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"Few presidents have had to take office against such a dismal backdrop, with the economy contracting at 5% a year"
False - and very sloppy reporting.
The economy went into positive territory in June 2009, 5 months after he took office and has remained so since
Obama would perhaps be judged by history as a man with vision and a zeal for change, but assuming the US presidency at a wrong time, and forced to work with hands tied by the hostile Congress. A well meaning leader but always looked as an outsider by the Washington elite.
A congress can tie up the hands of a president even if a critical mass of members are not members of some Washington elite.
There is a division of power. The system was designed that way. Some drafters had originally anticipated the Congress taking the initiative even in policy.
I was shocked to read that only 14 presidents, out of 44 total, have been elected twice. So shocked that I had to investigate. Many of the presidents we would consider to be "two term" presidents were only elected once but served most of two terms because their predecessor died early in their term. And there were a swath of one term presidents in the 50 or years before and after the civil war.
Teddy Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman and LBJ all really served out a term and won another.
Nixon is the opposite, got elected to two terms but only fully served out one, and then almost two years of another.
Even in the 20th century there are a few one-term presidents:
Ford (serving out Nixon's)
Bush Sr.
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This article is a bit dramatic. The US can never "go broke" because all aspects of its economy is based on its own currency. The worst case scenario that can be caused by unsustainable debt is modest inflation and devaluation to the USD, but this hardly would constitute as the "US going broke."
A agree, but this rag tends to be dramatic.Not a shadow of the Wall Street Journal, which is a serious newspaper
Poor South Asian refugee Brian Pellivan. Always the same tired mantra.
Obama has achieved a lot. I don't think any one can say that bailing out the big banks and auto sector was a bad thing.Most of the Debt US has accumulated is from these bail outs and saving the US economy.No doubt that expanding the Medicaid has put more pressure on fiscal deficit but with war in Afghanistan all most over US, will be able to put that money in nation building and innovation.Growing China is something that US has to learn to live with and I think it is not a bad thing that world will become multi-polar.Only issue is How US will engage with China.
"I don't think any one can say that bailing out the big banks and auto sector was a bad thing."
Actually seems like quite a few readers/posters here do think it was a bad thing (as well as the TEA party).
Most of the US debt still precedes President Obama's administration. Almost $12 trillion of it. Almost $4 trillion from President Bush's two terms.
I think at the end of the day the US and CHina will mull along. Probably not great for the US to face a politically authoritarian state that will be equal in economic size in a few years. Probably would have preferred a multi-polarity (made up word?) of liberal democracies that have moved beyond developmental state phases.
The EU is the only rich liberal democracy that is large enough to compete with the US in global dominance. Although in the medium and long term I expect the BRICs to further liberalize and develop large consumer economies. Just compare today to 10 years ago, and 10 years ago to 20 years ago. You see massive changes in every aspect for the better. Yes they are still very far behind the US and other rich would countries, and face a lot of short term problems, but nothing suggests that their long-term trend for the better won't continue.
I hope to see Brazil progress along. It certainly has accomplished much since I first went down there in the 1990s.
As for Russia, that is an interesting case - If it liberalized more politically, would the populace want to join the European Union?
To protect liberties, to create the impetus for updating institutions, entrenching the rule of law, etc. as well as to benefit from a larger economic unit (compensate for stagnant/declining demographics?
Imagine a Europe that went from Algarve to Vladivostok?
Well the EU is integrating tighter (financially, economically, legally) because of the necessity to tackle the debt crisis, which makes it more difficult for new members to join because new members would have to agree to conform to more uniform regulation and standards of the EU. So I don't see Russia joining in any immediate future, but maybe in a decade or two. Of course if Russia joins then the EU becomes more like the Eurasian Union and the inclusion of China, Japan, South Korea, and some Middle Eastern countries becomes geographically possible.
1-obama didn't bail out the banks, ben bernanke and sec. paulson did. senator barack obama should get credit, he too voted for TARP. so did then sen. john mc cain, sen. hillary clinton, sen. joe biden and 2/3 of the chamber.
stop giving the man credit he doesn't deserve.
2-he didn't bail out the auto companies, he bailed out the uaw and their unsustainable contracts and pension benefits for a few more years. you are getting the wrong answers because you are asking the wrong questions. a better approach would be this (and i say this as one who was/is opposed to bailouts . . . so are the vast majority of americans) the bailout of GM is over. that can't be redone. the us government currently owns approx. 40% of gm stock still today. when can we expect to sell that and let government motors once again be general motors and become a private company again? i have yet to hear an answer from this administration to that question because i have yet to hear it asked.
3-government motors stock is lower today than on the day they reissued stock (and after the bailout) so isn't this proof that they aren't in better condition now than then, and yet again, when in the world can we expect to make them a private company once again?
4-if the very definition of socialism is the government owning the means of production and determining what and how much gets produced and distributed how is continuing to own a large chunk of government motors not a quasi-socialistic enterprise? this is what barack obama, neo-socialist wants after all, isn't it??
I think two decades would likely pass before Russia seriously pursued joining a European Union.
And it may pursue such a project out of coopetition with China (even to bolster the integrity of borders in case some elements in China get rather nationalistic).
Not sure that European Union would want to make the jump to include China (or vice versa), even at that future period.
Similarly, maybe its me, but I don't see Japan or S. Korea willing to subordinate their soveregnty to such a project either. Seems the Japanese are quite proud of their self-perceived distinctness and would do anything to avoid such a scenario (probably would foot drag on free trade agreements too).
But 20 years out is a long time.
I dont see China, South Korea, and Japanese "distinctness" lasting very long. I personally know lots of people from those 3 countries who would love the ability to work and live in other countries without needing to apply for visas. Now it's going to take a long time to form an East Asian Union type thing as the EU project really took 4-5 decades before it took shape, but I don't see East Asia wanting to remain distinct forever.
