Can "green petroleum" reverse global warming and bring down high gasoline prices? Written in non-technical language for the layperson, this book investigates and details how the oil and gas industry can "go green" with new processes and technologies, thus bringing the world's most important industry closer to environmental and economic sustainability.

This book unravels the mysteries of the current energy crisis and argues that solutions to global warming will come only from the development of new technologies. Discussed here are the reasons why petroleum operations, as they are now, are not sustainable; how each practice treads an inherently implosive path; and how each spells irreversible damage to the planet's ecosystem. Fossil fuel consumption is not the culprit; rather, the practices involved, from exploration to refining and processing, are responsible for the current damage to the environment.

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Can "green petroleum" reverse global warming and bring down high gasoline prices? Written in non-technical language for the layperson, this book investigates and details how the oil and gas industry can "go green" with new processes and technologies, thus bringing the world's most important industry closer to environmental and economic sustainability.

This book unravels the mysteries of the current energy crisis and argues that solutions to global warming will come only from the development of new technologies. Discussed here are the reasons why petroleum operations, as they are now, are not sustainable; how each practice treads an inherently implosive path; and how each spells irreversible damage to the planet's ecosystem. Fossil fuel consumption is not the culprit; rather, the practices involved, from exploration to refining and processing, are responsible for the current damage to the environment.

This groundbreaking new volume:

• Explains why current petroleum industry practices are inherently unsustainable and offers unique new solutions for "greening" the petroleum industry
• Discusses hot-button issues, such as global warming, carbon sequestration, zero-waste management, and sustainability
• Shows engineers and scientists how to implement the processes necessary to be more environmentally conscious
• Offers, for the first time, a new theory that certain carbons do not contribute to global warming, but it is their origin and the processes involved which do

1. Introduction 2. From the Pharaonic Age to the Information Age: Have we Progressed in Technology Development Skills? 3. How Long Has This 'Technological Disaster' Been in the Making? Delinearized History of Civilization and Technology Development 4. Is Modern Science Capable of Discerning Between True and False? 5. Fundamentals of Mass and Energy Balance 6. A True Sustainability criterion and its Implications 7. What is Truly Green Energy? 8. Good Light and Bad Light 9. Do You Believe in Global Warming? 10. Is the 3R's Mantra Sufficient? 11. Truly Green Refining and Gas Processing 12. Greening of Flow Operations 13. Greening of Enhanced Oil Recovery 14. Deconstruction of Engineering Myths Prevalent in the Energy Sector 15. Conclusions