Crises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries: Disasters and Environmental Challenges

ISBN-13: 9780323951548 / Angielski

Mohammad Reza Rahimpour; Babak Omidvar; Nazanin Abrishami Shirazi

Spis treści

SECTION I Crisis management in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

1. Introduction to decision making and disaster management systems

2. Introduction to oil, gas and petrochemical industries: importance to the current world

3. Application of disaster engineering in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

4. Hazards in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

SECTION II Natural disasters in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

5. Effect of flood on oil, gas and petrochemical industries

6. Effect of hurricane and storm on oil, gas and petrochemical industries

SECTION III Manmade disasters in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

7. Fire event in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

8. Explosion in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

9. Release of toxic substances in disasters of oil, gas and petrochemical units

10. Hazardous Materials and Dust Release in Disaster of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Units

11. Short-term and Long-term Health Problems in Exposure to Chemicals

SECTION IV Environmental issues regarded oil, gas and petrochemical industries

12. Global warming and greenhouse effect resulted from oil, gas and petrochemical units

13. Environmental concerns of wastes release from oil, gas and petrochemical units

14. Environmental challenges of gases vent from flares and chimneys

15. Environmental effects of dust release from oil, gas and petrochemical units

16. Environmental challenges of extracting unconventional petroleum reserves

17. Natural resources overusing in oil, gas and petrochemical industries and challenges

18. Noise pollution from oil, gas and petrochemical industries

19. Environmental benefits and challenges of fossil fuels replacement with clean energy