Russia and China resolved all outstanding territorial disputes in 2008. The Senkaku, Dokdo, Kuril, South China Sea disputes, etc and other disputes all basically was a result of 1890s-WW2 where there were lots of border changes. Don't see any new territorial disputes arising in this day and age of global economic interdependency and nuclear deterrence.
Sorry that should have been the EU project took ~3-4 decades. Basically from the end of WW2 to the 1990s.
Health care reform is going to cause massive anti-selection: by forcing companies to take on previous conditions but without being able to raise premiums and by reducing the amount that can be charged to the elderly will mean that the young and healthy will subsidise the system - the very people who will lose least by boycotting.
Medicare's actuaries predict bankruptcy in 12 years.
The young and/or healthy always subsidize insurance. That's the whole point.
1-you are correct grinnelll but like all good pyramid schemes, the pyramid can only hold so long as there is a larger (wider, stronger, bigger) base on the bottom than on top. once the top is as big or bigger than the bottom it's not a pyramid any more is it? since older people are living longer than ever before (here in the united states as well as europe, japan and most of the world) and younger people are marrying and reproducing at lower rates than ever, historically speaking (delaying marriage, having fewer kids, smaller families, etc.) how will a smaller portion of younger people continue to subsidize a larger share of the elderly???
2-i admit that this is the $64,000 question but considering that we get closer and closer to that point with every passing day, isn't it long past time we begin to address public spending on the elderly (social security and medicare at the federal level, pensions at the state and local level) and how currrent benefits are unsustainable and promised benefits aren't contractual promises at all but illusory??? of course it is.
3-but the demagogues like barack obama want to point the other way (rich people!) and make you think we can shake down another decade or two from the tree of the 1%. this man lives in a world of denial. and my dear country is going to have go get worse before it can finally get better. how ironic that the people who are at the bottom of the pyramid that always get stuck with the bill after the scheme runs out of people to con will be wearing O shirts and with "hope and change" written all over them. hope something gets done and soon or all that's going to be left is chump change.
I don't disagree with about 99% of what you say. I recently exchanged some posts with a person who claimed to be 67 years old and who ultimately (in so many words) said (like pretty much all people seem to do whether red, blue, purple) he deserved everything he was promised in Social Security and Medicare. Seems like everyone says that regardless of what the numbers actually say and how much damage that will do to younger generations in whom investment will be completely short-changed not to mention pretty much everything else. Obama actually gave way a bit on entitlements by initially accepting a change to calculating inflation via Chained CPI but that didn't end up going anywhere. I dare you to send a letter to your local newspaper saying that the elderly collect way more in Social Security and Medicare than they ever put in and see the reaction you get from both ends of the spectrum.
but your premium is usually proportional to your risk - so in motor insurance if you're a bad driver you pay more - that's no longer true now - so people will vote with their feet.
True enough. Problem with health insurance is that in order to get people to change their behavior you'd have to have such substantial penalties that they'd drop insurance altogether and since we are not letting people die in the street yet they'd be taken care of anyway by the government in some way, shape or form. The people who eat well and exercise will continue to do so regardless of any change in the financial incentives.
i like the car insurance example bob, but it's not analogous. one can chose whether or not to drive a car (ride the bus, walk, bike, take the subway/tube/metro, grab a cab, etc.) and thus has some say-so regarding whether or not they pay auto insurance. one has no choice to opt out of the social security system. i would if i could. let me forgo any and all future benefits, and will write off what i've paid in so far, in exchange for letting me keep my own money (even more now that the payroll tax has gone back up) in return for taking care of my retirement myself. it's compulsion is the only thing that holds social security, like all government benefits programs together. that's not a contract by any means, but subjugation.
You aren't aware of the huge bureaucracy of the health-care industry, are you? Tell me how South Korea has a budget balance of 7.9% while still having universal health care. Although other welfare is hard to come by in that country, 7.9% of GDP must be usable for that purpose, should the people elect politicians who want to do so....
None of the traditional anti-welfare conservative talking points apply here. The country's median age is 39 and aging rapidly, as opposed to countries like Saudi Arabia, which has a median age of 26 years. Unlike Saudi Arabia, South Korea is an extremely densely-populated country without significant natural resources. Unlike European countries, it has a military size of 640,000 million, a bit over one-third of the US army's size, but from a country with one-sixth the population. And it is actively at war with a country that borders it.
"One looming, disastrous Obama legacy could be the death of the two-state solution"
Given that the current relationship between the US and Israel is a one-way street, and given that Israel is the controlling factor in the peace process, no American president can help resolve the situation.
The president can certainly make things worse, by acceding to AIPAC and Netanyahu. But make things better? That's already been proven to be impossible.
'More to his credit, Mr Bush will also be remembered for dramatically increasing and improving aid to Africa."
More like the US helping to bring more misery and death to another part of the world. Witness the continuing calamities in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Palestine, Mali, Algeria and God knows whereas.It does not matter how many they help to kill. The US would not stop military activities in advancing their big business interest and to destroy China's overseas investments where ever they can.
Actually with Mali, it looks like China's overseas activities and investments are being protected.
Your priorities are all wrong. The biggest probem the united states faces is the jobs deficit that is keeping millions of people unemployed and on the "dole". One would think we learned something from the Great Depression.
As a young person without a job (well, I have a low paying, part time job) I wish there was a dole. If there were I wouldn't have to rack up so much debt trying to eat and keep a roof over my head. At least my debt is subsidizing a noble cause: a large pay check for university administrators.
You are also subsidizing trite research published in overly expensive journals charged at extorsionist prices to universities so nobody can read them.
Let's all be honest and sensible about this. The vast majority of people - our children's children - will only remember Obama as the first 'black' president...
unless he can truly tackle climate change. Nothing, NOTHING else really matters over the long term to our future generations.
