THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Speaker:Dr. James G. Speight
CD&W Inc.
2476 Overland Road,
Laramie, WY 82070-4808, USA
Tel: 307-745-6069 Fax: 307-721-3128
E-mail: JamesSp8@aol.com
Web page: http://www.drjamesspeight.qpg.comABSTRACT
There are many areas of the chemical industry that are responsible for the release of pollutants into the environment. Petroleum refining is one such industry that has seen inadvertent spillage of unrefined petroleum and petroleum products.
The continuing question, since the beginning of the environmental movement in the 1960s, relates to the relative condition of the environment. The capacity of the environment to absorb the air emissions and waste products as well as the other impacts of process technologies is limited. The petroleum refining industry is keeping pace with environmental legislation to insure that air emissions, effluents, and waste products are handled without maximum expediency and without environmental disruption. In fact, expenditures by the refining industry have risen remarkable over a very short period that speaks for the efforts by the industry to protect the environment. Dramatic improvements have been made in pollution control by the industry. But there is work to be done. Perhaps the place most in need of further work is an understanding the nature of the waste materials and to understand these materials, strong analytical programs are necessary.
The intent of this presentation is to focus on the issues that become of the focus of any environmental monitoring or cleanup program for petroleum refineries. Even though the prime focus is on refining operations, and test methods are also subject to question as applied to release of petroleum and petroleum products during storage, transport, and utilization.

Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - rielian Hall, Room 156

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Evangeline Reyes