ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsNomenclatureChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The New Management Guidelines 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Current Practices of Petroleum Operations 2.3 Problems of Current Operations 2.4 Sustainability in Petroleum Operations 2.5 Tools Needed for Sustainable Petroleum Operations 2.6 How the Green Supply Chain Model Leads to Sustainability 2.7 Benefits of the New ModelChapter 3 Exploration Operations 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Current Practices of Exploration Operations 3.3 Exploration Techniques 3.4 Problems with Current Exploration Techniques 3.5 Sustainability of Current Exploration Techniques 3.6 Accuracy and Uncertainty of Explorations 3.7 Special Measures for Sustainable Exploration TechnologyChapter 4 Drilling and Production Operations 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Current Practices of Drilling and Production 4.3 Production 4.4 Problems with Current Practices 4.5 Operations in the Ecologically Sensitive Areas 4.6 Emerging Technologies and Future Potential 4.7 Sonic While Drilling 4.8 Knowledge-Based Optimization of a Rotary Drilling System for the Oil and Gas Industry 4.9 Future Research in Production Operations 4.10 Benefits of Sustainable Drilling and ProductionsChapter 5 Sustainable Waste Management 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Drilling and Production Wastes 5.3 Waste Estimation 5.4 Environmental Fate of Petroleum Wastes 5.5 Current Practices of Waste Management 5.6 Evaluation of Current Waste Management Technologies 5.7 Alternative Waste Management 5.8 Sustainability of Waste ManagementChapter 6 Reservoir Engineering and Secondary Recovery 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Well Test Analysis 6.3 Current Practice in Well Logging 6.4 Current Practices of Core Analysis 6.5 Practical GuidelinesChapter 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Operations 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Contributions of Different Disciplines 7.3 Different EOR Techniques 7.4 Gas Injection 7.5 Chemical EOR 7.6 Microbial EOR 7.7 EOR in Marginal Reservoirs 7.8 Scaling of EOR Schemes 7.9 Environmental Consideration in EOR Operations 7.10 Alternative Technologies for EOR 7.11 CO2 EOR Technology 7.12 Electromagnetic Heating for EORChapter 8 Transportation, Processing, and Refining Operations 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Pipelines and Risk Management 8.3 Natural Gas Supply and Processing 8.4 Oil Refining 8.5 Sustainable Oil Refining Model 8.6 Corrosion in Petroleum Structures 8.7 Hydrate Problems and Some SuggestionsChapter 9 Decommissioning of Drilling and Production Facilities 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Historical Analysis 9.3 Type of Oil Platforms/Platform Structures 9.4 Environmental Issues in Decommissioning 9.5 Toxicity and Degradation of Waste Generation 9.6 Decommissioning Regulations 9.7 Current Practices of Decommissioning 9.8 Case Studies 9.9 Sustainability of Offshore Platform Decommissioning 9.10 Alternative Approaches 9.11 Guidelines for Sustainable Management 9.12 Ecological and Economic Benefit of Artificial Reefs from Oil RigsChapter 10 Summary and Conclusions 10.1 Summary 10.2 Fundamental Misconceptions in Technology Development 10.3 Understanding Nature and Sustainability 10.4 Solutions that would Turn an Implosive Process Around 10.5 Conclusions and RecommendationsReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index
