Health, Safety And Environment Prospects In Onshore Oil and Gas Industry
Health, Safety and Environment Prospects in Onshore Oil and Gas Industry
(Ojasvi Jha)
Abstract:
The foreseeable future of any country depends on Oil and Gas Industry as the energy requirement is the prime objective of any society for development. India, being a developing nation has initiated many activities like crude oil production, processing, handling, storage, transportation and retailing. The main challenge in this field is to minimize the impact these activities have on the environment as well as on human beings while meeting the nation’s energy demands. The upstream activity of oil and gas reserves had many effects like oil spills, damaged land, accidents, fires and incidents of air, water and noise pollution.
Management of environment, health and safety has been a very significant issue due to regulations in force, stricter monitoring by concerned authorities, concern by common man and interest taken by industry for its survival and growth. Thus the paper presents the rising effect of the unfriendly activities in onshore oil and gas sector which are affecting the quality of environment as well as human beings and the ways of mitigation or prevention of the various risks associated with petroleum industry, outlining the commercial, technical and social challenges that could influence the future context of health safety and environment management in the industry.
1. Introduction
The significance of petroleum in world economy evolved slowly and gradually. Coal and whale oil filled the need for increased energy which was led by The Industrial Revolution. Later on, it was discovered that kerosene can be extracted from crude oil and can be used as lighting and heating fuel. By 20th century demand of petroleum increased significantly and thus, became the most valuable commodity in the world market. With the increasing demand, Oil and gas operations are conducted in every corner of the world starting from Alaska to Australia, Peru
(Ojasvi Jha)
Abstract:
The foreseeable future of any country depends on Oil and Gas Industry as the energy requirement is the prime objective of any society for development. India, being a developing nation has initiated many activities like crude oil production, processing, handling, storage, transportation and retailing. The main challenge in this field is to minimize the impact these activities have on the environment as well as on human beings while meeting the nation’s energy demands. The upstream activity of oil and gas reserves had many effects like oil spills, damaged land, accidents, fires and incidents of air, water and noise pollution.
Management of environment, health and safety has been a very significant issue due to regulations in force, stricter monitoring by concerned authorities, concern by common man and interest taken by industry for its survival and growth. Thus the paper presents the rising effect of the unfriendly activities in onshore oil and gas sector which are affecting the quality of environment as well as human beings and the ways of mitigation or prevention of the various risks associated with petroleum industry, outlining the commercial, technical and social challenges that could influence the future context of health safety and environment management in the industry.
1. Introduction
The significance of petroleum in world economy evolved slowly and gradually. Coal and whale oil filled the need for increased energy which was led by The Industrial Revolution. Later on, it was discovered that kerosene can be extracted from crude oil and can be used as lighting and heating fuel. By 20th century demand of petroleum increased significantly and thus, became the most valuable commodity in the world market. With the increasing demand, Oil and gas operations are conducted in every corner of the world starting from Alaska to Australia, Peru
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