Quantifying Environmental Benefits of Improved Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Technology

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lewis Godec ◽  
Nancy Lynn Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Production Technology ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Exploration And Production

Tribal and State Sovereignty and Federal Responsibility1

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-135
Author(s):  
Jane Nakad
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
State Government ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT The role of tribal and state government in environmental protection and regulation is an important complement and supplement to that of the federal government. This was found to be evident during the Problem Oil Pit (POP) effort conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region VIII and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region VI. When the two federal agencies decided to join forces to address the problem of oil-covered pits and other environmental problems in oil fields, it quickly was determined that a collaborative approach would be required to address the problems that might be encountered. EPA and USFWS were aware that tribes and states, as well as other federal agencies, have their own responsibilities in the oilfield. Both agencies were also sensitive to the sovereignty of the tribes and states. Therefore, EPA and USFWS knew it was vital for success to enlist the concurrence, support, and participation of the tribes, states, and other federal agencies in the effort. Thus the POP effort became multilevel as well as multiagency when those tribal, state, and federal agencies with responsibility for and authority over the oil and gas exploration and production industry joined the EPA and USFWS as partners in the POP effort. This collaborative effort did not come about without the resolution of some issues and problems related to authorities, responsibilities, and sovereignty. However, cooperation and coordination between tribal, state, and federal governmental agencies in the POP effort resulted in short- and long-term environmental benefits that protect human health, birds, and wildlife and the environment.

Areas of historical oil and gas exploration and production in the conterminous United States

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Mast ◽  
D.H. Root ◽  
L.P. Williams ◽  
W.R. Beeman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Exploration And Production

Accelerating oil and gas investment and reserves by design

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 557
Author(s):  
Barry A. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Land Access ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Oil And Gas Producers ◽  
Crude Oil Prices ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Operations

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence (Adams 1770). Some people unfamiliar with upstream petroleum operations, some enterprises keen to sustain uncontested land use, and some people against the use of fossil fuels have and will voice opposition to land access for oil and gas exploration and production. Social and economic concerns have also arisen with Australian domestic gas prices tending towards parity with netbacks from liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. No doubt, natural gas, LNG and crude-oil prices will vary with local-to-international supply-side and demand-side competition. Hence, well run Australian oil and gas producers deploy stress-tested exploration, delineation and development budgets. With these challenges in mind, successive governments in South Australia have implemented leading-practice legislation, regulation, policies and programs to simultaneously gain and sustain trust with the public and investors with regard to land access for trustworthy oil and gas operations. South Australia’s most recent initiatives to foster reserve growth through welcomed investment in responsible oil and gas operations include the following: a Roundtable for Oil and Gas; evergreen answers to frequently asked questions, grouped retention licences that accelerate investment in the best of play trends; the Plan for ACcelerating Exploration (PACE) Gas Program; and the Oil and Gas Royalty Return Program. Intended and actual outcomes from these initiatives are addressed in this extended abstract.

scholarly journals Analisis Curse Theory pada Sumber Daya Alam Migas Bagi Warga Madura

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hidayaturrahman
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
State Income ◽  
The Government ◽  
Oil And Gas Sector

Government policies in natural resource management, especially in the oil and gas sector face a lot of problems. However, the government also has a responsibility to improve the life of people affected from oil and gas exploration and production activities. This research was aimed at investigating how the implementation of policies run by the central and local government toward the oil and gas management and community empowerment, especially the community located closely  to oil and gas exploration and production activity in Madura, East Java. This research method is phenomenological research using descriptive qualitative approach. Therefore, this study is conducted through direct observation on the object during the research time. The data collection is done through observation and interview. The results of this study revealed that it is needed an integrated step done by the government, vertically, whether central, provincial, district, and village to synchronize oil and gas management and community empowerment programs. By doing so, the ideas and desires to improve the welfare and increase the state income will be realized, especially in focusing corporate and government programs improving citizen’ economic and education, whose area becomes the location of oil and gas production.

scholarly journals Fluid pressure waves trigger earthquakes

2015 ◽  
Vol 200 (3) ◽  
pp. 1279-1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Mulargia ◽  
Andrea Bizzarri
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equation ◽  
Active Faults ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Rock Joints ◽  
Pressure Waves ◽  
Earthquake Triggering ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Von Mises

Abstract Fluids—essentially meteoric water—are present everywhere in the Earth's crust, occasionally also with pressures higher than hydrostatic due to the tectonic strain imposed on impermeable undrained layers, to the impoundment of artificial lakes or to the forced injections required by oil and gas exploration and production. Experimental evidence suggests that such fluids flow along preferred paths of high diffusivity, provided by rock joints and faults. Studying the coupled poroelastic problem, we find that such flow is ruled by a nonlinear partial differential equation amenable to a Barenblatt-type solution, implying that it takes place in form of solitary pressure waves propagating at a velocity which decreases with time as v ∝ t [1/(n − 1) − 1] with n ≳ 7. According to Tresca-Von Mises criterion, these waves appear to play a major role in earthquake triggering, being also capable to account for aftershock delay without any further assumption. The measure of stress and fluid pressure inside active faults may therefore provide direct information about fault potential instability.

Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in the Indian Ocean Region

2018 ◽  
pp. 272-298
Author(s):  
Nicole du Plessis ◽  
Juliet Hermes ◽  
Ken Findlay
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Indian Ocean Region ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Ocean Region ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
The Indian Ocean
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