Sentences with phrase «oil well fires»

Volcanoes and massive oil well fires in Kuwait and Iraq at the start of the first Gulf War are particularly well studied and published.

Oil well fires in Kuwait could turn out to be the largest single contributor of an important «greenhouse effect» gas to the atmosphere, but would represent a small fraction of the world's annual production of the gas, a scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center said.

Eli should know that Carl was on Nightline, telling us about snow in India from the Kuwait oil well fires.

The research team also cites multiple studies showing a link between veterans» neurological problems and exposure to the nerve - gas agents sarin and cyclosarin, as well as to oil well fire emissions.

My memory of the Gulf oil well fire fiasco is that when the global cooling predicted by Carl Sagan et al did not materialize, Dr. Sagan admitted that he had been wrong.

Not exact matches

«The oil and gas industry is a small but significant player,» said Jon Monson, director of the city's water department, which has designated 35 fire hydrants where haulers may fill up their tanks to truck to gas wells.

The emissions from natural - gas - fired boilers used to generate steam make the well site more carbon - intensive than conventional oil wells.

Islamic State has been using suicide bombers, human shields, road mines and oil fires as well as conventional artillery to defend Iraq's second city, which still has more than a million people trapped inside.

If Jesus was like the first Joshua, Jesus would have not only agreed to have this woman stoned, but would have rounded up all her possessions, including Fido the dog, Fluffy the cat, and Mr. Ed the horse, along with the woman's sons and daughters, as well as her little makeshift house, and would have had them all stoned, and then when they were lying there crumpled and broken and bleeding on the ground, would have ordered oil to be poured on them all so they could be set on fire.

2 solutions: (1) Why don't the Republicans give us regular always working still poor American people their guns so that we can shoot ourselves, that way they can destroy our Country, sell every stone to the best bidder, including their oil king friends and they have nothing to worry about us anymore - or (2) let's we, the good poor working people fire everyone of them ASAP.

bottle of beer, divided 1 very large white (or yellow) onion, thickly sliced 4 fresh Serrano peppers (or substitute jalapenos) 2 tablespoons canola or high - oleic safflower oil 4 cloves garlic 1 large stalk celery, diced 2 medium green bell peppers, chopped 1 tablespoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, preferably Mexican 1 package chicken - style seitan, well chopped (or substitute regular seitan) 1 4 - ounce can chopped fire - roasted green chiles, preferably Hatch 1 chipotle pepper (from canned chipotles in adobo), minced 2 1/2 cups crushed tomatoes (about 3/4 of a 28 - oz can) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups reserved bean cooking liquid 1/2 ounce bittersweet chocolate Fat - free sour cream (or vegan sour cream) and chopped red onions, for garnish

Oil your grill well to prevent sticking, don't move the kebabs around unnecessarily and keep a close eye on the fire to avoid flare - ups.

When you're cooking lamb at home, keep in mind that although lamb may be cooked the same as beef, it's best when marinated with olive oil, garlic and herbs and then slow - cooked over an indirect fire until it reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (about 20 minutes per pound plus 25 minutes for a boneless leg).

these sound so good... I love sweet potato fries so much and never though of putting them under the broiler... always bake them in wedges or fired them I olive oil... will definitely have to try these now... thanks a lot Bridge for the great idea

Your oven, if it's electric and not oil - fired, is also a good source of heat, as well as other domestic appliances like slow cookers and even halogen lightbulbs.

The fearlessly outspoken lawmaker and philanthropist had early last year dared his party that he would spill the beans on how the New Patriotic Party (NPP) won the 2016 elections, if they touched his (Ken Agyapong's) good friend and Party Financier Mr Alfred Obeng, Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) who had come under fire for allegedly selling contaminated fuel under dubious circumstances to unlicensed companies.

«Newly discovered «blue whirl» fire tornado burns cleaner for reduced emissions: Findings could lead to better oil spill cleanup.»

Troops set fire to more than 650 oil wells, blackening the skies with thick smoke.

Five Middle Eastern countries will soon get unprecedented payments to conduct studies of the environmental damage caused by the 1990 - 91 Persian Gulf War, when Iraqi troops set fire to hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells, shrouding the region in smoke for months.

But a perusal of this magazine for stories about blazing oil wells, burning microchips and fires in tyre dumps suggests another possibility: smoke.

Landfills, cattle, rice paddies, swamps, forest fires, and oil and gas production wells are some of the biggest sources of methane leakage into the atmosphere.

The Electric Power Development company says its experimental power plant in Kitakyushu has a generating efficiency of 35 per cent, far better than the 20 per cent achieved by other waste - burning plants and as good as an oil - fired plant.

Indeed, Kuwaiti scientists used ants and fringe - toed lizards, a desert species of reptile, to monitor the lingering effects of the well fires at Kuwait's Al - Burgan oil fields during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

Meanwhile, the ferocity of the oil fires has hampered the efforts of local fire crews to extinguish them amid fears that explosive devices may have been planted around the wells.