A truly great President would convince his people to enter into a global agreement (legal and in spirit) to put our planet on a path to zero greenhouse emissions.
To people living in 2150, even the collapse of the US economy or a war in Asia will pale in comparison with the consequences of the 6C or so of global warming we are headed for.
(Alas, the prevention paradox would mean his greatness would go unrecognized. Disasters that did not happen rarely make the news.)
Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report:
Thank you Robert. Climate change is the new lunatic religion.
There was no Met Office report. Just a bigoted story by a lying journo in a tabloid.
See here to learn more about how the '16 years no warming' lie was created, and how the Met Office officially announced it is, indeed, a falsehood: http://youtu.be/Qbn1rCZz1ow
As far as I could see or hear, the Condescending Voice at the end of the link does not identify himself nor explain how or why David Rose's statements at the top of his DM article are not valid:
* The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures
* This means that the 'pause' in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996
David Rose is stating facts in these two statements, not supplying an analysis. It is not an explanation, it is a 'Look here, something is wrong' message.
The Condescending Voice's point that analysis needs to be done is the very point that David Rose is making in his second statement, above. Choose your time interval and get the what ever conclusions you want!
The UEA 'lost' temperature data, how convenient! The hockey stick looks like misconduct by omission and Acton's 'investigation' of what happened at the UEA was very feeble. After some persistent effort, documents have found that show Acton did not even meet with Briffa or Jones in his supposed "investigation" of the deletion of emails. With rigour like that, can you take anything the UEA says at face value?
The atmospheric CO2 concentration has risen steadily, yet temperatures have not risen. What has happened to the catastrophic in catastrophic man made global warming? It's just climate change. It has been changing for millions of years and will continue to do so.
At least CO2 is plant food and not a pollutant!
Obama's legacy will ultimately depend on America's future. He'll certainly be remembered as the first half-black President of the United States. Other than that, I suspect he'll be remembered as a mediocre president at best. If he can sort out Afghanistan and pass a reasonable budget compromise, he likely won't be remembered as a particularly bad president, since historians are generally sympathetic to the conventional wisdom of the times. Even if his signature liberal policies ultimately turn out to be disasters, historians will likely take an approach similar to how they treated FDR and say that at least he tried and made his best effort. Modern American historians are almost always more favorable to presidents that act, even if those actions turn out to be worse than doing nothing. As an American, I pray that our country benefits from Obama's leadership, even as I hope that his ideas are ultimately discredited.
As the article has listed China as one of the three long-term problems that President Obama has to solve all in his full strength in his second term, what would Chinese leaders respond to the "problem ranking"? Can China's economy be bigger than the America's by January 2017 for real? Or that's just bullshit? Maybe it's time for China to slow down a little bit to consider problems such as income disparity, freedom of speech, the sacrifice of environment to economy growth, the supreme of the officials' right, the education problems in the poor areas, the fading of personal moral standards and the sense of value. China slows down to solve its domestic problems, while the US deals with its budget ceiling problem.
An incisive piece that brings out the challenges and practical opportunities for the American President.
Making speeches is not always enough.
you forgot one: Climate Change.
if the world is on the verge of doom in 20 years, history will remember him as the president who did nothing to prevent it.
The verge of doom in 20-years? Climate change will likely never put us on the 'verge of doom', although it may be a painful experience for many. If it ever does get that bad, it certainly will not be in 20 years.
you're right. the word "doom" is too harsh.
still, inaction by US in this field risks making it a terribly painful experience, to use an euphemism.
slightly ahead of Jimmy Carter. smart but not able to negotiate new legislation. lucky to get first and second terms because of ineptitude of GOP opponents. poor record to fix economy and finance. a cool jock! proves that experience is better than show. so far a disappointment. however he still has 4 years to redeem his legacy. we shall see.
Our China is a peaceful nation that is against hegemonism and we love peace more than anything. If without peace, a country cannot develop and people cannot enjoy the peaceful and beautiful life. I assure you that our China will never stand against America or pick any wars with it. We love peace. We love life.
Given Chinese history with Taiwan, and the recent territorial disputes in the South China Sea, it is difficult to trust the Chinese state. I am sure that the Chinese people do want peace, but what will their non-elected communist government choose?
As well as Ken's observations, what about Nepal and Tibet? hanmomo, these are nice sentiments you posted, but as you don't vote for your leaders you can't influence what THEY want or do. Unfortunately that is the fundamental difference between democracy and communism. I wish you all the best for 2013 friend.
Dear friend, thank you so much. I think we will end up a stronger and stronger nation in in the whole world. I don't care what the leaders think, The truth is I love my own country, which gives me everything I need and what my famoly need. Good luck.
He face historic,sharp challenges(Legal case at USA court against Obama,USA gov.,UN,vodafone company-AS my documents at: www.helmyelsaid.blogspot.com)
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Blue Dress: H&M.
Bunny Flats: Le Bunny Bleu.
Lipstick in MAC's Please Me.
Hello everyone!
Styled up this outfit the other day and everyone on instagram told me (and I definitely agree) that I look like princess Belle. That got me thinking...I haven't watched any of the Disney Princess movies in FOREVER! Maybe 11+ years? I would watch a few over this spring break to get caught up, but they're all on VHS tapes :( We don't even have a VHS player anymore, so they're ancient, uncrackable relics now. Still not giving them up though-- they're a part of my childhood!
