Curated OER
Oil price.net: Gulf Oil Spill: The Aftermath
Comments on the Gulf Oil Spill provide author's thoughts on the chemical dispersants being used. Are these dispersants helping? Do they cause more of a threat than the oil itself? What will the impact be on human and wildlife? Also,...
Curated OER
Oil Extraction at Alberta Oil Sands, Canada
A short slide show describing the process of extracting oil from the tar sands. The huge amounts of money ($20 million for a 'shovel') and the huge machines are sure to amaze.
Curated OER
Web Exhibits: Pigments Through the Ages: Pigments in Oil: Still Life With Flowers
Oil painting of flowers.
Curated OER
Pbs News Hour Extra: Gulf Oil Spill Could Be Most Damaging in History
Discussed is the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the attempts to clean up the oil, animals and industries threatened, policies questioned and a comparison made to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Includes instructional resources. (4 May...
Curated OER
Trucks on the Oil Fields Outside Alberta, Canada
News article from Oct. 20, 2007. It discusses the impact of Alberta's oil industry on the town of Fort McMurray. As the cost of a barrel of oil has risen, it has become financially feasible to extract oil from Alberta's tar sands, a more...
Curated OER
Bbc: Bp Oil Disaster
Up to the minute news on the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010. The BBC reports on the impact on the environment and provides an interactive guide to stopping the leak itself. In addition, find maps that clearly define the...
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Round Oil Lamp
A round oil lamp with one mouthpiece, it has an opening in the middle to fill in the oil. On its shaft there are oblong protrusions and on the mouthpiece are grape designs.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp in Shape of a Horse
This lamp has a round base, the oil tank is pear-shaped; the opening for the wick has a slight inward turned rim. The bulbous lid is topped by a knob and is held to the oil tank by a hinge.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp Decorated With a Goat
The oil lamp has a solid handle and two openings for oil. It is decorated with a goat, which appears to be in motion, and with flowers and hearts on the sides.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp Made of Black Pottery
An oil lamp made of black clay; it is a large oil lamp, which gives plenty of light. The lamp has a handle by which it could be carried.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp Shaped as a Royal Bust
Oil lamp of baked clay, shaped like a bust. It is surmounted by the horns of a cow with the sun disk between them. On the upper part there is the headdress "Nemes" and a pendant on the breast, while below there is a small oil lamp with...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania: Drake Oil Well
Edwin L. Drake struck oil here, the site of the world's first successful oil well.
Curated OER
The New York Times: The Learning Network: The Gulf Oil Spill in the Classroom
The Deepwater Horizon fire in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Oil Spill Cleanup Job
After flooding and oil contamination from a local refinery destroyed much of a nearby town, a contractor works hard to continue the oil spill cleanup job.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Motor Oil
A glass jar is filled to near capacity with motor oil. The photo looks down from slightly above as the jar of motor oil sits on the table.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp of Copper
This oil lamp is made of copper. It has a movable lid and a handle that looks like a cross inside a crescent.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamps for Illumination
Four oil lamps from the Hellenistic period were found during excavations at the location of the Alexandria Library.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp From the Roman Era
An oil lamp belongs to a collection of lamps dated to the Roman era. It is distinguished by its large size and its two front openings for the wicks, which allowed more light.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp Representing Beset
Fragment of an oil lamp, made of clay, is in the form of Beset, the spouse of the god Bes, lying down and holding a tambourine in her hand.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Tablet of Seven Sacred Oils
An alabaster tablet for the seven sacred oils used in ceremonies for the dead was discovered in the burial chamber of Ankh-haf at Giza.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp With Floral Designs
This primitively made clay oil lamp has a body decorated with foliage in the form of several embossed branches.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp in the Form of a Cross
A copper oil lamp that is supported on a round base, which is decorated with incised lines. The lamp has a handle in the form of a cross.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp in the Form of a Sphinx
An oil lamp in the form of a Sphinx. It has, on its head, a crown formed of the horns of a cow with the sun disk.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Well No. 4, Pico Canyon Oil Field
Drilled in 1876 to 376 feet (115 m), this was the first commercially successful oil well in California, producing 25 barrels a day (4 cubic meters per day).
Other popular searches
- Oil Spills
- Oil Painting
- Middle East Oil
- Oil Pastels
- Lorenzo's Oil
- Crude Oil
- Oil Pollution
- Gulf Oil Spill
- Simulated Oil Spill
- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
- Oil Deposits
- Oil Spill Cleanup