First International Symposium On Oil And Gas Waste Management Practices

Papers presented at the symposium, covering practices in Canada, the U.S., Brazil, the Netherlands, and Norway. Practices include liquid waste disposal, brine management, prevention of groundwater contamination, treatment of contaminated soil, the cost of education, economic impacts of environmental regulations, environmental auditing, bioremediation measures, burial of drilling fluids, international aspects, landfarming, pipeline leak-locating techniques, pathway exposure analysis, solar detoxification, and privatizing environmental enforcement. An author index is included.

The petroleum industry must minimize the environmental impact of its various operations. This extensively researched book assembles a tremendous amount of practical information to help reduce and control the environmental consequences of producing and processing petroleum and natural gas.The best way to treat pollution is not to create it in the first place. This book shows you how to plan and manage production activities to minimize and even eliminate some environmental problems without severely disrupting operations.It focuses on ways to treat drilling and production wastes to reduce toxicity and/or volume before their ultimate disposal. You'll also find methods for safely transporting toxic materials from the upstream petroleum industry away from their release sites. For those sites already contaminated with petroleum wastes, this book reviews the remedial technologies available. Other topics include United States federal environmental regulations, sensitive habitats, major U.S. chemical waste exchanges, and offshore releases of oil.Environmental Control in Petroleum Engineering is essential for industry personnel with little or no training in environmental issues as well as petroleum engineering students.