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Ohlman, Illinois Ohlman is a village located in Montgomery County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 0, although in 2004 the village received a requested recount that relists the community's population as 148.
Ohloh Ohloh is a website which catalogs and gather various statistic data on open source software projects. It was founded by the former Microsoft managers Jason Allen and Scott Collison in 2004 and joined by the developer Robin Luckey.
Ohlone The Ohlone people, also known as the Costanoan and as the Muwekma, are the indigenous people of Northern California who have lived in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas since 500 AD, spanning south into the Salinas Valley. They spoke diverse dialects of the Penutian (Utian) language and lived in over 50 distinct villages and groups.
Ohlone mythology The mythology of the Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American people of North California can be defined as the creation stories as well as other ancient narratives that contain elements of their spiritual and philosophical belief systems, and their conception of the world order. Their myths describe supernatural anthromorphic beings with the names of regional birds and animals, notably the eagle, the Coyote who is mankind's ancestor and a trickster spirit, and a hummingbird.
Ohlone/Chynoweth (VTA) Ohlone/Chynoweth is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). This station is served by VTA's Alum Rock-Santa Teresa and serves as the terminus of the little-used, stub Ohlone/Chynoweth - Almaden line, popularly known as the Almaden Shuttle.
Ohře Ohře (German: Eger) is a 291 km long river in Germany and the Czech Republic, left tributary of the Elbe. Its source is situated in Bavaria, Germany at the foot of Mount Schneeberg (Fichtelgebirge) near the town of Weißenstadt.
Ohm's law Ohm's law states that, in an electrical circuit, the current passing through a conductor, from one terminal point on the conductor to another terminal point on the conductor, is directly proportional to the potential difference (i.e.
Ohm's Phase Law Ohm's Phase Law states that the phase of a waveform has no effect on how the ear perceives itPhase Distortion Article The law was proposed by physicist Georg Ohm, who also proposed famous electrical law, which is similarly called Ohm's law
Ohmic contact An ohmic contact is a region on a semiconductor device that has been prepared so that the current-voltage (I-V) curve of the device is linear and symmetric. If the I-V characteristic is non-linear and asymmetric, the contact can instead be termed a blocking or Schottky contact.
OhmyNews International 'OhmyNews International (OMNI) is the worldwide, English-language site of the South Korean online citizen journalism newspaper OhmyNews. OhmyNews International was established by OhmyNews founder Oh Yeon Ho on February 22 2004 on the principle that "Every citizen in the world is a reporter.
Oholah In the Hebrew Bible, Oholah (אהלה) and Oholibah (אהליבה) (or: Aholah and Aholibah) are pejorative names given by the prophet Ezekiel to the kingdom of Israel and Judah, respectively. They appear in the Book of Ezekiel, chapter 23.
Oholei Torah Oholei Torah ("Tents of Torah") is the common name of the Lubavitch schools Educational Institute Oholei Menachem and Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah. The main branches of the school, and its administrative offices, are located in Brooklyn, New York City;
Oholot Oholot (אוהלות, literally "Tents") is the second tractate of the Order of Tohorot in the Mishnah. It consists of eighteen chapters, which discuss the ritual impurity of corpses, and the peculiar quality they have to make all objects in the same tent-like structure impure as well.
Ohope Beach Ohope Beach is a beach in the Bay of Plenty, on the northeast Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, six kilometres east of Whakatane. It is a popular holiday destination during the New Zealand summer, and features several kilometres of safe swimming areas.
Ohoyamatsumi Ohoyamatsumi (大山積命)(also Ohoyama) is in Japanese mythology an elder brother of Amaterasu, and an important god who rules mountain, sea, and war. He is also the father of Konohanasakuya-hime, the kami of Mount Fuji.
Ohr Avner Foundation Ohr Avner Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that was established in 1992 by the Israeli billionaire and emigre from the former Soviet Union, Lev Leviev, to be run by rabbis of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement to which Lev Leviev belongs. The foundation was named in memory of Lev Leviev's father Rabbi Avner Leviev.
