Multi-criteria evaluation technique for SFI site identification of NORMS and oil industry waste disposal - Possibilities in Kuwait

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 186-194

  Ud din, Saif ^a   Oskui, R P ^a   Dusseault, Maurice B ^b   Al Ghadban, A N ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental Suitability; Slurry Fracture Injection; Solid Waste; Zubair Formation

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; OIL FIELDS; POTABLE WATER; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SLURRIES;

DISPOSAL METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUITABILITY; INDUSTRY WASTES; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; MULTI-CRITERION EVALUATION; OIL INDUSTRIES; SITE IDENTIFICATION; SLURRY FRACTURE INJECTION; WASTE GENERATION; ZUBAIR FORMATIONS;

FRACTURE;

DRINKING WATER; OIL;

COMPLIANCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LANDFILL; MONITORING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OIL INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLURRY; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; KUWAIT; LANDFILL; OIL INDUSTRY; PLANNING; PROCESS CONTROL; SCREENING; SLURRY FRACTURE INJECTION; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70350343184     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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