Unconventional gas development – particularly the exploration and exploitation of shale gas – has become a highly contentious issue in almost every country where it has been proposed. Yet the responses of governments in those countries have varied...Loe edasi...
Russia is the world’s largest producer of both oil and gas, with very significant reserves. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the exploitation of oil and gas has taken place mainly in existing Soviet legacy fields, where established, relati...Loe edasi...
Human civilization has long relied on fire from biomass for energy. Burning, an oxidation reaction, liberates energy and continues until the material reaches its highest oxidation state. The evolution of energy sources, from forest fires to nuclear...Loe edasi...
Safety Engineering in the Oil and Gas Industry discusses how to improve safety in the oil and gas industry and reduce hazards to the lowest level feasible. A must-read for any student or professional in the oil and gas industries. W...Loe edasi...
This book explores the myriad issues that play out in the upstream petroleum industry of Ghana from a legal perspective. This book explores the myriad issues that play out in the upstream petroleum industry of Ghana from a legal per...Loe edasi...
First published in 1988, The Bhopal Syndrome documents one of world’s worst industrial disaster: The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. The tragedy exposed a variety of issues plaguing rapid development such as the negligence of corporations and g...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jul-2024, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Queensland Press, ISBN-13: 9780702268601)
Researched and written by one of Australia’ s most fearless investigative journalists, Slick reveals how the US petroleum industry was warned about its environmental impacts back in the 1950s and yet went on to build the Australian oil in...Loe edasi...
The UKs energy problems are now centre stage. Growing up with Gas puts them in perspective with a history of the gas industry from its revolutionary origins at the beginning of the 19th century, manufacturing coal gas, to the present, as a now hand...Loe edasi...
An essential resource to navigate a fast-changing and challenging world, this book presents core concepts and practical insights for enterprise risk management, business continuity management and organisational resilience. Business continuity manage...Loe edasi...
Oil and gas industries apply several techniques for assessing and mitigating the risks that are inherent in its operations. In this context, the application of Bayesian Networks (BNs) to risk assessment offers a different probabilistic version of...Loe edasi...
The Palgrave Handbook of Natural Gas and Global Energy Transitions provides an in-depth and authoritative examination of the transformative implications of the ongoing global energy transitions for natural gas markets across the worl...Loe edasi...
The book discusses recent theoretical, practical, and policy issues in the economics and finance of the Oil and Gas industry in emerging markets and developing economies....Loe edasi...
