Oil and Gas at Your Door? (2005 Edition) - Earthworks
Oil and Gas at Your Door? (2005 Edition) - Earthworks
Oil and Gas at Your Door? (2005 Edition) - Earthworks
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Sources of Inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Petroleum Technology Transfer Center (PTTC)<br />
Case Studies on various technologies (some of these are highly technical)<br />
http://www.pttc.org/case_studies/case_studies.htm, <strong>and</strong> PTTC Technology Connections:<br />
St<strong>at</strong>e-of-the-Art Technology Summary http://www.pttc.org/tech_sum/st<strong>at</strong>ev8no1.htm<br />
Railroad Commission of Texas<br />
This st<strong>at</strong>e regul<strong>at</strong>ory body has waste minimiz<strong>at</strong>ion inform<strong>at</strong>ion for various oil <strong>and</strong> gas rel<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
oper<strong>at</strong>ions; a guidance document Minimiz<strong>at</strong>ion in the <strong>Oil</strong> Field Manual; <strong>and</strong> case histories of<br />
waste minimiz<strong>at</strong>ion projects.<br />
http://www.rrc.st<strong>at</strong>e.tx.us/divisions/og/key-programs/ogkwast.html<br />
Southwest Pollution Prevention Center, <strong>Gas</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Oil</strong> Hub<br />
This site provides a gre<strong>at</strong> deal of inform<strong>at</strong>ion on oil <strong>and</strong> gas pollution prevention altern<strong>at</strong>ives<br />
for all stages of oil <strong>and</strong> gas development (drilling, well completion, oil <strong>and</strong> gas processing, oil<br />
<strong>and</strong> gas storage, pipelines, well servicing, oil recovery, transport<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> more). Also, the<br />
site provides lists of wastes associ<strong>at</strong>ed with various stages of oil <strong>and</strong> gas oper<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
http://p2.utep.edu/hubs/toc.cfm?hub=11&subsec=7&nav=7<br />
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<br />
<strong>Oil</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Gas</strong> Industry Sector Notebook describes pollution prevention opportunities<br />
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/public<strong>at</strong>ions/assistance/sectors/notebooks/oil.html<br />
EPA’s N<strong>at</strong>ural <strong>Gas</strong> STAR Program is a source of inform<strong>at</strong>ion on waste minimiz<strong>at</strong>ion techniques<br />
in n<strong>at</strong>ural gas tre<strong>at</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> processing oper<strong>at</strong>ions. The program is designed to promote environmental<br />
protection through cost-effective measures without regul<strong>at</strong>ion, by encouraging n<strong>at</strong>ural<br />
gas companies to adopt “best management practices” th<strong>at</strong> can reduce methane emissions.<br />
More inform<strong>at</strong>ion on the N<strong>at</strong>ural <strong>Gas</strong> Star Program can be obtain by contacting: U.S.<br />
EPA N<strong>at</strong>ural <strong>Gas</strong> Star Program, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW Washington, DC 20460.<br />
http://134.67.55.16:777/dc/methane/home.nsf/pages/gasstar<br />
The Illinois office of the EPA produced the document Best Management Practices for <strong>Oil</strong><br />
Explor<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> Extraction.<br />
http://www.epa.st<strong>at</strong>e.il.us/p2/fact-sheets/bmp-oil-explor<strong>at</strong>ion.html<br />
Western Governor’s Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
The WGA is developing a h<strong>and</strong>book of best management practices for coalbed methane<br />
development. Some of the topics likely to be addressed in their h<strong>and</strong>book include practices<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ed to planning, l<strong>and</strong>owner rel<strong>at</strong>ions, l<strong>and</strong> use, w<strong>at</strong>er, infrastructure, <strong>and</strong> fish <strong>and</strong> wildlife<br />
habit<strong>at</strong>. The h<strong>and</strong>book should be available in 2004. http://www.westgov.org/<br />
Drilling Waste Management Inform<strong>at</strong>ion System<br />
This is an online resource cre<strong>at</strong>ed by the Argonne N<strong>at</strong>ional Labor<strong>at</strong>ory <strong>and</strong> industry. It contains<br />
technical <strong>and</strong> regul<strong>at</strong>ory inform<strong>at</strong>ion on st<strong>and</strong>ard <strong>and</strong> better practices for managing<br />
drilling wastes. http://web.ead.anl.gov/dwm/<br />
COALBED METHANE RESOURCES<br />
High Country News<br />
This newspaper produced a special report called Coalbed Methane Boom. It can be found on<br />
their web site. http://www.hcn.org<br />
ALL Consulting<br />
ALL Consulting has prepared some in-depth m<strong>at</strong>erial on CBM, including some inform<strong>at</strong>ion on<br />
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