Description : For transporting large quantities of crude oil on land, over long distances the moat economical mode is (a) by pipelines (b) by rail tankers (c) by road tankers (d) by river barges
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : Assuming everything else equal, the best way for British Petroleum to transport crude oil from remote oil drilling sites in central Alaska to shipping terminals on the Alaskan coast would be A)waterways. B)airways. C)tanker trucks. D)railroads. E)pipelines.
Last Answer : E)pipelines.
Description : Instead of pipelines should Alberta make more refineries?
Last Answer : YES!!! They should and the crude should be refined to a state that it wouldn’t be as harmful to the environment in case of a pipe line failure.
Description : . The most widely used crude topping column in refineries is the__________ column. (A) Bubble-cap (B) Packed bed (C) Fluidised bed (D) Perforated plate
Last Answer : (A) Bubble-cap
Description : Which of the following modes of transportation is most likely to be used for transporting emergency parts? A)Motor vehicles B)Railroads C)Inland waterways D)Airways E)Pipelines
Last Answer : D)Airways
Description : Bitumen is obtained from (A) Forests and Plants (B) Kerosene oil (C) Crude oil (D) underground mines
Last Answer : Answer: C Explanation: Bitumen/asphalt/tar is a common binder used in road construction. Bitumen is obtained from crude oil by the process called fractional distillation. It is pr incipally obtained ... after higher fractions like gas, petrol, kerosene and diesel, etc., are removed.
Description : Sacrificial anode method is used in the protection of pipelines which are buried underground. Sacrificial anode (A) Occurs higher in the electro-chemical series of metals (B) Is exemplified by magnesium plate (C) ... cathodic base material to be guarded against corrosion (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : List the products that are transported through pipelines. -Geography
Last Answer : This is a new mode of transport. Pipelines were used in the past to send water to cities and industries. Nowadays crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas are also sent from oil and natural gas fields to refineries, fertilizer factories and big thermal power plants.
Description : Mostly long span rail-cum road bridges are provided with a) rocker & roller bearings b) segmental roller with oil bath* c) Sliding bearings d) centralised bearings
Last Answer : b) segmental roller with oil bath
Description : Natural gasoline is produced (A) From oil wells (B) In oil refineries (C) By natural gas stripping (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) By natural gas stripping
Description : The coking process normally mostly used in Indian oil refineries is the __________ coking process. (A) Delayed (B) Flexi (C) Fluid (D) Contact
Last Answer : (A) Delayed
Description : Which of the following is the most widely used cracking process in oil refineries? (A) Dubbs process (B) T.C.C. moving bed process (C) Fluidised bed catalytic cracking process (D) Houdry's fixed bed process
Last Answer : (C) Fluidised bed catalytic cracking process
Description : Pitch (a product of coal tar distillation) is always mixed with creosote oil, when it is to be burnt in a burner, because (A) Its calorific value is very less (B) Tar neutralises the residual acids ... for its transportation through pipelines at economic pressure drop (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (C) It reduces viscosity and imparts fluidity for its transportation through pipelines at economic pressure drop
Description : Explain the merits and drawbacks of underground rail of London. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Merits : It partly solved the housing crisis by carrying large masses of people to and from the city. When the first section of the underground in the world opened on 10 January,1863, it ... London poor, specially between the two wars. They wore down social distinctions but also created new ones.
Description : 1. Respiration can occur in the absence of oxygen in which thing? 2. How many times was the term of the Lok Sabha extended upto 6 years? 3. Optic fibres are mainly used for which purpose? 4. ... Shipki La located? 20. Which Chola ruler converted the Bay of Bengal into a Chela lake'?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. Yeast 2. Once 3. Communication 4. Rainfall is seasonal and scanty 5. 1889 6. Netherlands 7. ICICI Bank 8. Plasma lemma 9. Ivory coast 10. Ghaggar-Hakra 11. Estimates Committee 12. A protein 13. ... 15. At Daimabad 16. South Korea 17. E, coli 18. 14 and 6 19. Sutlej valley 20. Rajendra I
Description : Give a geographic reason for each of the following : (i) Many port cities have their own oil refineries. -Geography
Last Answer : Geographical reasons for the following are : (i) Port cities have their own oil refineries because two thirds of the petroleum is imported. The crude oil is imported from Gulf countries ... the production of chemicals, dyes, fertilizers, paints, synthetics, explosive apart from source of energy.
Description : Which state is the largest producer of mineral oil. Name any two oil refineries in India ? -Geography
Last Answer : Largest producer state of mineral oil is Maharashtra. Two oil refineries of India are: 1. Trombay refinery (Gujarat) 2. Mathura refinery (U.P.)
Description : Oil refineries are located close to oil fields or near ports. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Oil refineries located near the oil fields helps to transport crude oil through pipelines and hence reducing the transport cost. Moreover if located near the port it helps to import the oil and its export by products.
Description : Name two oil refineries in the public sector one each in Assam and Gujarat. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Assam — Digboi. Gujarat — Luny.
Description : What form of waste is generated from the oil refineries? -SST 10th
Last Answer : Petroleum is found in raw form while refining, it releases a large amount of gaseous and liquid waste.
