Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production Vol. 1: Best Practices in the Petroleum Industry

1. The petroleum industry

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Oil- and gas-field operations

1.3 Gas plant processing operations

1.4 Refining and refinery operations

1.5 Refining technologies

1.6 Further reading

2. The Santa Maria oil sumps

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Environmental health concerns

2.3 Removing total petroleum hydrocarbon from soil

2.4 Current procedure to remove decommissioned petroleum sumps

2.5 Sump identification and remediation in Santa Maria

2.6 Lawsuits

2.7 The current and future Santa Maria

2.8 Conclusion

3. The Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The incident

3.3 Who was responsible for the accident?

3.4 Federal response

3.5 Lawsuits

3.6 Crude oil and the ocean environment

3.7 Specific ecological impact of the Santa Barbara oil spill

3.8 Cleanup efforts

3.9 Impact on legislation and regulations

3.10 Conclusion

4. Exxon Valdez oil spill

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The event

4.3 The environment

4.4 Cleanup processes

4.5 Environmental justice

4.6 Government response

5. Best practices for developing fugitive emissions inventories

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Methodology by which emissions inventories are prepared

5.3 Inherent flaws that contribute to biased reporting

5.4 Toxic Release Inventory

5.5 IPCC assessment and best international practices

5.6 Closing remarks

6. Guidelines for cleaner production

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Best practices

6.3 Other best management practices

6.4 Strategies for reducing flaring

6.5 Sulfur recovery strategies

6.6 Strategies for emissions testing programs