LEADER 05296nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910808300603321 005 20240516163710.0 010 $a1-280-76817-7 010 $a9786613678942 010 $a1-118-44407-8 010 $a1-118-44405-1 010 $a1-118-44410-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000206390 035 $a(EBL)918279 035 $a(OCoLC)798927886 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000677744 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11415285 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677744 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10696503 035 $a(PQKB)10014829 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC918279 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL918279 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10570762 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367894 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000206390 100 $a20090428d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGreen petroleum$b[electronic resource] $ehow oil and gas can be environmentally sustainable /$fedited by M.R. Islam, M.M. Khan, and A.B. Chhetri 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSalem, Mass. ;$aHoboken, New Jersey $cScrivener $cWiley$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (624 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-07216-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGreen Petroleum: How Oil and Gas Can Be Environmentally Sustainable; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 'Greening': What does it Entail?; 1.2 The Science of Change: How will our Epoch be Remembered?; 1.3 Are Natural Resources Finite and Human Needs Infinite?; 1.4 The Standard of Sustainable Engineering; 1.5 Can Nature be Treated as if it were Static?; 1.6 Can Human Intervention Affect Long-Term Sustainability of Nature?; 1.7 Can an Energy Source be Isolated from Matter?; 1.8 Is it Possible that Air, Water, and Earth became our Enemies?; 1.9 Can we Compare Diamonds with Enriched Uranium? 327 $a1.10 Is Zero-Waste an Absurd Concept?1.11 How can we Determine Whether Natural Energy Sources Last Forever?; 1.12 Can Doing Good be Bad Business?; 1.13 Greening of Petroleum Operations: A Fiction?; 2 From the Pharaonic Age to the Information Age: Have we Progressed in Technology Development Skills?; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fundamental Misconceptions of the Modern Age; 2.2.1 Chemicals are Chemicals and Energy is Energy; 2.2.2 If you Cannot See, it Does not Exist; 2.2.3 Simulation Equals Emulation; 2.2.4 Whatever Works is True 327 $a3 How Long Has This 'Technological Disaster' Been in the Making? Delinearized History of Civilization and Technology Development3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Delinearized History of Time, Science, and Truth; 3.2.1 Role of First Premise; 3.3 Other Considerations in Mathematics and Science; 3.3.1 Numbers in the Qur'an; 3.4 Modeling Natural Phenomena in Multiple Dimensions; 3.4.1 Transition from Mathematics of Tangibles to Mathematics of Intangibles; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 Is Modern Science Capable of Discerning Between True and False?; 4.1 Introduction 327 $a4.2 Why Focus on Tangibles Makes it Impossible for us to Act on Conscience That is Needed to Increase our Knowledge of Truth4.3 New Science vs. Science of Intangibles; 4.4 The Criterion of Truth and Falsehood; 4.5 Effect of the Science of Tangibles; 4.6 The Science of Matter and Energy; 4.6.1 The European Knowledge Trail in Mass and Energy; 4.6.2 Delinearized History of Mass and Energy Management in the Middle East; 4.7 Paradigm Shift in Scientific and Engineering Calculations; 4.8 Summary and Conclusions; 5 Fundamentals of Mass and Energy Balance; 5.1 Introduction 327 $a5.2 The Difference Between a Natural Process and an Engineered Process5.3 The Measurement Conundrum of the Phenomenon and its Observer; 5.3.1 Background; 5.3.2 Galileo's Experimental Program: An Early Example of the Nature-Science Approach; 5.4 Implications of Einstein's Theory of Relativity on Newtonian Mechanics; 5.5 Newton's First Assumption; 5.6 First Level of Rectification of Newton's First Assumption; 5.7 Second Level of Rectification of Newton's First Assumption; 5.8 Fundamental Assumptions of Electromagnetic Theory; 5.9 Aims of Modeling Natural Phenomena 327 $a5.10 Challenges of Modeling Sustainable Petroleum Operations 330 $a Can ""green petroleum"" reverse global warming and bring down high gasoline prices? Written in non-technical language for the layperson, this book investigates and details how the oil and gas industry can ""go green"" with new processes and technologies, thus bringing the world's most important industry closer to environmental and economic sustainability. 606 $aPetroleum as fuel 606 $aPetroleum products 606 $aRenewable energy sources 615 0$aPetroleum as fuel. 615 0$aPetroleum products. 615 0$aRenewable energy sources. 676 $a665.5028/6 676 $a665.50286 686 $aSCI013000$2bisacsh 701 $aIslam$b Rafiqul$f1959-$0856406 701 $aKhan$b M. M$0856408 701 $aChhetri$b M. M$01609107 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808300603321 996 $aGreen petroleum$93936185 997 $aUNINA