Energy industries and utilities

Present energy systems are undergoing a radical transformation, driven by the urgent need to address the climate change crisis.

Oil and gas assets are under constant pressure and engineers and managers need integrity management training and strategies to ensure their operations are safe.

Saudi Arabia (1986) is a major study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia following its establishment as a leading world exporter of oil.

This book focuses on present state of the art chemical oxidation technologies with regard to various wastewater applications.

Growth of populations, increasing urbanization, and rising standards of living due to technological innovations demand not only the meticulous use of shrinking resources but also sustainable ways of producing materials for human welfare.

The world's freshwater supplies are increasingly threatened by rapidly increasing demand and the impacts of global climate change, but current approaches to transboundary water management are unsustainable and may threaten future global stability and international security.

This volume collects the results from the Politecnico di Milan's award-winning "e;Boa_Ma_Nha, Maputo!

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Energy policy is on everyone's mind these days.

In this work, practical recommendations are given for sound dike design.

Compression Machinery for Oil and Gas is the go-to source for all oil and gas compressors across the industry spectrum.

This book discusses the biorefinery of biomass feedstocks.

This book explores the Arctic as a rapidly evolving phenomenon in international affairs of a rising number of stakeholders.

Understanding ExtrACTIVISM surveys how contemporary resource extractive industry works and considers the responses it inspires in local citizens and activists.

This book, first published in 1989, examines how a seemingly trivial incident can act as a flashpoint for wider disturbances.

The reclamation of wastewater (and other essential materials) is among the major research areas for understanding the effects of implementing a circular economic model.

This book explores the environmental and ecological wisdom inherent in some of the indigenous traditions of traditional communities from developing societies like, Argentina, Brazil, India, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

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To understand the challenges imposed by climate change and the energy transition process on Latin America´s oil producers countries.

As dams age, they are subject to a series of external agents and processes which tend to deteriorate the qualities with which they were originally conceived to stand against these actions.

Power-to-Gas: Bridging the Electricity and Gas Networks introduces the concept of Power-to-Gas (P2G) technologies in the Whole Energy System framework and related Vector-Coupling Technologies (VCTs).

The unique challenges associated with understanding network industries requires insights from a range of disciplinary perspectives, namely economics, engineering, law, and political science.

Future of Utilities - Utilities of the Future: How technological innovations in distributed generation will reshape the electric power sector relates the latest information on the electric power sector its rapid transformation, particularly on the distribution network and customer side.

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This monograph provides a framework and guidelines for the assessment of institutional frameworks for integrated water resources management (IWRM).

Handbook of Energy, Volume I: Diagrams, Charts, and Tables provides comprehensive, organized coverage on all phases of energy and its role in society, including its social, economic, political, historical, and environmental aspects.

The aim of this book is to contribute to understanding risk knowledge and to forecasting components of early flood warning, particularly in the environment of tropical high mountains in developing cities.

Integrated Water Resource Planning provides practical, evidence-based guidance on water resource planning.

This thesis presents analysis of the status of IWRM implementation along with the challenges with regards to policy and institutional measures as well as the required basin information and management instruments.

Focusing on the technical, social, and economic issues involved in watershed management, this interdisciplinary author team focuses on bettering land use practices and the condition of soil water resources.

Rigorous exploration of the Trump administration''s pro-fossil fuel policy and its lasting impact on public health, the economy, and the environment.

From Oil to Gas and Beyond chronicles the history of the petroleum industry in Trinidad and Tobago and appraises major policy decisions impacting its economy.

In this fascinating and challenging work, the author analyses the way water for drinking is produced, distributed, owned, acquired, and consumed in contrasting ways in different settings.

Confined Fluid Phase Behavior and CO2 Sequestration in Shale Reservoirs delivers the calculation components to understand pore structure and absorption capacity involving unconventional reservoirs.

Emergent Pollutants in Freshwater Plankton Communities introduces the environmental and health monitoring techniques for emergent pollutants and their influences on the community structure of lentic freshwater plankton.

The management of water resources across boundaries, whether sub-national or international, is one of the most difficult challenges facing water managers today.

This volume offers detailed comparisons and validations of different methods of assessing groundwater vulnerability (DRASTIC, GOD, PI, RTt, AVI, SINTACS, COP).

Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications is a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discusses in detail the theoretical basics and practical methods of various aspects of natural gas from exploration and extraction, to synthesizing, processing and purifying, producing valuable chemicals and energy.

The literature of hydrology abounds with texts on the hydrological and water resource problems in humid regions.

The products of mining are everywhere - if it wasn't grown, it was mined or drilled.

Revised and updated, this second edition of Design of Hydraulic Gates maintains the same goal as the original: to be used as a textbook and a manual of design of gates, presenting the main aspects of design, manufacture, installation and operation of hydraulic gates, while introducing new products, technologies and calculation procedures.

Originally published in this form in 1971, the content of this book was originally part of a larger composite volume 'Water, Earth and Man' (1969) which provided a synthesis of hydrology, geomorphology and socio-economic geography.

The use of fracking is a tremendously important technology for the recovery of oil and gas, but the advantages and costs of fracking remain controversial.

This book reports on innovative research and developments in the field of environmental protection from the influence of human activities, spanning a wide range of disciplines, including urban environmental development, resources and environment engineering, green technology, and technology potential for environmental management 4.

The supply of reliable and safe water is a key challenge for developing countries, particularly India.

Wetland identification, although theoretically straightforward, is not cut and dry as a practice.

About the BookManaging biosolids for reuse and not for disposal is the focus of this book.