Oil Spill Science and Technology
- 3rd Edition - November 22, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editor: Merv Fingas
- Language: English
Oil Spill Science and Technology, Third Edition delivers a multi-contributed view on the entire chain of oil-spill related topics from oil properties and behaviors to remote se… Read more
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Description
Description
Oil Spill Science and Technology, Third Edition delivers a multi-contributed view on the entire chain of oil-spill related topics from oil properties and behaviors to remote sensing through the management side of contingency planning and communicating oil spill risk perceptions. This new edition compiles information on oil spills from a scientific point of view and with new case studies and examples. This book aims to serve both as an authoritative reference for individuals new to the field who need to understand the depth of science going into the fields of oil spill, recovery, assessment, and analysis, as well as those who have years of experience.
Written by over 24 experts in the field, this updated edition combines technology with case studies to identify the current state of knowledge surrounding oil spills that will encourage additional areas of research that are left to uncover in this critical sector of the energy industry.
Key features
Key features
- Updated with new chapters on: The Deepwater Horizon Spill; Oil Seeps; Processes: MOSSFA, Marine Snow, Tar Ball formation, and more
- Supported with technological advances evolved from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil tragedy and events in the Arctic/Antarctic
- Multi-contributed from various industry experts to provide an extensive background in technical equipment and worldwide procedures used today
- Presents accurate, peer-reviewed topics with thorough literature review
Readership
Readership
Industry workers in the fields of oil spill, recovery, assessment, analysis; graduate students in oil spill pollution / offshore / environmental studies, Entry-level industry personnel interested in the field of oil spill studies and clean-up, academics in petroleum / offshore engineering, and environmental studies, general readers interested in oil spills
Table of contents
Table of contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the history of oil spills
Chapter 2 - Photooxidation of oil at sea—Historical perspective, current state of the science and future direction
Chapter 3 - How to model evaporation
Chapter 4 - Water-in-oil emulsions
Chapter 5 - Introduction to spill modeling
Chapter 6 - Review of oil spill remote sensing: The current state of the art
Chapter 7 - In situ burning: A summary
Chapter 8 - Laser fluorosensors for oil spill detection
Chapter 9 - Shoreline countermeasures
Chapter 10 - Remediation of oiled mangroves: Lessons from the Niger Delta
Chapter 11 - Rapid forensic oil identification by direct analysis in real time (DART) with time-of-flight mass spectrometry and confirmation by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Chapter 12 - Fates of petroleum compounds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Chapter 13 - Bioremediation strategies for diesel-contaminated Antarctic soils
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: November 22, 2024
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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