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(Blending & Refining LP optimization problem) American Oil of Middle East has a refinery in Kuwait. This refinery has access to two types of crude oils that come from Wafra Field: Ratawi Crude and Eocene Crude. The daily availability for Ratawi Crude and Eocene Crude are 300,000 bbl per day and 200,000 bbl per day, respectively. The Ratawi Crude costs the company $15 per bbl, and the Eocene Crude costs $20 per bbl. The refinery distills the crude oils and...
Process Some Products produced from Pprocess Refining a barrel of crude oil Gasoline, diesel fuel, gas, naphtha, kerosene Distillation of coal Coke, gas Processing of mineral ore Gold, silver Processing of raw milk Cream milk, liquid milk, cheese Questions 1. The cost of refining a barrel of crude oil is $500 dollars per barrel. The company refines 4 barrels of crude oil and the result of this process leads to the production of gasoline and kerosene. Identify the amount of...
You are a Logistics manager for VKT Corp., and energy extraction and production company. A oil well in the company's portfolio is generating 10,000 barrels of crude oil per day in excess o present sale commitments. The crude oil can be sold as is on the commodities markets, or refined and converted into other products which may be sold for higher prices, and potential be worth more. You have been assigned to determine the company's best course of action. Prepare...
I just need help with questions 5,6 and 7 Economists wish to look at the relationship between the price of regular unleaded gasoline in the U.S. (units-$/gallon) and the acquisition cost of OPEC crude oil (units-$10/barrel). Summary measures for a random sample of 13 years are given below 13 29.3 0.39 329.67 143.61 What is the estimated regression equation? (Specify which variable is y and which is x) Question 1 where ice of gas t of Question 2 Show the...
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You have just been hired as a loan officer at San Diego State Bank. Your supervisor has given you a file containing a request from Mobile Company, a manufacturer of auto components, for a $1,000,000 five-year loan. Financial statement data on the company for the last two years are given below: Mobile Company Comparative Balance Sheet This Year Last Year $ 308,100 $ Assets Current assets Cash Marketable securities Accounts receivable, net Inventory Prepaid expenses . 918,000 1,340,500 91,300 392,150...
You and your team are financial consultants who have been hired by a large, publicly traded electronics firm, Brilliant Electronics (BE), a leader in its industry. The company is looking into manufacturing its new product, a machine using sophisticated state of the art technology developed by BE’s R&D team, overseas. This overseas project will last five years. They’ve asked you to evaluate this project and to make a recommendation about whether or not the company should pursue it. BE’s management...
(I) You have just been appointed the product manager of the "FIFO" electric blankets in a large consumer products company. As part of your new job, you want to develop an understanding of the financial situation for your product. Your brand assistant has provided you with the following facts: a. Retail selling price $40 per unit b. Retailer's margin 25% c. Jobber's margin 12% d. Wholesaler's margin[1] 20% e. Direct factory labor $2 per unit f. Raw materials $1 per...
Suppose you purchase a July 2011 soybean oil futures contract on March 29, 2011, at the last price of the day. Use Table 23.1 What will your profit or loss be if soybean oil prices turn out to be $0.4652 per pound at expiration Suppose you sell eight May 2011 silver futures contracts on March 29, 2011, at the last price of the day. Use Table 23.1 What will your profit or loss be if silver prices turn...
Suppose you sell six August 2017 gold futures contracts on this day, at the last price of the day. Use Table 23.1 a. What will your profit or loss be if gold prices turn out to be $1,249.70 per ounce at expiration? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a positive value rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) b. What will your profit or loss be if gold prices are $1,235.90 per ounce at expiration? (Do...