Ohr Avner Chabad Day School Ohr Avner Chabad Day School refers to a network of Jewish day schools founded and supported by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, under the auspices of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, located in the areas of the former Soviet Union
Ohr Avner Chabad Day School (Volgograd) Ohr Avner Chabad Day School (or Jewish Day School Ohr Avner) is a Jewish day school in Volgograd, Russia, and supported by the Ohr Avner Foundation. It opened in 2000 with 55 students, occupying premises on the second floor of a municipal school.
Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem Ohr Somayach (also Or Samayach or Ohr Somayach International) was founded in 1970. It is a modern Haredi yeshiva based in Jerusalem, Israel, catering mostly to young Jewish men, usually of college age, who already are religious or looking to become religious.
Ohr Somayach, Monsey Ohr Somayach, Monsey, also known as The Ohr Somayach Tanenbaum Educational Center, is an Orthodox baal teshuva yeshiva designed to provide Jewish male college-age students with the opportunity to study the textual sources of classical Judaism, such as the Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, and Shulkhan Arukh. It is located in the United States, based in Monsey, New York, about thirty five miles north-west of New York City.
Ohr Yerushalayim Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim (ישיבת אור ירושלים) is a Beit Midrash program for students from the United States and other Anglo-Saxon countries who wish to spend a year or more of intensive study in Israel. It is located on Moshav Beit Meir, a religious moshav (cooperative settlement) situated in the Judean hills, some nine miles from Jerusalem off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway.
Ohrbach's Ohrbach's was a moderate-priced department store with a merchandising focus primarily on apparel and accessories. From its modest start in 1923 until the chain's demise in 1987, Ohrbach's expanded dramatically after World War II, and opened numerous branch locations in the metro areas of New York, New Jersey and Los Angeles.
Ohrekreis The Ohrekreis is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Stendal, Jerichower Land, the district-free city Magdeburg, Bördekreis, and the districts Helmstedt and Gifhorn in Lower Saxony.
Ohrid Agreement The Ohrid Agreement, or the Ohrid Framework Agreement was the peace deal signed by the government of the Republic of Macedonia and Albanian representatives on August 13, 2001. The agreement ended fighting between the National Liberation Army and the Macedonian security forces and set the groundwork for improving the rights of ethnic Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia.
Ohrigstad Ohrigstad is a small town to the north of Lydenburg in theMpumalanga Province, South Africa. A fort was established by a group of Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter with the help of a Dutch merchant Gregorius Ohrig.
Ohsweken, Ontario Ohsweken is a village on the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian reserve near Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Approximately 300 of the 2,700 homes on the reserve are in Ohsweken, and it is the site of the reserve governmental and administrative offices.
Ohtlikud mängud Ohtlikud mängud (The Dangerous Games) is a 1974 film directed by Veljo Käsper and starring Leonhard Merzin & Jüri Järvet. It is also known under its Russian name, Opasnye Igry (Опасные игры).
OH Cards A genre of special playing cards used as story–telling prompters, counseling and psychotherapeutic tools, communication enhancers, educational aids, and social interactive games. OH cards have no official or traditional interpretations of images, and instructions included with the decks encourage imaginative and personal interpretations of the images.
OH-091st AFJROTC The OH-091st Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps is a Group level unit established at Wayne High School in Huber Heights, OH. As of November 1st, 2006, there are 106 cadets currently taking the Aerospace Science Course.
OH-771st AFJROTC The OH-771st Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps is a small JROTC unit established in Lebanon High School, Lebanon, Ohio. A Squadron-level unit, the 771st usually holds around 50 Cadets enrolled each year.
OHB-System OHB-System is a medium-sized spaceflight company located in Bremen, northern Germany, which belongs to the OHB-Technology AG. OHB-System is a systems provider in the areas of telematics, space technology, security and satellite services.
OHRRPGCE The OHRRPGCE (Official Hamster Republic Role Playing Game Creation Engine) is an open-source game development engine written by James Paige in QuickBASIC. It was designed to allow the quick creation of 2D computer RPGs.
Ochamchire Ochamchire (sometimes referred to as Ochamchira) is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia, the breakaway republic of Georgia. According to the 1978 population census, Ochamchire had 18,700 residents.
