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Record 1 2017-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Mitis Bay, in the Lower St. Lawrence region, has exceptional ecological characteristics and diverse natural habitats. For example, there is a bed of eelgrass(Zostera marina), an aquatic plant that plays an important role in the marine ecosystems of the St. Lawrence. Eelgrass beds are essential to aquatic and terrestrial fauna, offering them feeding, breeding and nursery habitat and shelter. Without the presence of these eelgrass beds, fine grains of sand are washed away and carried offshore, eroding coastlines.

Key term(s)
  • bed of eelgrass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Aquaculture
CONT

La baie de Mitis, située dans le Bas-Saint-Laurent, présente des caractéristiques écologiques exceptionnelles et une diversité d’habitats naturels. On y trouve par exemple un herbier de zostère marine (Zostera marina), une plante aquatique qui joue un rôle important dans les écosystèmes marins du Saint-Laurent. Les zostéraies sont essentielles à la faune aquatique et terrestre, leur servant de garde-manger, de pouponnière, d'incubateur ou d'abri.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

In addition, it was determined that there was a pressure relief line branching off this line between the onshore plant and platform. The pressure relief line was tied to another line coming from another offshore platform. Initially, the pressure relief valve was believed to have been in a closed position, however, more investigation revealed that it was open.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

L'exploitant veille à ce que [...] dans le cas où un tubage pour pergélisol ou un tubage initial est installé dans le puits, soit installé pour ce tubage [...] un bloc d'obturation [...] formé d'au moins un obturateur annulaire à commande hydraulique, un robinet à télécommande hydraulique, une conduite d'injection et une conduite de détente [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Distillation
CONT

The Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis(SMDS) plant now operational at Bintulu, Malaysia, is the latest in a series of partnership projects between Shell companies and the people of Malaysia that stretches back for more than 100 years. The new plant uses advanced technology to convert natural gas, abundantly available from the Central Luconia field offshore Sarawak, into liquid fuels of high purity. These fuels can also be used as components to upgrade lower quality stock derived from conventional crude oil processing. In addition, the plant can produce high-value waxes, as well as feedstocks for detergents and lubricants. The product mix can be varied to meet market needs. The SMDS technology was developed at the Shell laboratory in Amsterdam(KSLA) over a period of 20 years. After commercial and technical assessment, Bintulu was chosen in preference to sites in other parts of the world as an appropriate location for the employment of SMDS technology in the first commercial plant.

CONT

February 2003, Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands) announced its plans to build two GTL facilities with a combined capacity of 75 000 bbls/d. QP is looking to employ Shell’s middle distillates synthesis (SDMS) technology to convert gas into diesel and kerosene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distillation du pétrole
OBS

technologie SMDS développée par Shell pour la synthèse des distillats moyens.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Costa Rica possesses 90 species of palms. Approximately 34 of these species inhabit the Osa Peninsula, which is located in the southwestern part of the country and consists of the last substantial tracts of pacific side wet forests(Corcovado Natl. Park). It is characterized as a tropical lowland moist forest, receiving around 5000 millimeters of rain annually. Just northwest of the peninsula, about 17 kilometers offshore, is Isla del Caño, a 320 hectare island that possesses a uniquely depauperate plant diversity(Janzen 1983).

OBS

depauperated: (botany) stunted or degenerate from want of nutriment; starved; imperfectly developed from any cause that produces results analogous to innutrition.

Key term(s)
  • depauperated plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

C'est un fait que tel pépiniériste peu consciencieux peut livrer des végétaux défectueux et handicapés dans leur pouvoir de réadaptation, surtout par un arrachage trop rapide qui se traduit par un massacre du système radiculaire.

CONT

[...] un excès de sensibilité ne justifie pas l'hésitation à arracher des végétaux souffreteux ou dégarnis sous le seul prétexte du respect de la nature. Une plantation initiale peut fort bien être trop dense avec l'âge; le besoin de lumière et de soleil impose une décision ferme et juste.

Spanish

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