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Today, pollution control regulations define how complex technological systems interact with natural ecosystems and competing human uses of the environment. Redefining Efficiency examines the evolution of this industrial ecology in the United States by tracing numerous pollution concerns associated with the production, transportation, and refining of petroleum over the course of the twentieth century. In doing so, this book demonstrates that a pollution...
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Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a petroleum engineer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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"Drawing from hundreds of confidential oil industry documents spanning decades, this explosive work of investigative reporting reveals for the first time the far-right conspiracy that's stopped the world from preventing the climate crisis. In The Petroleum Papers, investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki tells the story of how the American oil companies that founded the tar sands in Alberta, Canada -- home to the third-biggest oil reserves on the planet...
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Apoyada en una amplia revisión bibliográfica, la presente obra se organiza en tres capítulos. En el primer capítulo se abordan los factores que contribuyen al fomento de las políticas de incentivo a la producción de los biocarburantes a principios del siglo XXI, a saber, la seguridad energética, el fin del petróleo barato y el calentamiento global. Desde la crisis petrolera de 1973, las preocupaciones sobre la seguridad energética se centran...
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It has been difficult coming across books that deal specifically on the subject of seabed seismic, be it in data acquisition or data processing. In this book we dwell mostly on Ocean Bottom Cable (OBC) and Ocean Bottom Node (OBN), with receivers placed on the seabed-- hydrophones to measure pressure in water (p-waves), geophones or accelerometers to measure vertical particle motion (p-waves) and horizontal particle motion (s-waves). The discussion...
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"Winner of the 2006 Book Award in Science, Phi Beta Kappa" William F. Ruddiman is a paleoclimatologist and professor emeritus at the University of Virginia.
The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum has sparked lively scientific debate since it...
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Great Courses volume 8
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Peer into the future with this look at some of the newest trends in oil and gas production. Professor Wysession explains the difference between conventional and unconventional oil, the geology of oil sands and oil shales, and the risks of fracking (which can cause earthquakes and other serious damage).
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012" Michael L. Ross is professor of political science and director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published widely on the politics of resource-rich countries and served on advisory boards for the World Bank, the Revenue Watch Institute, and the Natural Resource Charter. His work has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the...
11) Scrude
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Oil, eh? One of the most troublesome substances known to man.
Burn it and the world goes into meltdown. Disrupt it and the world goes into meltdown. You just can't win with oil... unless, of course, you're in the business.
Supply disruptions hand the oil majors a golden chance to cash in on the subsequent spiralling price of their product... as the world was to discover to its cost the day Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Or rather,...
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Great Courses volume 7
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In the first of two lectures on petroleum, examine the science behind this common fossil fuel: how it's formed, how it's found and processed, how it's transported, and how it's used. You'll also gain insights into related topics, including geologic structures such as anticlines and the growth of the petroleum industry.
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A gripping account of how the 50-year life of Nigeria has been shaped by the crude oil that flows from its Niger Delta, this chronicle is peopled with a cast of characters that is stranger than fiction from the Area Boy gangsters of Lagos and the anti-imperialist militants in their swamp forest hideouts to the oil company executives in their office suites and a corrupt state governor who stashed a million dollars in cash in his west London penthouse....
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Tipos de Juntas BridadasBridas, Espárragos y Juntas. Prácticas Recomendadas para el Montaje de Juntas Bridadas.
En esta publicación encontrará un gran número de imágenes, principios básicos y descripciones, que le ayudarán a resolver las cuestiones más comunes que surgen durante el proceso de montaje de una unión embridada.
El libro pretende ser una herramienta de orientación para los principiantes y de lectura sencilla para los experimentados.
La...
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The "Hydro Testing Handbook" is an essential guide for anyone involved in the hydrostatic testing of pressure systems. This comprehensive book covers all aspects of the hydrostatic testing process, including principles, practices, applications, formulas, and common Q&A. The book provides a detailed explanation of the hydro testing process, outlining the steps involved in planning, preparation, and execution, as well as the interpretation of results....
16) Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum
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From the author of Resource Wars, a landmark assessment of the critical role of petroleum in America's actions abroad
In his pathbreaking Resource Wars, world security expert Michael T. Klare alerted us to the role of resources in conflicts in the post-Cold War world. Now, in Blood and Oil, he concentrates on a single precious commodity, petroleum, while issuing a warning to the United States-its most powerful, and most dependent, global consumer.
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"And, Clancy, you must wheel them,
try and wheel them to the right.
Ride boldly, lad, and never fear the spills."
In 1973, facing prosecution for dangerous driving following a high-speed motorcycle collision, a young civil engineer accepted a short-term job offer in Singapore. That twist of fate catapulted him into a global oil and gas industry fueled by fallout from the Yom Kippur War, which saw crude oil jump from US$23 to US$62 a barrel. One year...
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"Oil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be no planes, no plastic, no exotic produce, and a global political landscape few would recognize. Humanity's dependence upon oil looks set to continue for decades to come, but what is it? Fully updated and packed with fascinating facts to fuel dinner party debate, Professor Vaclav Smil's Oil: A Beginner's Guide explains all matters related to the 'black stuff', from its discovery...
20) Cinch Knot: Pigs, Politics, and Petroleum. The Multinational Plot to Nuke the Trans Alaska Pipeline
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Pipeline security guard, Dan Webster, and pump station technician, Gwen Stevens, discover a nuclear device inside an ultrasonic inspection pig, and are convinced it is a part of a sinister conspiracy involving the pipeline. They discover a multinational plot, Cinch Knot, masterminded by influential oil and shipping leaders to restrict the flow of oil by nuking the pipeline and driving the price of oil upward. Thus, the fate of the Alaska oil pipeline,...
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