Man, it snowed today though here in Ohio; such the pits! What a spring break, eh? That's Ohio though for you. I'm going back to Kent a little early from my spring break for a wedding shower of my friend Sabrina, whose wedding I'm in actually! I haven't been to a wedding since I was 11, and have never been in a wedding at all,so it's something I'm really excited about. I met Sabrina my freshman year of college when she was a fashion major, too (now she's an amazing nursing major!), and we've been friends ever since. She's actually an exchange student from Malaysia, so it's always incredibly interesting to hear about her life and culture back home. Hopefully I can show you all some photos of the wedding when it takes place in May, and the beautiful bride to be :)
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by SwingKing (#46757239) Attached to: Slashdot Asks: How Do You Pay Your Taxes?
I have use TaxAct for several years, for reasons similar to the OP. I'm also not a big fan of Intuit's business practices, so I avoid them where possible. On filing, I generally get a (small) refund so I file electronically to get my money ASAP. However, when I do something big like selling a bunch of stock, I'll file with paper and as late as possible. Gives me more time with my money, and rumor has it you're less likely to get audited with a paper return. Don't know if it's true, but doesn't hurt and even a little less probable is a good thing.


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Bonita High School is located in the small and peaceful city of La Verne nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Bonita was established in 1903 and after having been moved from its original site on Bonita Avenue in 1959, it has come to be located at 3102 "D" Street. Bonita, one of two comprehensive high schools in the Bonita Unified School District, was the original high school for the cities of La Verne and San Dimas. Bonita was recently recognized as a California Distinguished School for its excellence in Academics, Athletics, and the Arts.
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March 20th, 2015 is the annual school-wide Career Day Event. Every student will attend TWO presentations. You must make 2 selections. Once a presentation is full it will no longer appear on the list as an option. Choose something you are interested in or you will be placed at random.
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I am looking for a plugin/snippet that will allow the attachment/upload of images to activity feed updates. It's surprising to me that it's not a core feature, and that there aren't any plugins available to do the task. I know there is a BP-TinyMCE plugin, but it's lacking the features I require.
What is the reasoning this is a gap in the feature-set? Does it pose a security risk? My client very much wants that feature, and I've been at a loss as to why it's not readily available.
I'd be interested in hiring a plugin developer for this task.
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Shabbat 1500
Students take part in the Shabbat 1500 at the Events Center on March 13. The event, presented by the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life, brought 1,500 students, faculty and staff together to celebrate Shabbat. The event featured a dinner, highlighted by Shabbat traditions such as Kiddush, the Hamotzi, grace after meals and special Shabbat songs.
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March 26, 2015
Campus Pre-School Assistant Teacher Openings – (Two positions available)
Assistant teachers needed for 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. shift. Associates degree in early childhood education or related field required. Experience preferred but not required.
Facility is open 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Campus Pre-School is located on the Binghamton University campus and serves 108 children ages 18 months to 5 years.
Equal opportunity employer.
An employment application and information about our program can be found online.
Compensation: Hourly wage $9-$10 depending upon experience; paid vacation/sick/holiday leave.
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March 26, 2015
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• Faculty choreographers, Music Department chair, students collaborate on spring dance show. Preview.
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March 26, 2015
Business startup training program
March 26, 2015
Participants will learn from professionals on how to assess, plan and start up a business over three consecutive Thursdays: April 2, 9 and 16. Classes will run from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day.
Discover the basics of owning a business and learn how to develop a business plan, including market research, marketing strategies, competitive analysis, pricing and more!
All three sessions are included in the $75 fee. To register, make a check payable to The Research Foundation of SUNY and mail it to: Small Business Development Center, Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902. The deadline for registration deadline is Monday, March 30.
For more information, go online.
For a class program and to enroll, contact Lynne Lauderbach at the SBDC at 607-777-4024 or via e-mail. Class size is limited.
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For more information, contact Parking Services at 607-777-2279 or via e-mail.
Whoosh can be used at any traditional meter head or pay station on campus. It cannot be used in non-metered parking spaces, the Visitor's Paid Lot or the Parking Garage. Maximum parking time allotted is eight hours. All other parking rules for the lot must be observed, including but not limited to Snow Lot and overnight Commuter Lot rules.
Career coaching: In person or on the phone
March 25, 2015
Wojcio is a certified career coach who can be reached via e-mail. Binghamton University continues to provide this career/professional development service for all its employees.
March 24, 2015
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TAN containing oils, e.g., crudes, are treated by flashing to remove substantially all of the water therefrom, thermally treating the recovered liquid to reduce the naphthenic acid content thereof, and re-combining light gases recovered from the flashing step with the treated liquid.
1. A process for reducing the total acid number (TAN) of TAN and water containing oils comprising: (a) flashing the oil and removing therefrom substantially all of the water; (b) separately recovering vapors comprised of light gases, water, and light hydrocarbons, and separately recovering liquid oil; (c) thermally treating the liquid in a reaction zone in which the water partial pressure is maintained below about 10 psia; (d) recovering light hydrocarbons from the vapors of step (b) and combining at least a portion of the recovered light hydrocarbons with the treated liquid.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein the oil is subjected to desalting prior to step (a).
3. The process of claim 1 wherein the treated liquid has a TAN ≦2.0 mg koH/mg oil.
4. The process of claim 1 wherein the water content of the oil after step (a) is less than about 0.5 wt %.
5. The process of claim 1 wherein a portion of the hydrocarbon gases recovered in claim 1 is combusted.
6. The process of claim 5 wherein the hydrocarbon gases are combusted for preheating the liquid recovered in step (b).
7. The process of claim 5 wherein the hydrocarbon gases are combusted to provide heat for the thermal treatment of the liquid recovered in step (b).
8. The process of claim 1 wherein the thermal treatment is effected at temperatures of 650-800� F.
9. The process of claim 1 wherein the flash temperature of step (a) ranges from about 250-700� F.
10. The process of claim 1 wherein a purge gas is injected into the thermal treating reacting zone to maintain a water partial pressure therein of less than about 10 psia.
