Oil Spills and Gas Leaks: Environmental Response, Prevention and Cost Recovery (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

Testa, Stephen M.; Jacobs, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071772898 ISBN 13: 9780071772891

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2014

Synopsis

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The definitive guide to petroleum hydrocarbon fuel spill and leak causes, prevention, response, and cost recovery

Oil Spills and Gas Leaks highlights the complex nature of petroleum hydrocarbon fuel extraction methods, the unintended consequences when disasters occur, spill behavior, and environmental impact mitigation. This practical resource discusses engineering techniques; long-term biological and environmental effects; dealing with insurance claims, litigation, and legislation in overlapping jurisdictions; and much more. Featuring global case studies and best practices, this timely volumeprovides an in-depth understanding of how oil spills and gas leaks occur and describes the most effective environmental assessment, remediation, and restoration options available to respond to these industrial accidents.

COVERAGE INCLUDES:

• The role of petroleum hydrocarbon fuels in society
• Geology and geochemistry of oil and gas deposits
• Oil and gas well drilling and production issues
• Behavior of oil spills in various environments
• Behavior of gas leaks in various environments
• Assessment of spills and leaks
• Toxicity issues and exposure pathways
• Subsurface investigations
• Sampling strategies and remedial approaches
• Sampling methods on land and offshore
• Prevention, oversight, and mitigation
• Remediation of oil spills
• Case histories and cost recovery
• Oil spills and wildlife
• Oil spills and safety issues
• Conclusions and recommendations

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Testa is executive officer of the California State Mining and Geology Board and has undergraduate and graduate degrees in geology. He has written more than 125 articles in the field of geology and environmental science, and has published 11 books. Testa is an expert on hydrocarbon recovery, resource recovery, and reuse and recycling of soils, sediments, and wastes. He is the past president of both the American Institute of Professional Geologists and the American Geological Institute and is president-elect of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Energy Mineral Division. James Jacobs is chief hydrogeologist at Environmental Bio-Systems, Inc., and has both undergraduate and graduate degrees in geology. He won three Fulbright grants in environmental engineering. Jacobs also worked in oil fields in Alaska and California for close to a decade before working for two decades in the environmental assessment and remediation field.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0071772898
• ISBN 13: 9780071772891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 592