standard Oil Company. ...11 KB (1,585 words) - 17:31, 11 May 2020
- Abu Dhabi, officially, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi ( إمارة أبو ظبيّ ), (literally Father of Gazelle), is one of seven emirates that constitute ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 06:53, 14 June 2023
- Resembling in shape a figurehead on a ship's prow, the Sultanate ... Due largely to its remote location and the uncommon variety of Islam ...14 KB (2,071 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- used in agriculture or construction. The term tractor is derived from ... Most commonly, the word "tractor" is used to describe the ...28 KB (4,353 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April ... Earth Day grew out of the recognition by young people that the earth ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- :"Crude oil" redirects here. [[Image:Oil well.jpg|thumb|right ... petra) - rock + έλαιον (Latin oleum) - oil) or crude oil is a naturally ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2023
- refers to a specific liquid fuel obtained by the fractional distillation of ... == History == === Etymology === The word "diesel" is derived ...30 KB (4,446 words) - 14:28, 29 January 2024
- Pioneers traveled in wagons across the Oregon Trail, one of the main ... The first well-mapped land route across what is now the United States ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- An audiobook is an audio recording of a book, speech, or any form ... The term "books on tape" was frequently and erroneously ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 18:27, 21 August 2023
- The Falkland Islands ( Islas Malvinas ) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- The Royal Opera House, the United Kingdom's most important performing ... The current Royal Opera House is the third theater built on the Covent ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 20:56, 21 December 2022
- ticker symbol ENE) was an American energy company based in Houston, Texas ... At the end of 2001 it was revealed that Enron’s reports of high ...31 KB (4,550 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg), in what is now ... high speed engines to be mounted in any kind of locomotion device. They patented ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 12:13, 24 January 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and one of the principal ... Caracas is located in the north of the country, contained within and ...33 KB (4,619 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- The General Electric Company, or GE ( GE and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, with ... In the summer, the direction of rotation of the blades is set to blow ...35 KB (5,762 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- Several railways had been built in the mountainous regions of India ... The collective designation refers to the current project by the Indian ...33 KB (4,994 words) - 17:47, 10 November 2022
- 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American ... Long created the Share Our Wealth program in 1934, with the motto ...48 KB (7,371 words) - 15:05, 9 February 2024
- and casino owner who became infamous in the final years of his life, when ... Hughes also gained fame as a record-setting pilot, flying around the ...29 KB (4,496 words) - 19:27, 7 February 2024
- Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... The nation's traditions draw on its nomadic past and are centuries ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- politician, elected three times as president of Argentina. He served from 1946 ... Perón and his wife Eva were immensely popular among a portion of ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 20:34, 4 October 2022
- Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... metropolitan area, the sixth-largest in the United States with a population ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, and its ... center. It plays host to a year round slate of world-class festivals, earning ...47 KB (6,763 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) [https://www.plantnames ... is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible ...46 KB (6,635 words) - 22:34, 28 January 2024
- is the fourth largest city in Japan and one of the country's ... The city of Nagoya was established in 1610 when Tokugawa Ieyasu moved ...21 KB (2,938 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- Measures of national income and output are used in economics to measure ... between different countries, where the measures may have been based ...33 KB (5,148 words) - 19:46, 7 July 2023
- Texas is a state located in the south-central United States. Austin ... and has a steadily growing population of 23.9 million. Houston is ...36 KB (5,158 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2023
- gasoline) for an internal combustion engine. The carburetor must provide the ... The carburetor is colloquially called a carb (in North America and ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- vehicle powered by an engine. It is among the least expensive and most widespread ... practical uses. They have been a source of unity in the formation of motorcycle ...41 KB (6,307 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- impressions thereof that are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents ... Seals are typically made of stone, sometimes of wood, bamboo, plastic ...36 KB (5,590 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-Terrain Vehicles ... Suzuki, begun in 1909 as a manufacturer of wooden looms, has been ...32 KB (4,585 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- The incandescent light bulb or incandescent lamp is a source of artificial ... Incandescent bulbs constitute a class of electric lamps, extending ...44 KB (6,810 words) - 12:43, 4 March 2024
- Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United ... Oklahoma was the destination of the Native American Cherokee tribes ...50 KB (7,185 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... Papua New Guinea is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
