Islam / Chhetri / Khan Green Petroleum

How Oil and Gas Can Be Environmentally Sustainable
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-44407-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 624 Seiten, E-Book

Can "green petroleum" reverse global warming and bring down highgasoline prices? Written in non-technical language for thelayperson, this book investigates and details how the oil and gasindustry can "go green" with new processes and technologies, thusbringing the world's most important industry closer toenvironmental and economic sustainability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Islam, M. R.

Chhetri, A. B.

Khan, M. M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: From the Pharaonic Age to the Information Age: HaveWe Progressed in Technology Development Skills?
Chapter 3: How long has this 'technologicaldisaster' been in the making? Delinearized History ofCivilization and Technology Development
Chapter 4: Is Modern Science Capable of Discerning Between Trueand False?
Chapter 5: Fundamentals of Mass and Energy Balance
Chapter 6: A True Sustainability Criterion and ItsImplications
Chapter 7: What is Truly Green Energy?
Chapter 8: Good Light and Bad Light
Chapter 9: Do You Believe in Global Warming?
Chapter 10: Is the 3R's mantra sufficient?
Chapter 11: Truly Green Refining and Gas Processing
Chapter 12: Greening of Flow Operations
Chapter 13: The Greening of Enhanced Oil Recovery
Chapter 14: Deconstruction of Engineering Myths Prevalent in theEnergy Sector
Chapter 15: Conclusions
References

Über Autor(innen)

M. R. Islam is Professor of Petroleum Engineering in theCivil and Resource Engineering Department at Dalhousie University,Canada. He has over 700 publications to his credit, including sixbooks, and is on the editorial boards of several scholarlyjournals. In addition to his teaching duties, he is also Directorof Emertec Research and Development Ltd. and has been on the boardsof a number of companies in North America and overseas.
M. M. Khan was recently a lecturer in chemicalengineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering andTechnology, before moving to Canada. He has written a dozen papersand coauthored a book on zero-waste engineering and sustainabletechnology.
A. B. Chhetri is a Carbon and Energy Analyst with GolderAssociates Ltd. in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where hedelivers consulting services in carbon and energy management. Hehas over twelve years of experience in energy development andmanagement.