Essays about: "oil shale"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 essays containing the words oil shale.
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11. The Directive on the Deployment of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure : An analysis of its effects on the market uptake of natural gas vehicles
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The EU transport sector is currently extremely dependent on foreign oil and the import bill for this fuel was in 2011 approximately € 210 billion. The European Commission (EC) claims that this dependency will eventually affect the member states’ economic security and mobility as oil is a finite resource. READ MORE
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12. Tackling Wicked Problems : The Development of a New Decision-Making Tool, Applied to the Estonian Oil Shale Conundrum
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Wicked problems are a special subset of particularly complex issues that current problem-solving tools fail tofully address. Because of this deficiency, a new tool for evaluating and resolving wicked problems must be developed. READ MORE
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13. The Diversification Discount in the Oil and Gas Industry: Marathon Corporation Downstream Demerger Case Study
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This paper examines the success and implications of a decision by Marathon Corporation to spin-off its downstream assets from the upstream counterpart in early 2011. It is found that due to recent developments in the oil and gas industry and risk profile differences in the upstream and downstream firm, the demerger has led each firm to unlock hidden shareholder value and specialize to mitigate the effect of a diversification discount. READ MORE
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14. Sequence stratigraphy, palynology and biostratigraphy across the Ordovician-Silurian boundary in the Röstånga-1 core, southern Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : A multiproxy study on sedimentary rocks spanning the Ordovician-Silurian boundary has been performed on material from the Röstånga-1 core, with the aims to improve the biostratigraphical and sedimentological framework and to interpret the depositional environment during this interval in Earth’s history. The sedimentary succession in the Röstånga-1 core is developed in the Scanian Lithofacies Belt and is considered an excellent upper Middle Ordovician-Lower Silurian reference section for southernmost Sweden. READ MORE
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15. Climate Suitable Energy Crops and Biomass Energy Potentials : Assessment of the Current and Future Prospects in Estonia
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring; Linköpings universitet/Centrum för klimatpolitisk forskning; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : Development of biomass energy plantations is one approach to mitigate and adapt to climate change and the energy challenges related to it; however, climate change will affect the climate conditions and in turn the selection of crops and trees suitable for renewable energy sources. In Estonia, electricity is mainly based on oil shale but since their integration in the European Union they are required to increase the share of energy from renewable sources. READ MORE
