An environmentally friendly oil industry?

Article Abstract:

Environmental aspects of the oil industry are discussed by a technical consultant and energy conservation advocate. Government regulation, alternative fuels, and environmental concerns may shift the economic balance toward new refineries designed to avoid problems in a proactive approach. Topics include unit size and product distribution, costs/profits, comparing startup and older refineries, and integrating fuel refining and petrochemicals. Tables give data of various kinds.

Innovations, Design and construction, Petroleum chemicals industry, Petrochemicals industry, Petroleum refineries, Green technology

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Earth Day

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A researcher and manager in the oil industry looks back on a career and on environmentalism with the observation that no oil company employee he ever knew ever wanted to release toxics into the environment or considered that a good thing, although the employees did consider what levels of risk and exposure were acceptable. Phthalates in plastics, MTBE and smoking in public are discussed as they related to Earth Day.

Health aspects, Political aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, 2000 AD, Chemical industry, Phthalate esters, Phthalate plasticizers, MTBE, Environmentalists, Environmental activists, Methyl tertiary butyl ether, Oxygenates, Earth Day, Oxygenates (Fuel additives)

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Reading, reading, . . . and reading

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Reading is time-consuming, and with limited time, a chemist must make selections carefully. Sources of current information on chemistry are discussed with emphasis on the publications of the American Chemical Society..

Scholarly publishing, Publishing industry, Biochemistry, American Chemical Society, Learned institutions and societies, Learned societies

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