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What happens when the oil components are separated?

Once the oil components are separated, the finished product can be sold to many different industries to gain profit.

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What are the benefits of preventing oil spills?

Environment, human, wildlife health.

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What are some of the biggest oil spills? List at least 3.

The Persian Gulf War Oil Spill (1991), BP's Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010), The Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill (1979), The Atlantic Empress Oil Spill (1979)

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What causes oil spills to happen? List at least 1 example.

Offshore drilling, transportation accidents, and industrial activities.

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How can biorefineries help our planet?

Reduce fossil fuel consumption and import dependence, Reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase employment in agriculture and forestry

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What do oil spills have impacts on?

Environment, Human health, Marine ecosystems, plants, air quality and local economies

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How does air pollution affect climate change?

The black carbon produced from oil refineries warm the earth’s atmosphere, absorbing sunlight. This causes glaciers, snow, and ice to melt.

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List 3 (minimum) different pollutants produced by oil refineries.

Sulfur dioxide, Particulate matter, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen oxides, Hydrogen sulfide

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What are some popular oil refineries? List at least 3 examples, and where they are located if you can.

Jamnagar Refinery, Gujarat, India. Ulsan Refinery, Ulsuan, South Korea. Ruwais Refinery, Ruwais, United Arab Emirates, Motiva Port Arthur Refinery in Texas

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What is an oil spill?

An oil spill is an accidental release of a large amount of oil on to land.

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Within what distance do humans have to live from an oil refinery to have a higher risk for developing health diseases?

About 16 kilometres

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List at least 2 reasons why we need oil refineries.

Fuels for transportation, generating electricity, feedstocks for making chemicals, paving roads

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