11. The process of claim 1 wherein the reaction zone is a two stage bubble column.
12. The process of claim 1 wherein the water partial pressure in step (c) is maintained below about 5 psia.
13. The process of claim 1 wherein the water partial pressure in step (c) is maintained below about 2 psia.
14. The process of claim 13 wherein the oil is a Venezuelan heavy crude.
15. The process of claim 1 wherein the reaction severity of the thermal treatment ranges from 10 to about 80 equivalent seconds at 875� F.
16. The process of claim 1 wherein the thermal treatment is effected at temperatures of 675-775� F.
17. The process of claim 10 wherein the purge gas is contacted with the liquid in the reaction zone in a countercurrent manner.
18. The process of claim 17 wherein the treated liquid has a TAN of less than about 1.0 mg KOH/gm oil.
19. The process of claim 1 wherein the vapors are stripped of water.
20. The process of claim 1 wherein the TAN and water containing oil is diluted with a diluent.
21. The process of claim 20 wherein the diluent is naphtha.
22. The process of claim 20 wherein the vapors are stripped of water and diluent.
23. The process of claim 1 wherein hydrocarbon vapors are recovered from the thermal treating reaction zone of step (c) and a portion thereof is recombined with the treated liquid.
This invention relates to the treatment of crude oil, including heavy crudes, for reducing the total acid number (TAN) of the oil.
The value of crude oils is often dependent on the corrosivity of the oil, and corrosivity is mainly a function of the total acid number of the oil. TAN, in turn, is heavily dependent, although not completely so, on the naphthenic acid concentration of the oil. Consequently, crudes having a relatively high TAN, e.g., ≧2 have a significantly lower market value, on a per barrel basis, than crudes having a relatively lower TAN. For example, high TAN crudes are often blended off with lower TAN crudes rather than being processed separately through refineries, thereby avoiding excessive corrosion in refinery equipment. Processing of high TAN crudes can also necessitate the use of expensive alloys in primary equipment, e.g., pipestills, thereby minimizing corrosivity effects of the crudes. Both methods for handling high TAN crudes are expensive and can lead to excessive storage facilities or upsets in the refinery. Consequently, there remains a need for handling high TAN crudes that is not disruptive of refinery operations and avoids excessive costs.
In accordance with this invention, TAN containing oils, e.g., crudes, extra heavy oils, bitumens, kerogens, are pretreated by flashing off vapors including light gases, water, and light hydrocarbons, subjecting the remaining liquid phase to a thermal treatment wherein naphthenic acids are decomposed and TAN is reduced, followed by recombining at least a portion of the hydrocarbon vapors recovered from the flash with the treated liquid.
The thermal treatment of this invention is not to be confused with visbreaking which is essentially a treatment of heavy oils or whole crudes at temperatures in excess of the temperatures of the thermal treatment disclosed herein.
TAN reductions in accordance with this invention are preferably on the order of at least 70%, more preferably at least about 80%, still more preferably at least about 90%.
In the practice of this invention the oil to be treated may or may not be subjected to desalting prior to the flashing of the light materials. Desalting is generally preferred with oils having in excess of 2 pounds of salt per thousand barrels of oil and more preferably when the salt level exceeds 4 pounds of salt per thousand barrels of oil. Desalting is a common process and will be well known to those skilled in the art of refining.
In many cases, particularly where heavy crudes, e.g., Bachaquero, Morichal, Cerro Negro, Zuata, or Campo-1-Bare, all Venezuelan heavy crudes, and cases involving bitumens, the crude or heavy oil is diluted with naphtha to provide ease of transportation, e.g., pumpability. In the flashing step, the diluent will be vaporized along with C4 -gases (e.g., light-ends), water, and anything else that will be vaporized at the flashing conditions of about 250 to 700� F., and pressures ranging from atmospheric to about 250 psig. The extent of the flash step is largely determined by removing substantially all of the water present in the oil, e.g., to levels of less than about 0.5 wt %, preferably less than about 0.1 wt %. The flashed hydrocarbons, e.g., light gases, naphtha diluent, or light hydrocarbons are recovered from the flash and maintained for later combining of at least a portion thereof, and substantially all, with the product of the thermal treatment.
FIG. 1 is a schematic flow plan illustrating the process of this invention.
FIG. 2 shows the effect of water on TAN conversion, where the abscissa is reaction time (min.) at 725� F. and the ordinate is product TAN/feed TAN. Curve A was at 25 psia H2 O, curve B at 15 psia H2 O;
FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2; curve A being a 25 psia H2 O, curve B at 0.2 psia.
The thermal treating process described herein is distinguished from Visbreaking (a thermal treating process) by temperature and overall severity of the operation, as well as by operation at conditions that maintain water partial pressure in the reaction zone below a certain level. For purposes of this invention we define severity in terms of equivalent seconds at 875� F., using the following equation: ##EQU1## Where: θ875� F. =Equiv seconds at 875� F. for 1min. operation at T� F.
Ea=Activation energy in cal./g-mole
(53,000 Cal/g-mole typical for Visbreaking)
Visbreaking is typically carried out in one of two configurations, a coil reactor that is contained within a furnace or in a "soaker reactor". The former operates at temperatures in the range of about 850-910� F. with a coil outlet pressure of up to about 1000 psig or above. The soaker reactor operates at an average temperature in the range of about 820� F. at pressures ranging from about 30 to 500 psig. Thermal treatment severities for both of these visbreaking processes fall in the range of about 100-200 equivalent seconds at 875� F. There is no specification on water partial pressure in Visbreaking. Operation at Visbreaking severities is neither needed nor desired for the practice of the present process where the objective is to destroy carboxylic acids (e.g., naphthenic acids) with minimal cracking of the oil.
