Energy industries and utilities

This book focuses on the fundamentals of sediment transport in surface waters.

This book focuses on the fundamentals of sediment transport in surface waters.

Quite a large number of major oil and gas projects are failures with respect to their costs, schedules, and operational performance.

In using risk-informed approaches for ensuring safety of operating nuclear power plants (NPPs), risk importance measures obtained from probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs) of the plants are integral elements of consideration in many cases.

Advances and Technology Development in Greenhouse Gases: Emission, Capture and Conversion is a comprehensive seven-volume set of books that discusses the composition and properties of greenhouse gases, and introduces different sources of greenhouse gases emission and the relation between greenhouse gases and global warming.

With growing concerns about the security, cost, and ecological consequences of energy use, people around the world are becoming more conscious of the systems that meet their daily needs for food, heat, cooling, light, transportation, communication, waste disposal, medicine, and goods.

The construction in the 1940s of hydroelectric dams and reservoirs, Lakes Manouan and Passe Dangereuse, were enormous projects that had consequences not only on the environment but also on international affairs.

The near-annihilation of Europe's Jews in the Second World War destroyed not only much of their history, but also knowledge of the contributions they made to the regions in which they lived.

The near-annihilation of Europe's Jews in the Second World War destroyed not only much of their history, but also knowledge of the contributions they made to the regions in which they lived.

Through their case-study of the evolution of a relatively small manufacturer such as Ferranti-Packard, Ball and Vardalas address a number of broader themes in the history of Canadian business and technology.

Waste management is a topical issue worldwide.

The anatomy of water, water as a substance, water as a medium, the principles of the hydrologic cycle, the economics of water, and challenges are all covered in the first chapter of this book.

Water is our planet s most precious resource.

It's in our food, our cosmetics, our fuel and our bodies.

It's in our food, our cosmetics, our fuel and our bodies.

The Energy Trilemma in the Baltic Sea Region provides insight into the energy trilemma in the Baltic Sea Region.

This book contributes to a better understanding of the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles for corporate value in the energy industry.

An essential, in-depth guide to mining investment analysis Written by a mining investment expert, The Mining Valuation Handbook: Mining and Energy Valuation for Investors and Management is a useful resource.

An essential, in-depth guide to mining investment analysis Written by a mining investment expert, The Mining Valuation Handbook: Mining and Energy Valuation for Investors and Management is a useful resource.

Steve Coll's Private Empire is winner of the FT/GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2012.

Northeast Utilities Company adopted an ambitious new competitive strategy in the mid-1980s, seeking to become the low-cost supplier in New England electric power markets bracing for deregulation.

As an executive of an electric utility, have you wondered how you will navigate increasing regulatory uncertainty, appeal to disheartened consumers, and balance short-term returns with long-term sustainability?

Advances and Technology Development in Greenhouse Gases: Emission, Capture and Conversion is a comprehensive seven-volume set of books that discusses the composition and properties of greenhouse gases, and introduces different sources of greenhouse gases emission and the relation between greenhouse gases and global warming.

Managing the urban water cycle needs to be underpinned by key sustainability principles of water consumption, water recycling, waste minimisation and environmental protection.

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 explores the impact of population aging on energy use patterns in society from both a theoretical and an empirical angle, with a specific focus on Japan and Spain.

New York Times-Bestselling Author:"e;Should be ready by anyone who owns a microwave, or an iPod, or a table lamp, which is to say everyone.

Given the industrialized world's historical dependence on fossil fuel-based energy resources and the now-realized perils of moving beyond the earth's carbon budget, this book explores the myriad challenges of climate change and in reaching a low-carbon economy.

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

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Brings together a collection of papers from academia, government, and policy think tanks on US energy tax policy.

Brings together a collection of papers from academia, government, and policy think tanks on US energy tax policy.

This book explains how new sources of energy increased productivity, thereby transforming industry and changing England permanently and fundamentally.

This book explains how new sources of energy increased productivity, thereby transforming industry and changing England permanently and fundamentally.

This book provides a critical evaluation of the theory and assumptions that underlie methods for estimating rates of groundwater recharge.

A graduate-level guide to the application of rock physics in quantitative seismic interpretation.

This book provides a critical evaluation of the theory and assumptions that underlie methods for estimating rates of groundwater recharge.

An investigation of the potential and limitations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the oil and gas sector.

A user-friendly, thorough introduction to quantitative modelling of sedimentary basins, illustrated throughout with real-world examples, applications and test exercises.

Shows that electoral competition and partisan government helped balance the conflicting demands of voters'' interests with the financial pressures generated by capital scarcity.

The first and only comprehensive examination of current and future legal principles designed to govern oil and gas activity in Iraq.

This book explains the links between past and present oil crises, financial crises, and geopolitical conflicts.

Demonstrates that the political institutions of authoritarian regimes and consolidated democracies are better equipped to create attractive policies for investors.

Shows that electoral competition and partisan government helped balance the conflicting demands of voters'' interests with the financial pressures generated by capital scarcity.

The first and only comprehensive examination of current and future legal principles designed to govern oil and gas activity in Iraq.

An investigation of the potential and limitations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the oil and gas sector.

This book offers an analysis of multinational enterprise throughout the world by examining the spread of electrification.

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

Daniel Pope follows the collapse of a small public agency''s attempts to build five nuclear power plants in the 1970s.