Download or read book Environmental Regulatory Framework for the Upstream Petroleum Industry written by Canadian Institute of Resources Law and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Environmental Regulation of Oil and Gas written by Zhiguo Gao and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 1998-09-10 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains in-depth articles written by scholars, international lawyers, and practitioners from around the world. It deals with the environmental aspect of the hydrocarbon cycle in general and oil and gas exploration and production in particular. Its main thrust is management of environmental legal risks and issues in upstream operations.

Download or read book An Introduction to Federal Environmental Regulations for the Petroleum Industry written by Terry G. Gregston and published by Petroleum Extension Service. This book was released on 1993 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to introduce employees, field managers, CEOs, or lay personnel to basic concepts of the federal environmental regulations, this publication summarizes 15 federal environmental regulations and describes their impact on the petroleum industry. Included is a chapter on government documents, information on the ten most common environmental audit problems, a discussion of damage case histories, a chapter on oil spills in water environments, an alphabetical listing of abbreviations, and a glossary of terms.

Download or read book Environmental Control in Petroleum Engineering written by DR. John C. Reis Ph.D. and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1996-04-25 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Environmental Law Policy of Petroleum Development written by Ibibia Lucky Worika and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regulation of the Upstream Petroleum Sector written by Tina Hunter and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This discerning and comprehensive work will be a useful entry point for students embarking on study in petroleum law. Academics will find this timely examination to be an indispensible overview of upstream operations. Practitioners will find this book

Download or read book Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act New Environmental Regulations Impact on the Petroleum Industry written by Insight Information Inc and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Environmental Regulation of Upstream Sector of Oil and Gas Industry written by Patson Arinaitwe and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraction of hydrocarbons is an inherently hazardous activity with potential grave risks to the general environment. Environmental woes occur during all the stages of oil and gas cycle but more notable during the upstream stage of operations. The upstream stage involves exploration, appraisals and production. This stage is accompanied by a range of environmental issues like accidental spills and blow out during development stage, operational discharge and atmospheric emissions like gas flaring during production stage. Major incidents like Ecuador rain forest pollution, Piper alpha offshore disaster (1988), gas flaring in Nigeria, Montara accident (2009) and macondo blowout (2010) are but a few examples. This paper evaluates different approaches employed by governments to minimise the risk of upstream operations on the environment. The evaluation will also show how these approaches work and criticisms levied and offer an opinion on what the writer considers the best approach. It is the author's hypothesis that a combination or two or more approaches could be the best option depending on the host country's legal framework.

Download or read book An Introduction to the Regulation of the Petroleum Industry Laws Contracts and Conventions written by B. Taverne and published by Springer. This book was released on 1994-12-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new work contains a detailed analysis and description of international and regional conventions, multilateral and bilateral agreements, national laws and regulations, official statements and policy documents, licences, contracts and commercial cooperation agreements concerning the search for and exploitation of petroleum reservoirs. It analyses regulatory activity aimed at providing rules for the orderly conduct of these operations, at maximising the economic, strategic and fiscal benefits and at satisfying legitimate environmental concerns. An Introduction to the Regulation of the Petroleum Industry offers a detailed and accessible analysis of these complex issues and provides essential reading for international consultants and legal professionals negotiating and devising regulatory and cooperative aspects of petroleum operations and for geologists, petroleum engineers and others in charge of petroleum ventures and joint ventures.

Download or read book Implementing Lord Cullen s Recommendations Uganda s Health and Safety Regulations in the Oil and Gas Industry written by Deepa Verma and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay in the subject Organisation and administration - Public safety and order, , language: English, abstract: This paper examines how Uganda's regulatory framework for health, safety, and environmental protection in the oil and gas industry incorporates Lord Cullen's recommendations from the Piper Alpha Disaster inquiry. These recommendations, which focus on enhancing safety processes, safety cases, communication, rescue plans, and emergency planning, have been integrated into Uganda's upstream and midstream regulations. The paper explores how these measures aim to safeguard the health and safety of individuals in Uganda's oil and gas sector, ensuring a safer working environment through regulatory adherence and proactive safety management.

Download or read book Environmental Aspects of Host Government Contracts in the Upstream Oil Gas Sector written by Kyla Tienhaara and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature on environmental regulation of the upstream oil and gas sector in developing countries and economies in transition has focused largely on domestic legislation as well as a number of intergovernmental agreements and, more recently, voluntary industry initiatives. Much less notice has been taken of environmentally relevant content of contracts negotiated between international oil companies and petroleum producing states, which often have a significant if not dominant role in shaping the regulatory regime for oil and gas operations. The only major study on this subject, carried out by Zhiguo Gao, was published in 1994. Gao concluded that environmental issues had not received enough attention in the oil and gas contracts that he had reviewed. His conclusion raises two questions, one empirical and one normative, that this article aims to explore: (1) have environmental issues received greater attention in more recent oil and gas contracts? (2) should contracting parties give further consideration to environmental issues and, if so, in what areas and through what types of provisions? A limited survey indicates that oil and gas contracts negotiated and signed in the last fifteen years generally give greater attention to environmental protection than those signed previously, but the coverage of specific topics varies widely as does the strength of terms. Additionally, concerns that certain contractual provisions may actually undermine rather than bolster environmental protection efforts have become more prominent in the period since Gao's study. Thus, there remains significant scope for oil and gas contracts to be improved from an environmental governance perspective.