The process of this invention comprises the following steps: preflash to remove any water that is present in the feed, mild thermal treating in a purged low-pressure reactor of two or more stages and a final step wherein light hydrocarbons that are recovered from either thermal treating or from the pre-flash are recombined with the reactor effluent to obtain a low TAN upgraded crude oil. The thermal treating reactor operates at 650-800� F., preferably 675-775� F. and most preferably from 700-750� F. Pressure is maintained below about 100 psig, preferably below about 50 psig. Reaction severity falls in the range of 10 to about 80 equivalent seconds at 875� F., preferably from about 20 to 60 equivalent seconds. At a treatment temperature of 725� F., for example, reaction time will fall in the range of 17-134 minutes.
Turning to FIG. 1, crude from an available source, whether diluted for transportation purposes, or not, in line 10 is processed through desalter 12, cool ed and flashed in flash drum 14 from which diluent, if any, water and light hydrocarbons, including gases are recovered in line 15. The flashed crude, recovered in line 16 is heated in furnace 18 and injected into a staged bubble column 22 via line 19. A purge gas, as described below, is preferably injected into column 22 via line 21 and engages in counter current contact with the flashed crude. The purge gas, along with any light hydrocarbons forming via cracking in the bubble column, is recovered in line 23, condensed in condenser 26 from which fuel gas is recovered for re-use in line 27. Condensed light hydrocarbons are recovered in line 28 and recombined with the treated crude fraction in line 29 to form an upgraded crude.
In preferred embodiments of this invention, at least a portion of the light hydrocarbons, stripped of water and preferably stripped of diluent, if any, recovered in line 15 is recombined with the treated crude by line 17 or line 17a; and a portion of the recovered hydrocarbons from line 15 or line 28 or both is combusted in furnace 18 through line 25.
As illustrated in examples to follow, control of water partial pressure in the thermal reaction zone is important to the success of the present process. Water has been discovered to act as a powerful inhibitor for the thermal decomposition of naphthenic acids (see Ser. No. 571,049 filed Dec. 12, 1995) now abandon. Moreover, we have found that inhibition of TAN conversion also inhibits viscosity reduction. Consequently, water (steam) partial pressure in the reaction zone is held below about 10 psia, preferably below about 5 psia and most preferably below about 2 psia. Thus, the need for removal of bulk water from the feed. Additionally, since water is produced by decomposition of carboxylic acids, the reaction zone must be purged with inert gas (e.g. methane) to control water partial pressure. Carbon dioxide, also an inhibitor for acid decomposition is formed in the process and is purged from the reactor along with water. Purge rate is chosen consistent with pressure and level of water in the reaction zone, will generally fall in the range of 50-500 SCF/barrel. Suitable purge gases include non-oxidizing gases, such as nitrogen, methane, well-head gas (fuel gas) hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
The thermal treatment process of this invention is designed to minimize cracking of the hydrocarbons, yet maximize the decomposition of naphthenic acids. Nevertheless, during the thermal treatment some cracking of the oil will occur and small amounts of light hydrocarbon gases, i.e., butanes and lighter, will be obtained along with H2 O, CO, and CO2 that arise from decomposition of the acids. The yield of hydrocarbon gases is low at the mild severities used, and will range from about 0.5 to 2.0 wt % based on feed.
Thermal treatment is taken, for this invention in its normal meaning and for purposes of this invention also includes the absence of any catalyst for promoting the conversion of naphthenic acids, the absence of any material added to react with or complex with naphthenic acids, and the absence of absorbents for naphthenic acids, i.e., the absence of any material used for the purpose of removing naphthenic acids.
The thermal treatment is carried out to reduce significantly the oil's TAN, e.g., to levels of less than about 2.0 mg KOH/gm oil, preferably less than about 1.5 mg KOH/gm oil, more preferably less than about 1.0 mg KOH/gm oil, and still more preferably less than about 0.5 mg KOH/gm oil as measured by ASTM D-664.
The oils that can be effectively treated by this process include whole or topped crudes, crude fractions boiling above about 400� F., atmospheric residua and vacuum gas oils, e.g., boiling at about 650� F.+, e.g., 650-1050� F.
During the thermal treatment, any cracked hydrocarbons and light gases can be separately recovered and at least a portion thereof may be re-combined with the treated oil. In a preferred embodiment, a portion of the C4 -materials produced in the treatment or a portion of the hydrocarbons produced and recovered from the flash step, preferably minor portions thereof, e.g., less than 50%, preferably less than 40%, more preferably less than 25%, is combusted to provide pre-heat for heating the liquid to be thermally treated or to provide heat for the treating zone.
Upon recovery of the liquid product, and preferably the liquid product plus at least a portion of the hydrocarbons recovered as vapors from the treating zone, i.e., cracked products or light hydrocarbons, or both, the vaporous hydrocarbons, or at least a portion thereof recovered from the flash step are also recombined with the treated liquid. Of course, the vaporous hydrocarbons recovered from the treating step may be recombined with the liquid before or after recombination with vaporous hydrocarbons from the flashing step.
The final recombined product may then be further processed in a refinery without fear of corrosion due to naphthenic acids, either in the pipe stills or in downstream units where various streams (e.g. distillates) from the pipestills are processed.
A small fraction of the carboxylic acid components of the feed can volatilize under thermal upgrader conditions and emerge from the reactor as part of the volatile hydrocarbon stream. The yield of this stream, its boiling range and acid (TAN) content will vary with conditions used in the thermal upgrader. This stream can comprise materials with boiling points up to a temperature close to that used in the thermal upgrader, e.g. 700-725� F. The yield can range from about 5 to 20 wt % of feed or more and TAN numbers can range from 1 to 3 or above. Thus, under some conditions, it may prove advantageous to further process the volatile hydrocarbon stream, or a portion thereof, to destroy the TAN prior to back blending this stream with the thermal upgrader liquid effluent. In one embodiment this treatment can be hydrotreatment in accordance with the procedure in WO/96/06899 based on PCT/NO95/00142. This process essentially includes treating the recovered fractions in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst comprised of nickel or cobalt and molybdenum at temperatures of about 100-300� C. and pressures of about 1-50 bar, preferably 200-245� C. and 20-30 bars, and hydrogen treat rates of 300-5000 SCF/B, preferably 500-2000 SCF/B.
