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- EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) - Management of underground storage tanks (USTs) for petroleum and other products, response to tank leaks, and reuse of UST sites. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- RDO Environmental Services - Company in Sparks, Nevada, offers waste petroleum recycling, emergency spill response, underground tank removal and abandonment, and cleaning of above- and below-ground tanks.
- National Tank Service - Cleaning and removal of petroleum storage tanks. Excess product handling, waste disposal.
- MTBE Resources - American Petroleum Institute compilation of online technical information on fuel oxygenates (primarily MTBE) in soil, groundwater and surface water. Includes both API-generated material and information from other sources.
- Frontier Sales - site for promoting products for petroleum storage and handling, and related products for water and sewer handling.
- Leaking Underground Storage Tanks - A comprehensive introduction to the environmental aspects of underground storage of petroleum products. From Boulder, Colorado.
- Fairbanks Environmental - Wetstock management (i.e., leak and loss prevention), and other wetstock related services for the petroleum retailing industry.
- Spilled oil in the sea - Short discussion of oil behavior and fate during an oil spill, with links to additional information.
- A Study of Environmental and Health Consequences of Oil Spills in Nigeria's Niger Delta - Investigation by three Nigerian environmental scientists on the impact of continuous oil spills in the Niger Delta, covering human health, air quality, fish health, and agriculture.
- Barrier Motor Fuels, Inc. - UST consulting and remediation services. Tarrytown, NY.
Wikipedia Articles
- Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon - Total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) is a term used to denote a large family of several hundred chemical compounds that originally come from crude oil. Crude oil is used to make petroleum products which can contaminate the environment.
- Petroleum exploration in the Arctic - The exploration of the Arctic for petroleum is more technically and physically challenging than for any other environment. However, with increases in technology and continuing high oil prices the region is now receiving the interest of the petroleum industry.
- Accidental release source terms - Accidental release source terms are the mathematical equations that quantify the flow rate at which accidental releases of air pollutants into the ambient environment can occur at industrial facilities such as petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants, natural gas processing plants, oil and gas transportation pipelines, chemical plants, and many other industrial activities. Governmental regulations in a good many countries require that the probability of such accidental releases be analyzed and their quantitative impact upon the environment and human health be ...
- Loading master - The loading master person-in-charge (PIC) is the marine transfer operator at the marine terminal who supervises the movement of petroleum products between tanker ships, barges, and the terminal while the vessel is berthed at the dock. In this capacity the marine transfer operator ensures that all regulatory aspects concerning protection of the environment and maritime security are adhered to during marine transfer operations.
- Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta - The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ("MEND") is a militant indigenous people's movement dedicated to armed struggle against the exploitation and oppression of the people of Niger Delta and the degradation of the natural environment by foreign multinational corporations involved in the extraction of oil in the Niger Delta and the Federal Government of Nigeria. MEND has been linked to attacks on foreign owned petroleum companies in Nigeria.