Sustainability improvements in Egypt's oil & gas industry by implementation of flare gas recovery

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-122

  Abdulrahman, Ahmed Osama ^a   Huisingh, Donald ^b   Hafkamp, Wim ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean development mechanism; Cleaner production; Egypt; Flare gas recovery; Governmental energy price subsidies; Oil and gas industry

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED GAS; CRUDE OIL PRICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARNINGS; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GASES; RECOVERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLEANER PRODUCTION; EGYPT; FLARE GAS RECOVERIES; GOVERNMENTAL ENERGY; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 84929944980     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.086     Document Type: Article

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