An Exploratory, Longitudinal Study of Factors Influencing Development of a Networked Company

2010 ◽  
pp. 1297-1310
Author(s):  
Deborah Hardy Bednar ◽  
Lynn Godkin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Southeast Texas

In 1901 the Gulf Refining Company was chartered to provide refining and sales support to the Spindletop oil field in southeast Texas (Gulf Oil History, 2003). A refinery was built immediately after on a 4,000 acre site. The facility was acquired in 1985 by Chevron as a part of a merger with Gulf (‘Congratulations Premcor 100 Years,’ 2001). In February 1995, Chevron sold the Port Arthur plant with an important proviso. Chevron agreed to perform any environmental remediation required by the United States Environmental Protection agency (U.S.-EPA) or the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) after sale was complete. Chevron assumed responsibility for contamination associated with the site since 1901. A total of US$500 million was placed in reserve. Chevron was ultimately required to “make good” on the agreement, and Chevron established a networked company fulfill the obligation. This longitudinal study of that networked company reports the factors found to have positive, negative, and neutral effects on the project.

Using Remote-Sensing Technology (Color Infrared) To Locate Oil Spills At Lake Oologah, Oklahoma

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 787-792
Author(s):  
Ben Banipal ◽  
Curtis Franklin ◽  
Dean Rotan ◽  
Richard Franklin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
The United States ◽  
Aerial Survey ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Remote Sensing Technology ◽  
Sensing Technology ◽  
Ground Truthing

ABSTRACT The Lake Oologah area of northeastern Oklahoma contains a large, mature, and declining oil field that has been active since the early 1900s. Many wells have been abandoned, but most of the abandoned wells have not been plugged or maintained according to state requirements. As a result, these wells are leaking crude oil to surrounding soils or directly into navigable waters of the United States. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) and Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) have been working together to address the substantial environmental threats posed by hundreds of leaking oil wells at the approximately 26,000-acre Lake Oologah site. Based on the large area and insufficient well location data, EPA requested that Ecology and Environment, Inc. (E&E) develop an innovative method to identify well and potential surface spill locations. E&E used a state-of-the-art remote-sensing color infrared (CIR) aerial survey to collect digital aerial imagery. The historical aerial data were reviewed to refine the locations of potentially leaking wells identified by the remote-sensing technology. The CIR data were orthorectified to prepare topologically correct maps and further processed using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and thematic mapping software to identify oil-contaminated areas. To confirm the CIR data and overall technical approach developed for the project, EPA and E&E performed ground truthing for a small portion of the site to identify leaking wells and stressed vegetation. Following ground truthing, a specific color spectrum was assigned to these features, and the data were processed to predict the locations of oil contamination sources throughout the site. Based on these results, an overall aerial assessment of site contamination is being developed to identify potentially leaking wells and minimize labor-intensive ground truthing efforts.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Land Values in the Presence of Suburban Sprawl

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce E. Lindsay ◽  
Cleve E. Willis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Land Values ◽  
Suburban Sprawl ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Definition Of

The spread of suburbs into previously rural areas has become commonplace in the United States. A rather striking aspect of this phenomenon has been the discontinuity which results. This aspect is often manifest in a haphazard mixture of unused and densely settled areas which has been described as “sprawl”. A more useful definition of suburban sprawl, its causes, and its consequences, is provided below in order to introduce the econometric objectives of this paper.

scholarly journals Fluctuations in the incidence of type 1 diabetes in the United States from 2001 to 2015: a longitudinal study

BMC Medicine ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary A. M. Rogers ◽  
Catherine Kim ◽  
Tanima Banerjee ◽  
Joyce M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
The United States
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