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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583464603321

Autore

Olaguer Eduardo P.

Titolo

Atmospheric impacts of the oil and gas industry / / Eduardo P. Olaguer, Houston Advanced Research Center, The Woodlands, TX, United States

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

0-12-801858-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 158 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

333.8232

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Environmental aspects

Air - Pollution - Standards

Gas industry - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

A brief history of oil and gas development from an environmental perspective -- Overview of oil and gas processes and their emissions to air -- Toxic air pollution on neighborhood scales -- Urban and regional ozone -- Particulate matter and surface deposition -- Greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts -- Emission inventories -- Ambient air monitoring and remote sensing -- Data assimilation and inverse modeling -- Photochemical simulation -- Multiscale impact assessment -- Emission controls.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the most up-to-date scientific and technological methods available to quantify oil and gas industry emissions and atmospheric impacts in a manner that is relevant to the development of, compliance with, and enforcement of effective policy and regulations.