Description : The places Alwaye, Koyna and Korba have (a) Aluminium Industries (b) Thermal Power Plants (c) Oil Refineries (d) Nuclear Power Plants
Description : Which is common to Guwahati, Barauni, Koyali, Haldia, Digboi and Mathura? (a) Public sector refineries, owned by the Indian oil corporation are located in these places (b) They are prominent game ... They are hill stations (d) Oil and natural gas commission has its units in all these places
Description : Arrange the following oil refineries of India from west to east: 1. Koyali 2. Bongaigaon 3. Mathura 4. Haldia Select the correct answer using the code given below: [CDS 2011] (a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 1, 3, 4, 2 (c) 3, 1, 2, 4 (d) 2, 4, 3, 1
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Consider the following cities: 1. Bhatinda 2. Jamnagar 3. Mangalore Which of the above has/have oil refineries? [Asstt Comm 2008] (a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 only (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Which one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correct? [CDS 2009] (a) Kochi - Mangalore - Mumbai - Koyali (b) Koyali - Mumbai - Mangalore - Kochi (c) Kochi - Mumbai - Mangalore - Koyali (d) Mangalore - Kochi - Mumbai – Koyali
Description : How many oil refineries are working in Pakistan? A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
Last Answer : ANSWER: B
Description : The number of oil refineries working in the State of Assam is- (1) one (2) two (3) three (4) four
Last Answer : (4) four Explanation: There are four our Oil Refineries of Assam: Digboi Reftnery in 1901; Noonmati in Guwahati in 1962; Dhaligoan near Bongaigaon in 1962; and Numaligarh of Golaghat district in 1999 ... was the first state in the country where in 1889 oil was struck at Digboi in Tinsukia district.
Description : Common applications of Cooling towers include a. Cooling the circulating water used in oil refineries b. petrochemical and other chemical plants c. thermal power stations d. All of the above.
Last Answer : All of the above.
Description : Pollution of water is responsible for A. Oil refineries B. Paper factories C. Sugar mills D. All
Last Answer : D. All
Description : Pollution of water is responsible for A. Oil refineries B. Paper factories C. Suga D. All
Description : 9. Match List I (Mineral Oil Refineries) with List II (States) and select the correct answer using the code given below : L i st I L i st I I (Miner al Oil (St at es) Refiner ies) A. Numaligarh I. Punjab B. Bathinda II. Andhra ... C-II, D-III (3) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III (4) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
Last Answer : (2) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
Description : Instead of building oil pipelines should we build water pipelines?
Last Answer : Why build pipelines to places we are not supposed to be living in? The urban sprawl is the real problem. There are water wars here on the east coast too. Atlanta basically does not have enough water if it grows any larger.
Description : Mention the famous oil pipelines of the USA. How are pipelines the most convenient mode of transport? Discuss. -Geography
Last Answer : (A) (i) Big Inch is the famous pipe line of the U.S.A. (B)(i) Pipeline is the most suitable mode of transport as it is used many to carry liquid and gas etc. upto a long ... , Russia, West Asia and India, pipelines are used to connect oil wells to refineries and to ports or domestic markets.
Description : Is it true that pipelines transport oil across qatar to the Persian gulf?
Last Answer : it is false
Description : `CO_(2)` is transported mainly as `:-`
Last Answer : `CO_(2)` is transported mainly as `:-` A. Carbominohaemoglobin B. Oxyhaemoglobin C. Bicarbonate D. Carboxyhaemoglobin
Description : Ammonia is transported from muscles to liver mainly in the form of (A) Free ammonia (B) Glutamine (C) Asparagine (C) Alanine
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The yield of straight run LPG from crude oil is about __________ weight percent. (A) 20-25 (B) 1-1.5 (C) 10-15 (D) 0.1-0.2
Last Answer : (B) 1-1.5
Description : Removal of light fractions from crude oil is called its (A) Sweetening (B) Dehydration (C) Stabilisation (D) Visbreaking
Last Answer : (C) Stabilisation
Description : Bottom product of atmospheric pressure crude oil distillation column is termed as (A) Reduced crude (B) Heavy ends (C) Asphalt (D) Residuum
Last Answer : (A) Reduced crude
Description : The characterisation factor of a crude oil is calculated as 12.5. It meansthat; it is (A) Paraffinic (B) Naphthenic (C) Intermediate (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Paraffinic
Description : Pressure maintained in the high pressure primary tower of a three stage crude oil distillation system is about __________ kg/cm2 . (A) 1.5 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 12
Last Answer : (B) 3
Description : Crude oil produced by Indian oil fields are predominantly __________ in nature. (A) Paraffinic (B) Naphthenic (C) Asphaltic (D) Mixed base
Last Answer : (C) Asphaltic
Description : Crude oil is subjected to vacuum distillation in the last stage, because (A) High boiling point products like heavy fuel oil & lubricating oils are heat sensitive and may decompose (B) Lighter/low ... prone to thermal decomposition (C) High purity products can be obtained thereby (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) High boiling point products like heavy fuel oil & lubricating oils are heat sensitive and may decompose
Description : Which of the following fractions of a crude oil will have the maximum gravity API (i.e. °API)? (A) Diesel (B) Gasoline (C) Atmospheric gas oil (D) Vacuum gas oil
Last Answer : (C) Atmospheric gas oil
Description : Crude petroleum oil is a __________ fuel. (A) Primary (B) Fossil (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Secondary
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)
Description : Operating condition in the electrical dehydrators for crude oil is about (A) 6.5 kgf/Cm2 & 95°C (B) 1 atm. & 110 °C (C) 20 kgf/cm2 & 110°C (D) 50 atm. and 150°C
Last Answer : (A) 6.5 kgf/Cm2 & 95°C