Download or read book Environmental Regulations written by James Leslie Hardin and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past 20 years environmental regulations have progressed from being nearly nonexistent to a main concern in an oil company's activities. This thesis reviews the more significant environmental regulations, focusing on how these regulations have impacted the U.S. oil and gas exploration and production industry. A brief history of each environmental Act is given. Then the current regulations, stemming from these Acts and their amendments, are reviewed. Also, a brief overview of the common wastes generated in the oil and gas exploration and production industry and the waste management practices used to deal with these wastes are discussed. Finally, the economic impacts of these regulations are reviewed.

Download or read book The Economic Impact of Environmental Regulations on the Petroleum Industry written by Earl D. Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Economic Impact of Environmental Regulations on the Petroleum Industry Phase II Study written by W. Sheppard and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Unconventional Oil and Gas Development written by U. s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As with conventional oil and gas development, requirements from eight federal environmental and public health laws apply to unconventional oil and gas development. For example, the Clean Water Act (CWA) regulates discharges of pollutants into surface waters. Among other things, CWA requires oil and gas well site operators to obtain permits for discharges of produced water—which includes fluids used for hydraulic fracturing, as well as water that occurs naturally in oil- or gas-bearing formations—to surface waters. In addition, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) governs the management and disposal of hazardous wastes, among other things. However, key exemptions or limitations in regulatory coverage affect the applicability of six of these environmental and public health laws. For example, CWA also generally regulates stormwater discharges by requiring that facilities associated with industrial and construction activities get permits, but the law and its regulations largely exempt oil and gas well sites. In addition, oil and gas exploration and production wastes are exempt from RCRA hazardous waste requirements based on a regulatory determination made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1988. EPA generally retains its authorities under federal environmental and public health laws to respond to environmental contamination. All six states in GAO's review implement additional requirements governing activities associated with oil and gas development and have updated some aspects of their requirements in recent years. For example, all six states have requirements related to how wells are to be drilled and how casing—steel pipe within the well—is to be installed and cemented in place, though the specifics of their requirements vary. The states also have requirements related to well site selection and preparation, which may include baseline testing of water wells before drilling or stormwater management. Oil and gas development on federal lands must comply with applicable federal environmental and state laws, as well as additional requirements. These requirements are the same for conventional and unconventional oil and gas development. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversees oil and gas development on approximately 700 million subsurface acres. BLM regulations for leases and permits govern similar types of activities as state requirements, such as requirements for how operators drill the well and install casing. BLM recently proposed new regulations for hydraulic fracturing of wells on public lands. Federal and state agencies reported several challenges in regulating oil and gas development from unconventional reservoirs. EPA officials reported that conducting inspection and enforcement activities and having limited legal authorities are challenges. For example, conducting inspection and enforcement activities is challenging due to limited information, such as data on groundwater quality prior to drilling. EPA officials also said that the exclusion of exploration and production waste from hazardous waste regulations under RCRA significantly limits EPA's role in regulating these wastes. In addition, BLM and state officials reported that hiring and retaining staff and educating the public are challenges. For example, officials from several states and BLM said that retaining employees is difficult because qualified staff are frequently offered more money for private sector positions within the oil and gas industry.

Download or read book Oilfield Chemistry and its Environmental Impact written by Henry A. Craddock and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consolidates the many different chemistries being employed to provide environmentally acceptable products through the upstream oil and gas industry This book discusses the development and application of green chemistry in the oil and gas exploration and production industry over the last 25 years — bringing together the various chemistries that are utilised for creating suitable environmental products. Written by a highly respected consultant to the oil and gas industry — it introduces readers to the principles and development of green chemistry in general, and the regulatory framework specific to the oil and gas sector in the North Sea area and elsewhere in the world. It also explores economic drivers pertaining to the application of green chemistry in the sector. Topics covered in Oilfield Chemistry and its Environmental Impact include polymer chemistry, surfactants and amphiphiles, phosphorus chemistry, inorganic salts, low molecular weight organics, silicon chemistry and green solvents. It also looks at sustainability in an extractive industry, examining the approaches used and the other methodologies that could be applied in the development of better chemistries, along with discussions about where the application of green chemistry is leading in this industry sector. Provides the reader with a ready source of reference when considering what chemistries are appropriate for application to oilfield problems and looking for green chemistry solutions Brings together the pertinent regulations which workers in the field will find useful, alongside the chemistries which meet the regulatory requirements Written by a well-known specialist with a combined knowledge of chemistry, manufacturing procedures and environmental issues Oilfield Chemistry and its Environmental Impact is an excellent book for oil and gas industry professionals as well as scientists, academic researchers, students and policy makers.

Download or read book Petroleum Waste Treatment and Pollution Control written by Shahryar Jafarinejad and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petroleum Waste Treatment and Pollution Control combines state-of-the-art and traditional treatment and control methods for removing, controlling, and treating problems, such as groundwater contamination, aromatics, oil, grease, organic removal, and VOCs. The book is divided into seven chapters, with the first briefly introducing readers to the petroleum industry. The second and third chapters explain wastes in the petroleum industry and focus on its environmental impact, its regulations, and protection options. Chapters four, five, and six discuss the treatment of air emissions, oily wastewater, solid wastes, and disposal methods.. The final chapter provides remediation processes. Presents the latest methods for treating, controlling, and eliminating pollutants from air, water, and land that are a byproduct of petroleum industry operations Covers the environmental impact of the petroleum industry and its regulations, explaining protection options Includes treatment methods for both air, water, and solid waste disposal Discusses remediation processes, including natural processes, pump and treat, soil flushing, soil vapor extraction (SVE), bioremediation, and excavation