Wessely, like many researchers in the field, believes that Gulf War illness arose from a combination of the stress of war, the use of experimental vaccines, and possibly exposures to environmental hazards such as oil - well fires.

Hence, insulin fires up your oil pumping machine twice as hard, and cinnamon can combat that well.

The entire cast is quite good, but the film is clearly Candy's as he barges through his short stay with his young relatives, chomping on a cigar (the first step in his 5 - month program to quit smoking) and driving an oil - burning, back - firing, floating sofa of a car.

We are a month into the fall movie season, a point at which the Oscar race should be well oiled and firing on all cylinders.

Just checking I understood correctly: you're saying oil in the spark plug wells could cause sporadic misfiring progressively worsening over time, but not absolute, consistent failure to fire?

Good news for me as it gave me an opportunity to rush into the pits where the team discovered that in all the chaos the engine had been over filled with oil and the resultant pressure had fired the dipstick out of its housing.

Turned out that my motor was mis - firing, and the cause of the misfire was that I had oil in my spark plug wells.

The MX - 5 Miata is the best sports car the British never built.If you always have loved the beautiful lines and the rasping exhaust sounds of British sports cars but were scared away by stories of electrical fires, oil leaks and pieces falling off, then take a look at the Mazda Miata.It proves you can have classic styling, fun and dependability in a vehicle that will hold together.The Miata has a snappy, 16 - valve, 116 - horsepower four cylinder that gives the 2,182 - pound car excellent performance.

Although the seven - speeder is slower by 0.2 seconds and lacks the rapid - fire shifting that only a well - oiled machine can achieve.

«We're oil - driven here and we're on fire,» says Adam Dirksen, a real estate agent with Re / Max Real Estate Centre in Edmonton, who says that 2012 promises to be an even better year than 2011.

The living area has a woodburning stove as well as the oil - fired central heating.

Every Monday at 8.00 p.m. we provide a special buffet, with a 100 member dance troupe performing the well known Kecak and Fire Dance on an open stage, illuminated by dozens of flickering oil lamps.

Artist Statement on DEEPHORIZON: «The supreme discipline of art — oil painting — is back with a vengeance — in the form of an oil painting on a 80.000 square miles ocean canvas with 32 million litres of oil — a unique piece of art... It has been 13 days since a BP oil and gas exploration well blew out, setting fire to the drilling rig, which sank, killing 11 people.

Here are the main elements, which focus, naturally, on the extraordinary oil - fire disaster that befell the small Quebec community of Lac - Mégantic in July (there's an excellent video overview, as well):

To the extent this helps us move away from coal - fired electric plants and oil dependency, I guess it's a good thing.

I initially attributed the difficulty of achieving this in the U.S. to the large number of climate deniers, politicians who are well - oiled and coal - fired.

That figure may well be much smaller by the time of the next election, because the market value of some of the major companies has been falling rapidly, and the value of their coal, oil and gas fired power stations is falling even faster.

If President Obama chooses the dirty needle (approves the Keystone XL pipeline) it is game over (for the earth's climate) because it will confirm that Obama was just greenwashing, like the other well — oiled coal — fired politicians with no real intention of solving the addiction (of fossil fuels).

Transportation consumes the majority of US oil supplies, though some oil - fired generators produce electricity as well.

Before he was arrested, he characterized President Obama's impending decision to approve or disapprove the pipeline as a test of the President's moral seriousness: «If he chooses the dirty needle it is game over [for the earth's climate] because it will confirm that Obama was just greenwashing, like the other well - oiled coal - fired politicians with no real intention of solving the addiction,» Hansen said.

U.S. Coast Guard was to suggests best possible solution is to set the oil slick on fire.

Pablo looks at why the oil wasn't set on fire (this was mentioned last week by the Coast Guard): «Burning such large quantities of oil would be a dirty proposition, blackening skies and severely impacting air quality in the Southern US, but wouldn't it be better than letting it coat hundreds of miles of beaches, endangered seabirds, oyster beds, and protective barrier wetlands?»

• Get designated ambulance ready by ensuring that it is in good working order at the beginning of each shift • Ascertain that assigned ambulance is fueled and any potential issues such as tire pressure of engine oil are kept at bay • Respond to situations such as medical emergencies, fires and natural disasters, by taking and following orders from the dispatcher • Ascertain that the ambulance is well - stocked and that all emergency equipment is in good working order • Map routes on the GPS to ensure that destination is reached in the least possible time • Drive ambulance with urgency, while remaining within the limits of traffic protocols, and attempt to reach the destination as quickly as possible • Assist EMTs in saving people from fires or rubble, and administer CPR and / or First aid as needed • Provide support in carrying patients to the ambulance and securing them in properly • Drive ambulances to hospitals and keep in constant contact with dispatchers to provide them with status reports

War and pestilence on the world scene, forest fires around the corner, athletes outnumbered by security forces at the Olympics, gold is down, oil is up and the Blue Jays are firmly mired in mediocrity — but then, only the mediocre are at their best all of the time.