Energy & Resource Development of Continental Margins

Preface

List of Contributors and Their Affiliations

I. Geological and Geochemical Exploration


1. Exploring for Oil and Gas on the Continental Shelf


2. Seismic Risk and Resource Development in the Coastal Zone


3. Estimated Undiscovered Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources of the Continental Shelf of the United States


4. Offshore Frontier Basins of the Pacific States and Alaska: Some Generalizations about Their Geologic Setting and Petroleum Potential

II. Novel Energy and Resource Recovery Methods


5. Energy and the Oceans: Myths and Realities


6. Novel Methods for Recovery of Marine Kerogen and Bitumen


7. Urban and Fish Processing Wastes in the Marine Environment: A Case of Wasted Energy at Terminal Island, California


8. A Comparison of the Alcan Plan with the Methanol Approach for Prudhoe Bay Natural Gas

III. Environmental Constraints and Pollutant Analysis


9. Variability in Response of Marine Organisms to Petroleum under Different Conditions


10. The Use of GC/MS in the Identification and Analysis of Organic Pollutants in Water


11. Development of a Novel Hydrocarbon-in-Water Monitor


12. Has the Clean Air Act Really Stopped Industrial Growth?

IV. Social Impact and Safety of Onshore and Offshore Activities


13. Crude Oil Transportation and Oil Spills: A Brief Overview of the Implications for Southern California


14. The LNG Decision Problem


15. The Management of Federal Energy Resources in the United States


16. The Regulatory Nightmare: Catch 22!


17. OCS Impact on Recreation — The Southern California View


18. Effects of a Power Plant Effluent on Intertidal Organisms at Humboldt Bay, California

Index