Environmental and Economic Sustainability

by Paul E. Hardisty

• ISBN13: 9781420059526
• ISBN10: 1420059521
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-06-21
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

From exploration and production to distribution and end-of-life decommissioning, this book describes the intimate relationship between the environment and the petroleum industry at all stages in the life cycle. It provides a detailed methodology for improving environmental decision making, discusses the types and ranges of environmental impact, and puts them into an economic context at each stage. A plethora of real-world examples illustrate how economic analysis can reveal a socially optimal direction. The book concludes with a look at the implications of new approaches on the future of environmental protection in the oil industry.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Exponential Era

Crisis-Which Crisis?

True Sustainability for This Century

Objectives and Structure of the Book

Notes

Sustainability in the Twenty-first Century

A Short History of Sustainability

The Challenges of the Twenty-first Century

An Overview of Global Trends

Why Sustainability Has Not Worked

The Twentieth-Century Prosperity Explosion

Twentieth-Century Engineering

Twenty-First Century Economics for the Twenty-First Century

Conclusion

Notes

Quantifying Sustainability for Improved Decision Making

Balancing Environment, Society, and Economy

The Environmental and Economic Sustainability Assessment: Embedding Sustainability in Decision Making

Socioenvironmental Economic Analysis

Full Social Cost-Benefit Analysis

Valuing the Environment and Society

Applying the Environmental and Economic Sustainability Assessment

Examples

Notes

Water

Introduction

Water Management in Industry: Overview

Water Use and Protection in Oilfield Development in North Africa

Produced Water Management in Oilfield Operations

Water Management in Mine Development

Example: Determining a Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Discharge Strategy

Summary

Notes

Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change

Introduction

Carbon Mitigation Risk

Adaptation Risks

Example: GHG Management in Heavy Oil Production

Summary

Notes

Energy

Introduction

Example: Commercial-Scale Solar Thermal Power in Australia

Example: Comparing Renewable Energy Options

Summary

Notes

Contaminated Sites and Waste

Introduction

Conceptual Framework

The Economics of Remediation

Economic Sustainability Analysis for Contaminated Land

The Social Cost of Waste Management Using Landfill

Case History: Brownfield Redevelopment in Canada

Case History: Groundwater Remediation at a Refinery in Europe

Remediating NAPLs in Fractured Aquifers

Example: DNAPL in a Fractured Carbonate Aquifer, United States

Example: NAPL in a Fractured Carbonate Aquifer, United Kingdom

Discussion

Notes

Best Practice for the Twenty-first Century

Summary

Technology

Management and Decision Making

Into the Future

Notes

Index

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