Go back Genetic biodiversity All forms of life on earth, whether microbes, plants, animals, or human beings, contain genes. Genetic diversity is the sum of genetic information contained in the genes of individual plants, animals, and micro-organisms.
Company History. Gulf Oil in famous for being one of the original members of the seven sisters, the original American oil companies and continues to provide high quality products and services throughout the world. Gulf Oil was founded in 1901 at the time of the discovery of oil at Spindle top, Texas. Gulf promoted the idea of branded product sales by selling gasoline in containers and from pumps marked with the distinctive Orange Disk logo.
The British had renewed interest in Qatar's oil because of the discovery of oil in Bahrain in 1932. Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC, later British Petroleum) was granted a 2 year exploration license. In 1935, a 75-year oil concession was granted to the Qatar Petroleum Company and high-quality oil was discovered in 1939 in Dukhan on the west coast. The Aftermath. Pearl hunting and fishing were replaced by oil as Qatar's main source of revenue.