Ochanomizu Station Ochanomizu Station (御茶ノ水駅) is a railway station in Tokyo, Japan served by all services but limited express on both the rapid Chūō Main Line and the local Chūō-Sobu Line. It is a junction station between the two lines; the platform layout is designed so that passengers wishing to switch from the Chūō Line to the Sobu Line can do so without changing platforms, and vice versa.
Ochazuke Chazuke ([or ochazuke (お][from [[Japanese honorifics#Honorific prefixes|o] + cha [[tea + tsuke submerge) is a simple Japanese dish made by pouring green tea, dashi, or hot water over rice roughly in the same proportion as milk over cereal, usually with savoury toppings.
Ocheyedan River The Ocheyedan River is a tributary of the Little Sioux River, 58 mi (93 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. Via the Little Sioux and Missouri Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Ochiai Michihisa Ochiai Michihisa (落合道久) was a samurai retainer to the Takeda clan during Japan's Sengoku period. Fighting for the Takeda at the battle of Nagashino, he was moved by the bravery of Torii Suneemon, an opposing samurai who risked his life, escaping from the besieged castle to seek reinforcements from Tokugawa Ieyasu, only to be captured and crucified by the Takeda; from then on, Ochiai used an image of Torii Suneemon on the cross as his standard.
Ochil Hills The Ochil Hills (from the Celtic "uchil" - the high ground) are a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross and Perth. The only major road crossing the hills follows Glen Devon and Glen Eagles, while the M90 Edinburgh-Perth motorway cuts through the eastern foothills.
Ochiltree Ochiltree, spelt Uchletree in the Middle Ages, is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland; near Auchinleck and Cumnock. It is one of the oldest villages in East Ayrshire with archaeological remains indicating stone age and Bronze Age settlers.
Ochiltree railway station Ochiltree railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Annbank to Cronberry Branch on the Glasgow and South Western Railway.
Ochlocracy Ochlocracy (Greek: οχλοκρατια; Latin: ochlocratia) is government by mob or a mass of people, or the intimidation of constitutional authorities. In English, the word mobocracy is sometimes used as a synonym.
Ochna integerrima Ochna integerrima is a tree species (sometimes shrub) of the family Ochnaceae. The spectacular yellow flowers of this plant make it very popular in Vietnam, where the plant is purchased at Tet, ot Vietnamese traditional New Year.
Ochoa brothers The Ochoa brothers (Fabio, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vázquez, Ariel and Juan David) were members of the Medellín Cartel, led by Pablo Escobar. Their association with the cartel dated from around 1975 until after the death of Fabio Ochoa Restrepo, the patriarch of the Ochoa family although he was never associated with the Medellín Cartel himself.
Ochoa syndrome The Ochoa syndrome or urofacial syndrome or hydronephrosis with peculiar facial expression is an inherited disorder characterized by inverted facial expressions in association obstructive disease of the urinary tract. see hydronephrosis.
Ochodaeidae Ochodaeidae, sometimes known as the sand-loving scarab beetles, is a small but widely-distributed family of scarabaeiform beetles. Mostly collected at lights, often in sandy areas, very little is known of the biology or habits of the 80 or so identified species.
Ochre (musician) Ochre is the stage name of English electronic musician Chris Leary. The name "Ochre" was originally adopted as the title for Leary's academic work while studying audio production at Newcastle College.
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher The Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America east of the Andes as far as southern Brazil, and on Trinidad and Tobago.
Ochsenfurt Ochsenfurt is a town in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the River Main, here crossed by a stone bridge, 13 miles south from Würzburg by the railway to Munich, and at the junction of a line to Röttingen.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health System is a non-profit health care provider based in south-East Louisiana. The flagship hospital is Ochsner Medical Center, located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana a short distance from the New Orleans city limits.
Ochsner Medical Center Ochsner Medical Center, historically also known as Ochsner Clinic, Ochsner Hospital, and Ochsner Foundation Hospital, is a hospital in Jefferson, Louisiana, a short distance from the city limits of New Orleans. As the flagship of the Ochsner Health System, it was founded by Dr.