The reactor system for the thermal process is designed to provide liquid residence time at the chosen process temperature adequate to achieve the desired conversion and achieve rapid mass transfer to remove the inhibiting products of the reaction water and carbon dioxide. Suitable reactor systems would include mechanically stirred and jet stirred gas-liquid reactors, bubble columns, trickle bed reactors (loosely packed for enhanced mass transfer), membrane reactors, etc., etc. either staged or unstaged.
A preferred reactor system for the thermal process is a continuous flow bubble column where the purge gas or stripping gas is bubbled up through the liquid to be treated which flows continuously through the column. The liquid may flow upward, producing cocurrent contact, downward, producing countercurrent contact or crossflow. Generally, countercurrent contact is preferred since it is more efficient in stripping the products of the thermal reaction from the liquid phase.
More preferred, the bubble column may be empty of internals, yet more preferred baffled, or even further preferred, a separately staged system may be used. It is advantageous to have a staged system to achieve high levels of conversion, and the conversion increases with the number of stages in an asymptotic fashion. An empty column basically acts as a single stage in one vessel and has the advantage that it is simple, and that there are no internals to foul with contaminants that may be in the feed and/or trace reaction products that may be sticky. The baffled column gives a multistage reactor in one vessel and has rather simple internals to effect staging. The baffles may be disk and doughnut type or segmented and may or may not have holes for passage of gas vertically through the column. Generally, the baffled single vessel reactor will give more than one stage but less than the number of compartments produced by the baffling since some back mixing is always present in such systems.
A still more preferred configuration is a separately staged system which gives the number of stages equal to the number of separate vessels. For operational convenience in terms of flow of gas (and liquid in the case of countercurrent contact), the stages may be stacked vertically. Any number of stages may be used according to the design of the process, at least two stages are preferred for the level of conversion desired.
Two crudes from Venezuela were used in the following experiments. Properties are given in Table 1. Prior to use the feeds were subjected to a pre-flash at 250� F. to remove bulk water.
TABLE 1______________________________________Source Zuata Campo-1-Bare______________________________________Feed Water Content, wt % 1.3 3.8 1025+F Btms. (GCD), wt % 50 50.5 Viscosity, Kinetmatic, cSt @ 104� F. 50535 22701 Total Acid Number (TAN) (mg KOH/g Crude) 4.5 2.4 API 7.8 9.7 Tol. Equiv. 15 27 MicroCon Carbon, wt % 15.2 14.9 Heptane insol., wt % 11.1 11.8 Sulfur, wt % 4.2 3.6 Ni, wppm 100 84 V, wppm 412 330______________________________________
Dry Zuata feed was treated in a stiff ed autoclave reactor at 725� F. 30 psig for 60 minutes. The reactor was swept with argon, 380 SCF/Bbl., during the course of the thermal treatment to remove volatile products, including water and carbon oxides that resulted from decomposition of carboxylic acids (e.g., naphthenic acids). The reactor purge or sweep was sufficient to hold water partial pressure below 1 psia. In this manner, TAN was reduced by 90% and viscosity was reduced by 96.5%.
The procedures of Example 1 were repeated except that the autoclave was sealed. This operation simulates conditions in a coil visbreaker reactor wherein products of decomposition are in contact, under pressure, with the feed. In this mode of operation, the partial pressure of water in the autoclave reactor reached a maximum of 8.1 psia (calculated value based on moles of acid decomposed). The resultant reduction in TAN was 80.6% and viscosity was reduced 91.8%.
TABLE 2______________________________________ Example 1 Example 2______________________________________Max Press., psig 30 160 Partial Press., psia CO 1.3 15.2 CO2 0.1 1.3 H2O 0.7 8.1 H2S 2.8 35.4 C4- 6.5 83.5 TAN Conv. % 94.2 80.6 Relative Rate 1.0 0.4 Viscosity, cSt @ 104� F. 1767 4115______________________________________
Experiments were carried out with dried Zuata feed to further demonstrate and to quantify the effect of water on TAN and Viscosity reduction under mild thermal treating conditions. The procedures of Example 1 were repeated except that water was fed to the reactor along with sweep gas to simulate operation with feed that had not been dried, i.e., not subjected to the pre-flash step of the present invention.
In one set of experiments, TAN conversion was measured as a function of increasing reaction severity, while purging the reactor with inert gas to hold water partial pressure below about 0.2 psia. In a second set of experiments within the same range of reaction severities, water was fed to the reactor along with inert sweep gas to simulate operation with a feed that contained 2.6 wt % bulk water. Water partial pressure was approximately 15 psia in this series of runs. In a third set of experiments, water was added to attain a partial pressure of 25-27 psia in the reactor.
TAN reduction was suppressed with water present (FIG. 2). Viscosity reduction was also suppressed.
The experiments of Example 3 were repeated with the Campo-1-Bare feed (Table 1). With water present in the thermal treating reactor at 25 psia, TAN conversion was inhibited relative to operation with a dry feed wherein water partial pressure was less than 0.2 psia (FIG. 3). Viscosity reduction was also inhibited by the presence of water.
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We are putting in Butcher block counter tops - and the ones we purchased are just the counter, where we have to cut the sink opening. We are installing an undermount - it is a rectangular sink w/ rounded corners. What would be the best way to cut this opening out? We will only get one chance - and can't afford a mistake. I thought about a skill saw to cut the straight part of the cutout, and then jig saw the curves. Or would a Router be a better choice to cut this out? and if so how would I make a jig for this. thanks.
