Energy industries and utilities

A comprehensive and richly illustrated overview of the Gulf of Mexico Basin, including its reservoirs, source rocks, tectonics and evolution.

Rising fuel prices during recent years and the threat of global warming have reinforced public and scientific interest in the issue of sustainable energy, with the term sustainability understood as having economic, environmental and social dimensions.

This book addresses key issues across the field of sustainable urban planning, and provides a unique reference tool for planners, engineers, architects, public administrators, and other experts.

Originally published in 1988.

Australias response to climate change must truly baffle outsiders.

ReImagine Appalachia- Healing the Land and Empowering the People documents the three-year grass-roots collaboration among people, organizations, elected officials and faith leaders to envision and enact into law a blueprint for shared prosperity in the four Appalachia states of KY, OH, PA and WV.

This book suggests sustainable economy from the viewpoint of tourism fostering low carbon footprint.

Water is a basic human need, and despite predictions of "e;water wars,"e; shared waters have proven to be the natural resource with the greatest potential for interstate cooperation and local confidence building.

The book describes the results of the AGaStor Project's social research carried out in northwestern Poland which recognizes the main social opportunities and barriers to the introduction of CCUS to society.

The USGCRP's Carbon Cycle Working Group asked the National Research Council's Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change to hold a workshop on Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle.

This comprehensive reference provides thorough coverage of water and wastewater reclamation and reuse.

Wastewater Organisms contains 210 high-quality full-color micrographs to help you identify organisms found in sewage and sludge.

When accidents occur in the oil and gas industry, the impacts can be profound.

Ein wesentlicher Anteil der in Deutschland benötigten Endenergien entfällt auf die Sektoren Industrie, Gewerbe, Handel und Dienstleistungen.

Offering broad coverage of advanced principals and applications, Control of Heavy Metals in the Environment mini series provides chemical and environmental engineers with the most complete resource available on the remediation of heavy metal contaminants with an emphasis on advanced and alternative approaches.

This book critically explores how the water-energy-food nexus can be used as an organising framework to address environmental degradation and promote sustainable development.

The US Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest and most prolific offshore hydrocarbon basins in the world with thousands of structures installed in the region and tens of thousands of wells drilled.

This collection examines the important and topical issue of the economic, social and environmental implications of concerted attempts to diversify energy sources away from fossil fuels.

In March 2011 the Fukushima nuclear power plant (NPP) in Japan was hit by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami which resulted in the release of significant amounts of radioactive material.

This book provides a balanced discussion about the wastewater generated by hydraulic fracturing operations, and how to manage it.

This book addresses fundamental questions about the very idea of demand: how is it constituted, how does it change and how might it be steered?

An overview of today's energy markets from a multi-commodity perspective As global warming takes center stage in the public and private sectors, new debates on the future of energy markets and electricity generation have emerged around the world.

A bidirectional approach of detoxifying the liquid and gaseous effluents of oil refineries is elucidated in this thesis.

Invasive non-native species are a major threat to global biodiversity.

This book discusses the balance of priorities within the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus and its impact on policy development and implementation, highlighting innovative perspectives in adopting a holistic approach to identify, analyse and manage the nexus component interdependencies.

Electricity is a quirky commodity: more often than not, it cannot be stored, easily transported, or imported from overseas.

This volume is an energy-tailored sequel to the research on the Arctic carried out at MGIMO University.

This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain.

Textbook covering problems with supply of drinking water, ideal for environmental sciences students and professionals.

The effect of corrosion in the oil industry leads to the failure of parts.

This book includes the proceedings of the Responsible Engineering and Living 2022 Symposium and Industry Summit.

Development of advanced technologies is a critical component in overcoming the looming water crisis.

The generation of offshore energy is a rapidly growing sector, competing for space in an already busy seascape.

The Disintegration of the Soviet Economic System (1992) examines in detail the collapse of the Soviet economic system, and is set in its political context, both international and domestic.

From Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, the authors of Clean Tech Revolution, comes the next definitive book on the Clean Tech industry.

At a time of great turmoil and crisis, environmentally, socially and politically, water has emerged as a topic of huge global concern.

Originally published in 1986, The Permafrost Environment examines how the search for oil, gas and minerals in the arctic region instigated new and vitally important needs to understand the permafrost environment.

Water Environment Modeling covers the formulations and applications of mathematical models that simulate water flow and chemical transport in rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries, coastal, and ocean waters.

Soviet Geography (1935) presents a comprehensive account of the economic development of the USSR as it stood at the time.

Compiling recent advances in membrane separations technology, this highly relevant book introduces cost-effective solutions for separation problems in a wide range of industries.

Oil stands alone among primary commodities in its potential for sending economic shock waves across the world.

In the Eastern corridor of Northern region of Ghana, presence of high fluoride concentration in the groundwater has made many drilled boreholes unusable for drinking.

Contaminated bottom sediments and their negative impacts on water quality are a major problem in surface waters throughout the United States as well as in many other parts of the world.

For the Nonengineering ProfessionalPerfect for anyone without a background in science or engineering who wants to take a closer look at how water is processed and treated, Reverse Osmosis: A Guide for the Nonengineering Professional relates reverse osmosis in its most basic form and addresses growing concerns about the quality of tap water.

This book is a concise but comprehensive guide to the history, present and possible futures of carbon capture and storage policy and action in the United Kingdom (UK).

Tritium is used by all nuclear weapons states to increase the explosive yield of atomic bombs and to miniaturize them.

While most books examine only the classical aspects of hydrology, this three-volume set covers multiple aspects of hydrology.

This text provides approaches and methodologies for implementing pollution prevention (P2) and waste minimization programmes to reduce manufacturing operational costs significantly.

A gripping, real-life thriller set in the world of the most important tradeable commodity on earth: oil________________________'A taut thriller .

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) could alleviate the nations dependence on oil and reduce U.