Ochtiná Aragonite Cave The Ochtiná Aragonite Cave (Slovak: Ochtinská aragonitová jaskyňa) is a unique aragonite cave situated in southern Slovakia, near Rožňava. Although only 300 m long, it is famous for its rare aragonite filling.
Oi Oi, pronounced , is a British and Australian working class slang interjection used to get someone's attention, or to express surprise or disapproval. It is also used in Singapore, with the alternate pronunciation .
Oi Aparadektoi Oi Aparadektoi (Greek Οι Απαράδεκτοι for The Unacceptables) is a comedy television series produced by Mega Channel during the period 1990-1992. It is generally considered one of the most fondly remembered shows of its kind in the history of Greek television, and its one-liners survive to this day.
Oi Men Kai Oi Den Oi Men Kai Oi Den (Greek language: Οι Μεν Και Οι Δεν, English language: The Ones and the Others) was a comedy series which aired in ANT1 for three seasons from 1993 to 1996. The scripts were written by Charis Romas together with Anna Chatzisofia.
Oignies Oignies is a town and commune of northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département. It belongs to the Communauté d'agglomération of Hénin-Carvin which gathers 14 communes, and has a population of 125,000 inhabitants.
Oikistes When a Greek polis chose to settle a new colony (apoikia), an individual - the oikistes - was chosen as leader and invested with the power of selecting a settling place, directing the initial labors of the colonists and guiding the fledgling colony through its hard early years.
Oikocredit Oikocredit is a cooperative established by the World Council of Churches to offer microfinance in developing countries. "Started as a pioneer in the field of development financing, Oikocredit is today one of the largest financiers of the microfinance sector worldwide," it declares.
Oikos International oikos international is an international student organisation which seeks to strengthen sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship among tomorrow's leaders and decision makers by sensitising students of business and economics to sustainable development issues. oikos activities comprise the organisation of lectures, conferences, simulation games and workshops as well as practice-oriented sustainability projects.
Oil Oil, in a general sense, is a chemical compound that is not miscible with water, and is in a liquid state at ambient temperatures. Such substances are sometimes described as hydrophobic (meaning water hating) or lipophilic (meaning fat loving).
Oil & Gold Oil & Gold, the third full-length Shriekback album, is widely considered the band's highest moment. Released in 1985 on Island Records after the failure of 1984's Jam Science on Arista Records, Oil & Gold saw the band metamorphose from contemplative to rocking.
Oil & Water Oil & Water is an EP by New Zealand band, Evermore released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). This was their first recorded collection, and it gained them some interest when it was played on Australia's Triple J.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) (incorporated on June 23, 1993) is a public sector petroleum company in India. It is a Fortune Global 500 company, and contributes 77% of India's crude oil production and 81 % of India's natural gas production.
Oil and the CIA The involvement of the CIA in oil politics first started with Operation Ajax which involved the overthrow of the Mohammed Mossadegh, the leader of Iran who had nationalized Iran's oil which threatened the profits of the Anglo-American oil company.
Oil bubbler An oil bubbler is a piece of laboratory glassware which consists of a glass bulb filled with a small amount of silicone oil. The inlet to the bulb is connected to a ground glass joint, while the outlet is vented to the air.
Oil burner An Oil burner is a heating device which burns fuel oil. The oil is directed under pressure through a nozzle to produce a fine spray, which is usually ignited by an electric spark with the air being forced through by an electric fan.
Oil burner (engine) An oil burner engine is a machine that uses oil as its fuel. The term is often used with reference to a train or ship engine that burns oil to produce steam that drive the turbines, from which the power is derived.
Oil Blue 35 Oil Blue 35, also called Solvent Blue 35, Blue 2N, Blue B, Oil Blue B, 1,4-bis(butylamino) anthraquinone and CI 61554, is a blue dye derived from anthraquinone. It has the appearance of a dark blueish-black powder, soluble in benzene and toluene and insoluble in water, with melting point 104-105 °C.
