Offshore Oil Prospects for the Year 2000

The purpose of this paper is to arrive at an estimate by geographical area of the future trends in offshore oil production. Using such data as current production, depletion rates, oil legislation, exploration activity, government policy, etc., possible oil-production capacities to the year 2000 are deduced on a country-by-country basis.     

Australian mineral export forecasts to 2000

Mineral exports are now about 35% of Australia's total export earnings. The authors consider the prospects to 2000 for the main export-earning commodities. Forecasts are arrived at using a variety of approaches, including regression analysis of time-series data, but the final assessment reflects specialists' personal judgments. It is argued that economic resources (reserves) already identified can, for most commodities, sustain forecast exports until the end of the century.     

Government fiscal strategy for mining to 2000

World Bank studies predict little or no change in mineral demand in the 1990s, and also an extended period, in real terms, of low mineral prices. In such a climate the fiscal strategy of government needs to be one which emphasizes revenue sources which are independent of mineral prices. In the 1970s, rising prices made fiscal regimes which capture economic rents attractive. In the 1990s, royalties and other duties which are dependent on the level of production and would also take advantage of any short boom in mineral prices would seem to be the best fiscal regime for a government to follow.     

SADCC: Energy and Development to the Year 2000

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SADCC: Energy and Development to the Year 2000 Editors : Jorge Tavares de Carvalho Simoaes     

油田采油注入水处理技术

介绍了中原油田注入水水质特点,以前采用的处理工艺和存在的问题,并分析了问题的根源在于产出水的“四高一低”,原处理工艺难以去除。针对这一情况,中原油田与江汉石油学院合作开发研制了三组分水质调整剂,分别调整ｐＨ,破坏液体的稳定性并去除液体中的金属离子;他们对三种组分的加入时间和投加量进行了试验,结果表明：三种组分应按顺序加入,其中Ａ、Ｂ剂应有足够的间隔,加入量根据不同水质由试验确定。通过中原油田水处理站的运行试验得出结论：该工艺简单,投资小,处理效果好,适合中原油田的水质特性;处理后的水水质稳定,有效控制了腐蚀,减少了穿孔损失和污染损失,取得了显著的社会效益和环境效益     

海洋石油开发中含油污水处理与溢油防治技术

海洋石油工业清洁生产的关键是防止油污染,而油污染的主要来源是日常排放的含油污水中的油及事故性溢油。首先概述了海上含油污水的处理方法及其原理,并结合实际论述了主要采用的处理工艺,并分析了各工艺技术的处理效果和存在的问题。文章还叙述了海上溢油事故及防止溢油事故发生所应采取的多方位预防措施;建立管理体系,加强管理,通过培训来提高全员操作管理水平,建立溢油处置应急计划和组织系统。在溢油控制方面建立海上溢油漂移模拟程序,对溢油进行实时监控,并对采用的溢油处理装置及方法进行了评述     

石油污染的修复与处理技术

随着工业化进程的不断发展,石油及其制品的污染问题也日趋严重。由于各种原因导致的石油及其制品的泄漏,对土壤和水体造成严重危害,并最终威胁到人类的健康。本文主要介绍了受石油污染环境的几种修复技术及处理方法,比较与分析了各种方法的优点及存在的问题,同时指出了石油污染治理方面的最新研究进展以及发展方向。     

水力旋流除砂器处理油田采出砂技术

我国部分油田原油生产出砂严重，经常造成集输处理系统的严重磨损和堵塞，储油罐严重积砂，不能实现密闭。储油罐清砂完全靠人工完成，劳动强度大，而且造成环境污染。在海上平台，若采出砂含油量不达标排入海洋，则会给海洋带来严重的污染，因此，采出砂处理是急待解决的问题。文章根据国内外采出砂处理技术调研，介绍了水力旋流器除砂技术原理及工艺和在国外应用实例以及该技术在我国油田的开发应用情况。     

CW-O1反相破乳剂在油田采出水处理中的应用

油田进入高含水期后，采出水量急剧增加，污水脱油处理难度加大。本文介绍了CW─01反相破乳剂脱油性能的评价方法及其与国内外样品除油性能的对比结果，并举例介绍了该破乳剂在油田和炼厂含油污水处理中应用的显著效果，说明CW─01反相破乳剂是用于含油污水处理的高效脱油剂。     

WX型可调喷射器在炼油厂污水浮选中的应用

本文介绍了采用WX型可调喷射器后可使炼油厂污水处理的传统浮选工艺流程大为简化。试运行结果表明：这项新措施既提高了浮选效果又降低了能耗，并且能够长周期平稳运行，从而提高了浮选后的水质，确保污水处理正常运行，同时经济效益可观。     

海归女秸杆制油大赚绿色钞票

一提起秸秆,人们马上便想起狼烟滚滚．造成严重空气污染,引发一系列恶性交通事故的场景,如何给令人头痛的秸秆找条出路？一位海归女孩巧妙解决了这个问题,她将其做成“压缩干粮”卖给热电厂发电,还用秸秆制油,变废弃物为绿色能源,短短5年就赚到3000多万元。     

