Assessment of Ambient Air Quality and Noise Levels around Selected Oil and Gas Facilities in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
J Ugbebor ◽  
B Yorkor
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Noise Levels

Potential Impacts of Integrated Oil and Gas Plant on Ambient Air Quality

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Ademola Sonibare ◽  
Precious Nwobidi Ede
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Quality

scholarly journals Air quality measurements in the western Eagle Ford Shale

Elem Sci Anth ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey S. Roest ◽  
Gunnar W. Schade
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Trace Gas ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Eagle Ford Shale ◽  
Eagle Ford ◽  
Mixing Ratios ◽  
Trace Gas Emissions ◽  
The Us

The Eagle Ford Shale in southern Texas remains one of the most productive oil and gas regions in the US. Like the Permian Basin and Bakken Shale, ubiquitous natural gas flaring serves as an uncertain source of trace gas emissions within the Eagle Ford. A lack of ambient air quality data, especially in the western shale, impedes a thorough understanding of trace gas emissions within the shale and the subsequent local/regional air quality impacts. Meteorological and trace gas instrumentation was deployed to Shape Ranch in southwestern Dimmit County, near the US/Mexico border, from April to November of 2015. Mixing ratios of CO, NOx, O3, and VOCs did not exceed ambient air quality standards and were generally lower than mixing ratios measured in US cities, with the exception of alkanes. A non-negative matrix factorization demonstrated the dominance of oil and gas-sector emission sources in local trace gas variability, with combustion processes and transport of continental air also present. An analysis of NOx/CO and NOx/CO2 ratios during periods of O3 titration, identified by the ambient NOx/O3 ratio, suggested that combustion and biospheric sources contributed to emissions of NOx, CO, and CO2. In-plume NOx/CO2 ratios indicated relatively low-temperature combustion sources, with median NOx/CO2 ratios close to that expected for natural gas flaring (0.54 ppb/ppm), and much lower than emission ratios for internal combustion engines (>10 ppb/ppm). However, the NOx/CO2 ratio within these plumes exhibited a large variability, spanning more than an order of magnitude. Future research should focus on improving flaring emission factors and flaring volume estimates such that their air quality impacts can be better understood.

Application of Electron Optics to Characterization of Particulate Pollutants

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 364-365
Author(s):  
J. B. Moran ◽  
J. L. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Hazardous Substances ◽  
Fuel Additives ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Air Quality Standards ◽  
Emission Standards ◽  
Stationary Sources ◽  
Ambient Air Quality Standards

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 provide the basis for a dramatic change in Federal air quality programs. The Act establishes new standards for motor vehicles and requires EPA to establish national ambient air quality standards, standards of performance for new stationary sources of pollution, and standards for stationary sources emitting hazardous substances. Further, it establishes procedures which allow states to set emission standards for existing sources in order to achieve national ambient air quality standards. The Act also permits the Administrator of EPA to register fuels and fuel additives and to regulate the use of motor vehicle fuels or fuel additives which pose a hazard to public health or welfare.National air quality standards for particulate matter have been established. Asbestos, mercury, and beryllium have been designated as hazardous air pollutants for which Federal emission standards have been proposed.

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