Oil Blue A Oil Blue A, also called Solvent Blue 36, Solvent Blue A, Oil Blue G, Blue AP, 1,4-bis(isopropylamino) anthraquinone and CI 61551, is a blue dye derived from anthraquinone. It has the appearance of a dark bluish-violet powder, soluble in acetone, benzene and toluene and insoluble in water, with melting point 133-135 °C.
Oil Can Boyd Dennis Ray "Oil Can" Boyd (born on October 6, 1959 in Meridian, Mississippi) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Boyd played for the Boston Red Sox (1982-89), Montreal Expos (1990-91), and Texas Rangers (1991).
Oil City, Ontario Oil City, Ontario' is the name of a small hamlet located along Former Kings Highway 21 (Now Lambton CR 21), just north of Oil Springs, Ontario near the intersection with Former Kings Highway 80 (Now Lambton CR 80). The town is located in Ontario's "Oil Country" tourist region, inside the township of Enniskillen, Ontario.
Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City is a city in Venango County, Pennsylvania which was, for many years, a center of the petroleum industry. After the first oil wells were drilled nearby in the 1850's, Oil City became the headquarters for the Pennzoil, Quaker State, and Wolf's Head motor oil companies.
Oil Creek State Park Oil Creek State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Venango County, Pennsylvania in the United States The park is adjacent to Drake Well Museum, the site of the first successful oil well in the world, that was drilled under the direction of Colonel Edwin Drake. Oil Creek State Park follows Oil Creek, between Titusville and Oil City, and is on Pennsylvania Route 8.
Oil depletion Oil depletion is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming oil faster than it can be replaced. No one knows for sure when the long-term decline of oil reserves will begin, or what the consequences will be.
Oil depot An oil depot (sometimes called a Tank Farm, an "Installation" or an oil terminal) is an industrial facility for the storage of oil and/or petrochemical products and from which these products are usually transported to end users or further storage facilities. An oil depot typically has tankage, either above ground or underground, and gantries for the discharge of products into road tankers or other vehicles (such as barges) or pipelines.
Oil field An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, full exploitation entails multiple wells scattered across the area.
Oil field fire Fire requires fuel, heat, and oxygen to burn (the fire triangle principle): In fighting a fire at a wellhead (the portion of the well at and just above the ground's surface), typically high explosives such as dynamite are used to consume all the local atmospheric oxygen and snuff the flame first. Doing so removes the oxygen, but the fuel (the natural gas or oil) is still present, often a huge "fountain" of oil surrounds the work area, showering fuel upon the working crew.
Oil field waters Many Oil fields will have water facilities for the creation of drilling mud, the fighting of fires, to reduce the temperature of drilling equipment, and for water injection. These are generally large rectagonal reservoirs near the drilling apparatus.
Oil gusher An oil gusher (or just gusher; also sometimes called a wild well) is an uncapped oil well connected to a reservoir of petroleum oil that is under high pressure. The oil can shoot 200 feet (60 metres) or higher into the air.
Oil Heritage Route The Oil Heritage Route travels along former Kings Highway 21 (now Lambton CR 21) from its interchange with Kings Highway 402, through Wyoming, Ontario, Petrolia, Ontario, Oil City, Ontario, Oil Springs, Ontario, and curving east and south into Dresden, Ontario, meeting the African-Canadian Heritage Tour route, which leads into Windsor, Ontario.
Oil In Place Oil in place is the total hydrocarbon content of an oil reservoir and is often abbreviated STOOIP, which stands for Stock Tank Original Oil In Place, or STOIIP for Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place, referring to the oil in place before the commencement of production. In this case, stock tank refers to the storage vessel (often purely notional) containing the oil after production.
Oil India Oil India, (OIL) is a large natural gas and petroleum company in India under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of the Government of India. OIL is engaged in the business of exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas, transportation of crude oil and production of liquid petroleum gas.
Oil lamp An oil lamp is a simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a fuel source. The history of oil lamps extends for about 10,000 years, from prehistory to as late as the 19th century, or even until now in some rural remote communities.
Oil marker A standard in the oil industry, to which various crudes can be compared, and by which they can be priced. The current markers, as of this writing, include West Texas Intermediate, Brent Crude, and Dubai Crude, all of which are denominated in US Dollars.
