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Oil spills & gas leaks : environmental response, prevention, and cost recovery /
"This is a definitive guide to fossil fuel spills and leaks, covering technologies, prevention, spill responses, and cleanup with clear explanations of what works and what doesn't work"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2014]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A. About the authors
- B. Introduction
- 1. Role and environmental impact of petroleum in society
- Introduction
- Historic use of petroleum in society
- Current use of petroleum in society
- The environmental challenge
- Petroleum fuels in an age of sustainability
- References and further reading
- 2. Geology and geochemistry of oil and gas deposits
- Geologic principles
- Introduction
- Porosity, permeability, and diagenesis
- Sedimentary sequences and facies architecture
- Structural style and framework
- Defining petroleum: geochemistry
- Physical characteristics of petroleum
- Chemical characteristics of petroleum
- Hydrocarbon constituents of environmental concern
- Vapor screening
- References and further reading
- 3. Drilling for oil and gas
- Introduction
- Natural sources of oil and gas in the environment
- Environmental concerns on oil and gas fields
- Waste handling and waste minimization
- Abandoning oil and gas wells
- Summary
- References and further reading
- 4. Sources of spills
- Onshore spills
- Spills during discovery and production
- Spills during transportation and distribution
- Spills during refining
- Spills from producer to user
- Spill behavior
- Remediation constraints and limitations
- Marine spills
- References and further reading
- 5. Gas leaks and environmental impacts
- Introduction
- Biogenic and thermogenic hydrocarbon gases
- Gas leaks
- Offshore gas leaks
- Underground natural gas storage
- Gas leaks and explosions
- Gas explosions
- Gas explosions in urban environments
- Impact on groundwater resources
- References and further reading
- 6. Assessment of oil spills and gas leaks: onshore and offshore
- Onshore oil spills and gas leaks
- Oil spills and gas leaks into water bodies
- References and further reading
- 7. Remediation of oil spills and habitat restoration
- Off-site commercial disposal facilities
- Rcra exemptions
- Drilling waste management
- Waste minimization methods
- Introduction to drilling muds
- Cost estimates
- Remedial approaches at oil and gas fields
- Redox changes
- In situ remediation delivery systems
- Abandoned oil and gas wells
- Geophysical surveys and ecosystem protection
- Characterizing risk
- Analytical approaches for determining environmental impact
- Land-based remediation, treatment, and reuse/recycling
- Marine remediation strategies
- Shoreline cleanup methods
- Spill prevention
- Offshore oil spills and wildlife
- Minimizing spills on wildlife
- Response options to protect wildlife
- Major considerations in oiled animal rescue
- Wildlife and oil spill examples
- Summary
- References and further reading
- 8. Accidents, risk strategies, and sustainable remediation
- General model of accidents
- Case histories of preventable accidents
- Onshore oil wells and spills
- Summary
- References and further reading
- 9. Case histories: onshore and offshore
- Case histories
- Case studies: offshore
- Summary
- References and further reading
- 10. Air quality issues and oil spills and gas leaks
- Soil vapor intrusion overview
- Summary
- References and further reading
- 11. Conclusions
- A. Appendix a: history of oil and gas production and worst oil spills
- Oil history timeline
- References and further reading
- B. Appendix b: human health and safety issues for oil spill responders
- Health and safety plans for oil spill responders
- Oil spill site safety plan checklist
- Material safety data sheets
- Spreading of crude oil in the environment
- Non-petroleum oils
- Crude oil spill response and safety
- Potential hazards
- Air monitoring for oil spill cleanup
- Safety monitoring
- Oil spills near water
- Types of material safety data sheets
- References and further reading
- C. Appendix c: investigations and sampling methods
- Hand augering methods
- Trenching methods
- Direct push technology (dpt) rigs
- Cone penetration testing (cpt)
- Dpt probe soil sampling
- Dpt probe water sampling
- Hollow-stem auger drilling
- Cable-tool drilling
- Rotary drilling methods
- Wireline coring
- Horizontal drilling
- Well installation
- Well development protocol
- Vapor sampling
- Michigan sampling
- General sampling procedures
- Quality control of soil samples
- Groundwater monitoring protocol
- Groundwater sampling
- Quality control of groundwater samples
- References and further reading
- D. Appendix d: political and legal issues
- United states federal laws associated with oil spills and gas leaks
- Specific oil and gas regulations for the united kingdom
- Global and regional conventions on protection of the marine environment http://www.offshore-environment.com/regionalconventions.html
- Summary
- E. Appendix e: glossary and abbreviations
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- F. Appendix f: conversions
- Common oil industry conversions
- Standard conversion factors (approximate)
- References and further reading.
- Introduction : role of petroleum energy in society
- Geology and geochemistry of oil and gas deposits
- Drilling for oil and gas
- Sources of spills
- Gas leaks and environmental impacts
- Assessment of oil spills and gas leaks : onshore and offshore
- Remediation of oil spills and habitat restoration
- Accidents, risk strategies, and sustainable remediation
- Case histories : onshore and offshore
- Air quality issues and oil spills and gas leaks
- Conclusions.