Impacts on ambient air quality due to flaring activities in one of Oman's oilfields

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-14

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah ^a   Ali, Sappurd ^b   Sardar, Sabir ^c   Irfan, Naseem ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM)   (Pakistan)

^c PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; CALPUFF; MM5; Oilfields; Oman; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; PETROLEUM;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS FLARING; OIL FIELD; OMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OMAN; PETROLEUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHER;

EID: 84859773401     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2011.573021     Document Type: Article

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