You definitely don't want to do it all with a router, but you could rough it out with a jigsaw and use a light router cut to clean it up. It would be best to use either a guide bushing or a flush-trimming bit with a bearing to guide the router along a template, which you'd have to make. I'd use a brand-new carbide cutter, and the larger diameter the better.
You could also plunge-cut the straight sections with a circular saw, jigsaw the curves as close as you dare and then clean up those curves with one of those sanding drums you can chuck in an electric drill. This method would require a steady hand, but avoid the risk of tearout.
Hole saw the corners first. Lay out so as to leave approx. 1/8" material excess to desired finish cutout size. Connect the hole cuts with a skilsaw. Finish the last inch or so with a jigsaw/sawzall. Trim to finished size with a pattern bit in a router. You can screw the template on from the underside. 1/2" diameter bit will be fine. After the cut is perfected with the pattern bit, you can use a round-over bit (or whatever profile you choose) for the edge treatment.


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Omg!!! Nooo!!! just when everything was going good!
I have been in my apartment since last november & everything seemed fine for the most part. Cheap rent, decent neighbors, quiet neighborhood....
The new neighbor has been here a month (looks like a retired guy) & I have had no problem with him.... I look out the kitchen window this afternoon & what do I see parked in front of his doorstep? A motorcycle!!!!
And i sleep days (because I work nights) and my bedroom window is literally 5 feet from the parking lot.
I forsee numerous sleepless days & @ss-dragging nights at work & dangerous sleep-deprived drives to & from work on dangerous highways.
I only hope & pray that the motorcycle is not his... maybe a friend's... maybe the landlord's (who stores his boat & other items in the large shed nearby the parking lot). I didnt even hear it arrive and i have been awake all day past noon (cant sleep well this week). Where the heck did it come from?
Oh man! :(
Well, if you didn't hear it coming in, why do you think it's going to be a problem? If he's retired, I doubt if he'll be vrooming and popping wheelies all over the neighborhood or have his biker buddies over for a bash. What's the problem as of right now? I don't see you even have one yet. It's better not to look for trouble.
I'm a biker and have a number of biker friends. Some have quiet bikes, some do not. The bike of one of my friends is really quite loud. He won't drive it to work simply because he works early in the morning and does not want to wake up the neighborhood when he starts it. Just because you see a motorcycle does not mean it is loud and does not mean that the owner is a member of the Hell's Angels. Don't worry about a problem until it becomes a problem.
OMG I saw a MOTERCYCLE outside!!!!!!
:) You sound like a person who needs to relax. Not only are you worried about being woke up the minute or so he would start and leave, you are worried about not getting back to sleep, and driving sleep-deprived on dangerous highways! Relax.. Doesn't sound like that big a deal to me. I live in a house and have had noisy neigbors. Right now the guy accross the street parks his truck in front of my house and blairs his truck stereo for 30+ minutes in the middle of my sleep pattern. I have learned to tune it out and fall back asleep when he leaves.
ok everyone, haha...
nctrnl is conserned about the motorcycle; look if the "hog, chopper, crotchrocket" whatever becomes a problem, mention it to your new neighbor. If he is retired, that means he's probably (sterotype) approachable. Now if your neighbor was younger, 20 or earlie 30's, I'd say ok... you might end up with a small problem; young people like to have fun; not that they can't be reasonable. Just inform your new neighbor that your conserned about his motorcycle because you sleep during the day.
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February Sat 15, 2014
Today was super busy: studying, Mass, lunch with friends, a visit to a grant competition for our older son and then the fitness center, where I haven't been in more than a week. Tomorrow looks even busier. I am at the time in my school year when nearly every 15-minute block of my days is scheduled. And so I was a bit annoyed when I walked past the dawdling little girl and into the elevator from the swimming pool at my fitness center this afternoon. I do not think my annoyance showed on my face, but my hunch is my stride to the back of the elevator said: I'm in a hurry. I have 30 minutes for grocery shopping after this and then my own school work and my lesson plans at home. And somewhere in there I have to take a midterm online. Her father was waiting inside the elevator for her with her little brother. "Come on now," he called to her gently. "We are all ready to go." Then he turned to me and said barely above a whisper. "Special needs child."
"Your daughter?" I asked. "Yes," he said. I nodded. What I wanted to say was: I am sorry for my rushing into the elevator so intently as if where I have been and need to go today is so much important than the work you are doing right now: being present to your children, taking them swimming, waiting sweetly for the older child and managing a little boy who looks to be no more than three. I teach children just like your daughter every day and I should know better. I should pay attention. I should stop being so self-involved. I should slow down and take a look at what is right in front of me. I did not say any of that. Instead, while the dad patiently waited, I started to talk to the little boy about the elevator buttons. His older sister got into the elevator. The little boy pushed the button to the second floor. We all made it upstairs and then after I was dressed, I took the elevator to the first floor to the grocery store. Again, I saw him the father this time with groceries but with the same patient loving gaze on his children. Then I understood that this man was put in front of me to remind me - more than once - that my life has got to be more than rushing from one place to another, than dividing my days into 15-minute blocks. First appeared in Rambling Follower
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We gave this to my daughter for her 2nd birthday. I wish we'd gotten it for her earlier, because the pen, stampers and music function would have been great for her even at 1-yr.-old. At 24 months, she enjoys those functions and loves the stencils. Introducing her to tracing in this way is wonderfully age appropriate since tracing on a pre-drawn line on paper would be too challenging, I think. We began introducing letters, so the stencils are an awesome learning tool, not just for fine motor but also for school readiness. Love this no-mess drawing toy that I think would entertain even a school-age child.
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We purchased this for my son who has just turned two. Being that his birthday and Chrostmas is back to back I thought this would be something he could grow into but probably still enjoyed..
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