Physics Principles At Work
This handbook was developed in collaboration with the BP Educational Service and the Association for Science Education. First published in 1980, the units in the book were based on work originally undertaken by physics teachers at various BP centres and demonstrate the applications of physics in industry. Each unit describes an…
Industry at Work: a Case Study of the Acetic Acid Process
This book, published by the BP Education Service provides students with information about the manufacture of acetic acid and an understanding of the chemical industry and its role in society. The authors chose acetic acid because the chemistry of this substance was likely to be familiar to students. The methods used to produce…
Petroleum Chemicals
This handbook, published by BP Educational Service, was developed to provide an introduction to the petrochemicals industry for advanced level chemistry courses. It describes industrial processes including the hydration of ethane to ethanol, the production of phenylethene and the cracking of hydrocarbons to produce alkenes. The derivatives…
Industrial Processes for Sixth Form: Chemistry Book 1
This resource was published in 1975 by BP Educational Service, which was created by the British Petroleum Company to provide schools and colleges with information about the oil, chemicals and plastics industries. The handbook was developed to provide teachers with material and ideas for open-ended projects which are directly linked…
Origins and Explorations
These study notes were produced by the BP Educational Service in 1981 to provide students with information on the oil industry. After an illustrated description of the formation of fossil fuels and the build-up of oil in porous sedimentary rocks, the booklet goes on to explain how oil can accumulate in reservoirs under caprock. There…
The Polyethylene Twins
This booklet provides information about the discovery and production of low density and high density polyethylene. The properties of the two thermoplastics are compared and diagrams illustrate the process of polymerisation and the structure of each plastic, with a description of how high density polyethylene can be moulded into rigid…
Drilling For Oil
These study notes were produced by the BP Educational Service in 1981 to provide students with information on the oil industry. After a brief history of oil drilling from the eighteenth century, there is a detailed description of the development of rotary drilling from 1900 onwards with some discussion of safety precautions. The…
Transportation of Oil
These study notes were produced by the BP Educational Service in 1981. They provide information on how oil is transported from the oil fields to the refinery for processing. The resource describes pipelines, loading and unloading oil at marine terminals and the development of tankers and supertankers. The booklet also discusses…
Careers in Energy
This publication from BP Educational Services gives a guide to careers in the energy business. It includes biographies of real-life role models, and information on desirable generic employability skills, which are valued across sectors. The role model examples include a geologist, gas trader, commercial and financial analysts,…