Oil of amber Oil of amber is a fine, transparent, ponderous, yellow oil, procured from spirit of amber by increasing the heating temperature. This, by rectification, was once used as an antihysteric and emmenagogue, being very fluid and penetrative.
Oil of brick Oil of brick, called by apothecaries Oleum de Lateribus and by alchemists Oil of Philosophers, was an empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil, such as olive oil, to distillation at a high temperature Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). The process initially started with pieces of brick, which were heated red hot in live coals, and extinguished in an earth half-saturated with olive oil.
Oil paint Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint consisting of small pigment particles suspended in a drying oil. Oil paints have been used in England as early as the 13th century for simple decoration,Charles Eastlake, Materials for a History of Oil Painting, Longman, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1847.
Oil painting Oil painting is done on surfaces with pigments that are ground and mixed into a medium of oil — especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil, such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankinsence, these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body and gloss.
Oil pastel Oil pastel is a painting and drawing medium with characteristics similar to pastels and wax crayons. Unlike "soft" or "French" pastel sticks, which are made with a gum or methyl cellulose binder, oil pastels consist of pigment mixed with a non-drying oil and wax binder.
Oil phase-out in Sweden In 2005 the Swedish government announced their intention to become the first country to break their dependence on oil and other ‘fossil raw materials’ by 2020. In making this decision, four reasons were cited by the Government impact of oil prices] on [[Economy of Sweden|Swedish ecomomic growth and employment;
Oil platform An oil platform is a large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean. Depending on the circumstances, the platform may be attached to the ocean floor, consist of an artificial island, or be floating.
Oil pressure (internal combustion engine) Oil pressure is an important factor in the longevity of most internal combustion engines. With a forced lubrication system (invented by Frederick Lanchester), oil is picked up by an oil pump and forced through oil galleries (drillings) into the most highly-stressed bearings, such as the main bearings, big ends and camshaft bearings.
Oil pulling Oil pulling or oil swishing, in alternative medicine, is a procedure in which the practitioner rinses their mouth with approximately one tablespoon of an ordinary cooking oil for 3−20 minutes, then spits it out.http://www.
Oil refinery An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas. Oil refineries are typically large sprawling industrial complexes with extensive piping running throughout, carrying streams of fluids between large chemical processing units.
Oil sampling Oil sampling is a procedure for collecting a volume of fluid from lubricated or hydraulic machinery for the purpose of oil analysis. Much like collecting forensic evidence at a crime scene, when collecting an oil sample, it is important to ensure that procedures are used to minimize disturbance of the sample during and after the sampling process.
Oil shale Oil shale is a general term applied to a group of rocks rich enough in organic material (called kerogen) to yield petroleum upon distillation. The kerogen in oil shale can be converted to oil through the chemical process of pyrolysis.
Oil sludge Oil sludge is a solid or gel in motor oil caused by the oil gelling or solidifying, usually at temperatures lower than 100 degrees Celsius. Sludge can be a major contributor to engine problems, and can require the engine to be replaced if the damage is severe.
Oil spill An oil spill (sometimes called an oil slick) is the unintentional release of liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment as a result of human activity. The term often refers to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters.
Oil Shockwave The Oil Shockwave event is a policy wargaming scenario created by the joint effort of several energy policy think tanks, the National Commission on Energy Policy and Securing America's Future Energy. It outlines a series of hypothetical international events that take place in December 2005, all relating to world supply and demand of petroleum.
Oil Storm Oil Storm is a 2005 television docudrama portraying a future oil-shortage crisis in the United States, precipitated by a hurricane destroying key parts of the United States' oil infrastructure. The program was an attempt to depict what would happen if the highly oil-dependent country was suddenly faced with gasoline costing upwards of $7 and 8 per gallon (as opposed to the national average of around $2 per gallon when the show first aired).
Oil Thigh The Oil Thigh is the name given to the anthem and fight song of Queen's University and its sports teams, the Queen's Golden Gaels. Although the song's official title is Queen's College Colours, it is almost universally referred to by the first words of the Gaelic chorus.

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