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Hydrocarbon process safety : a text for students and professionals /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, J. C. (John Clifford), 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tulsa, OK : PennWell, [2003]
Subjects:
Hydrocarbons > Refining > Safety measures.
Petroleum industry and trade > Safety measures.
Gas industry > Safety measures.
Table of Contents:
  • Background to the oil and gas industry
  • Hydrocarbon leakage and dispersion
  • The combustion behaviour of hydrocarbons
  • Physical operations on hydrocarbons and associated hazards
  • Chemical operations on hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon derivatives
  • Some relevant design principles
  • Some relevant measurement principles
  • Offshore oil and gas production
  • Hazards associated with particular hydrocarbon products
  • Toxicity hazards
  • Safe disposal of unwanted hydrocarbon
  • Means of obtaining hydrocarbons other than from crude oil and related safety issues
  • Appendix : the Canvey and Rijnmond studies
  • Solutions to numerical examples
  • True/false questions
  • Index.