对壳牌石油公司HSE管理体系的几点认识

通过介绍壳牌石油公司建立 ＨＳＥ管理体系的背景和目标,对照我国行业标准 ＳＹ／Ｔ６２６７—１９９７,分析了该公司ＨＳＥ体系的技术特点,详细地讨论了危害和影响管理过程（ＨＥＭＰ）在ＨＳＥ管理体系中的地位和作用。指出,壳牌公司在废弃物管理中采用的分级政策和记帐政策颇具特色,值得借鉴。     

炼油厂火炬气的回收利用

通过在炼油厂放空系统上加装三组调节阀,将加热炉燃油喷嘴改为燃气喷嘴,使以前废弃烧掉的火炬气克分回收利用,即保护了环境,节约了能源,又提高了经济效益。     

加拿大石油开采业清洁生产及其对中国的启示

文章论述了加拿大石油开采业环保管理和清洁生产现状,与我国石油开采业的相关现状做了对比,提出对中国石油开采业清洁生产的启示和建议。     

From Environmental Ethics to Nature Conservation Policy: Natura 2000 and the Burden of Proof

Natura 2000 is a network of natural sites whose aim is to preserve species and habitats of relevance in the European Union. The policy underlying Natura 2000 has faced widespread opposition from land users and received extensive support from environmentalists. This paper addresses the ethical framework for Natura 2000 and the probable moral assumptions of its main stakeholders. Arguments for and against Natura 2000 were analyzed and classified according to “strong” or “weak” versions of the three main theories of environmental ethics – anthropocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism. Weak (intergenerational) anthropocentrism was found to underlie the Natura 2000 network itself and the positions of environmentalists, while strong (traditional) anthropocentrism pervaded the positions of economic developers. Land users seemed to fall somewhere between weak and strong anthropocentrism. The paper discusses the relation between ethics and different attitudes towards Natura 2000, highlighting some of the implications for the network’s ongoing implementation. It is shown that Natura 2000 achieves a strong reversal of the burden of proof from conservation to economic development and land use change under anthropocentrism. It is argued that the alleged theoretical divide between anthropocentrism and non-anthropocentrism in relation to the burden of proof does not seem to hold in practice. Finally, it is predicted that the weak versions of anthropocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism, are likely to converge extensively in respect to nature conservation policy measures.“Charting the depths of law and policy disputes yield an understanding of ethical differences.” Paul B. Thompson (2002, p. 189).     

Using Earth Observation to update a Natura 2000 habitat map for a wetland in Greece

The European Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC has defined the need for the conservation of habitats and species with the adoption of appropriate measures. Within the Natura 2000 ecological network of special areas of conservation, natural habitats will be monitored to ensure the maintenance or restoration of their composition, structure and extent. The European Space Agency's GlobWetland project has provided remotely sensed products for several Ramsar wetlands worldwide, such as detailed land cover-land use, water cycle and inundated vegetation maps. This paper presents the development and testing of an operational methodology for updating a wetland's habitat map using the GlobWetland products, and the evaluation of the extent to which GlobWetland products have contributed to the habitat map updating. The developed methodology incorporated both automated and analyst-supervised techniques to photo-interpret, delineate, refine, and evaluate the updated habitat polygons. The developed methodology was proven successful in its application to the wetland complex of the Axios-Loudias-Aliakmon delta (Greece). The resulting habitat map met the European and Greek national requirements. Results revealed that GlobWetland products were a valuable contribution, but source data (enhanced satellite images) were necessary to discriminate spectrally similar habitats. Finally, the developed methodology can be modified for original habitat mapping.     

Housing growth,forests, and public lands in Northern Wisconsin from 1940 to 2000

Rural, forested areas throughout the United States are experiencing strong housing growth with potentially detrimental impacts on the environment. In this paper, we quantify housing growth in Northern Wisconsin over the last sixty years to determine if growth rates were higher near public lands, which may represent an important recreational amenity. We used data from the U.S. Census to produce decadal housing density estimates, “backcasts,” from 1940 to 2000 for northern Wisconsin to examine “rural sprawl” in northern Wisconsin and its relationship to forested areas and public lands. We integrated housing density estimates with the 1992/1993 National Land Cover Dataset to examine the relationship between rural sprawl and land cover, especially forests. Between 1940 and 2000, private land with <2 housing units/km² decreased from 47% to 21% of the total landscape. Most importantly, housing growth was concentrated along the boundaries of public lands. In 14 of the 19 counties that we studied, housing growth rates within 1 km of a public land boundary exceeded growth rates in the remainder of the county, and three of the five counties that did not exhibit this pattern, were the ones with the least amount of public land. Future growth can be expected in areas with abundant natural amenities, highlighting the critical need for additional research and effective natural resource management and regional planning to address these challenges.