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Each of the four phases of the petroleum industry—exploration, production, transportation, and storage—was examined for possible effects of each element of weather and climate. This list was compared to experience in order to eliminate those effects which caused little or no operational problem or expense. Hence only those factors of weather and climate judged critical are discussed. The general restriction of the scope of the paper to cold winter environments is a result of this procedure.
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Booth, A.W., Taylor, E.F. (1957). The Petroleum Industry. In: Russell, J.A. (eds) Industrial Operations under Extremes of Weather. Meteorological Monographs, vol 2. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-13-6_7
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