Can "e;green petroleum"e; 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 "e;go green"e; 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.

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.

PrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: From the Pharaonic Age to the Information Age: HaveWe Progressed in Technology Development Skills?Chapter 3: How long has this 'technologicaldisaster' been in the making? Delinearized History ofCivilization and Technology DevelopmentChapter 4: Is Modern Science Capable of Discerning Between Trueand False?Chapter 5: Fundamentals of Mass and Energy BalanceChapter 6: A True Sustainability Criterion and ItsImplicationsChapter 7: What is Truly Green Energy?Chapter 8: Good Light and Bad LightChapter 9: Do You Believe in Global Warming?Chapter 10: Is the 3R's mantra sufficient?Chapter 11: Truly Green Refining and Gas ProcessingChapter 12: Greening of Flow OperationsChapter 13: The Greening of Enhanced Oil RecoveryChapter 14: Deconstruction of Engineering Myths Prevalent in theEnergy SectorChapter 15: ConclusionsReferences