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Petroleum Refining and Environmental Control and Environmental Effects

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Refining, process units, emissions, environmental effects, regulations

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The work summarizes the various processes and the process emissions that occur during crude oil refining. There are also general descriptions of the various pollution, health, and environmental problems especially specific to the crude oil industry and places in perspective government laws and regulations as well as industry efforts to control these problems.

Introduction

Despite the numerous safety protocols that are in place and the care taken to avoid incidents that affect the environment, virtually every industry suffers accidents that lead to environmental problems, to complexities, and to chemical contamination. And this does not include environmental contamination from domestic source! Furthermore, it must be recognized that the capacity of the environment to absorb effluents from crude oil processing and the use of the products are not unlimited. In fact, the...

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Speight, J.G. (2017). Petroleum Refining and Environmental Control and Environmental Effects. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_70-3

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