Modeling the Structure and Performance of Integrated and Independent Producers in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (open access)

Modeling the Structure and Performance of Integrated and Independent Producers in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region

Major oil and gas companies are shifting to foreign exploration and production, which is leading to smaller companies ("independents") playing a larger role in domestic exploration and production. This report addresses concerns about independent companies producing oil and gas less aggressively and less efficiently to assess their productivity.
Date: May 1996
Creator: Pulsipher, Allan G.; Iledare, Omowumi O. & Baumann, Robert H.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Safety ALERT (open access)

Chemical Safety ALERT

This publication is an alert by the EPA to notify possible hazards from carbon adsorption deodorizing systems.
Date: May 1997
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Safety Alert: Catastrophic Failure of Storage Tanks (open access)

Chemical Safety Alert: Catastrophic Failure of Storage Tanks

This is an ALERT report on possible catastrophic failure of storage tanks.
Date: May 1997
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lightning Hazard to Facilities Handling Flammable Substances (open access)

Lightning Hazard to Facilities Handling Flammable Substances

A report that discusses lightning strikes which could impact storage spaces and equipment that can cause devastating accidents in facilities.
Date: May 1997
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rupture Hazard of Pressure Vessels (open access)

Rupture Hazard of Pressure Vessels

A report about the hazards of maintaining pressure vessels. Improperly operated pressure vessels can kill and injure workers and others, and cause extensive damage even if the contents are benign.
Date: May 1997
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential for Accelerated Bioremediation and Restoration of Oil-Impacted Marshes through the Selection of Superior Oil-Tolerant Vegetation (open access)

Potential for Accelerated Bioremediation and Restoration of Oil-Impacted Marshes through the Selection of Superior Oil-Tolerant Vegetation

Report describing a study of the genotypes two plants (Spartina Patens and Spartina Alterniflora) that are tolerant to oil spills that have occurred in the coastal marshes of Louisiana. The research was to determine if these two plants could utilized for restoration and bioremediation of areas effected by oil spills. A plants tolerance to oil is determined by three factors: growth response and plant production, superior vegetative regrowth in soil effected by oil, and superior oil degradation potential.
Date: May 2000
Creator: Hester, Mark W.; Lin, Quixan; Mendellsohn, Irving A. & DesRoches, Dennis, J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Climate Action Report 2002 (open access)

U.S. Climate Action Report 2002

This report provides the third formal national communication under the Framework Convention, as envisioned under Articles 4 and 12 of the Convention. It describes our national circumstances, identify existing and planned policies and measures, indicate future trends in greenhouse gas emissions, outline expected impacts and adaptation measures, and provides information on financial resources, technology transfer research, and systematic observations.
Date: May 2002
Creator: United States. Department of State.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Impact in the U.S. of Deepwater Projects: A Survey of Five Projects (open access)

Economic Impact in the U.S. of Deepwater Projects: A Survey of Five Projects

This survey report discusses deepwater projects centered in the Gulf Coast. Their study is interested in vendors or contractors supplying the equipment used on the deck and process in extracting oil. The authors are also interested in the socioeconomic effects of the oil extracting on local communities.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Stiff, John J. & Singelmann, Joachim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Oil and Gas Structure Installation and Removal Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico:  A Decision- and Resource-Based Approach (open access)

Long-Term Oil and Gas Structure Installation and Removal Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico: A Decision- and Resource-Based Approach

This report is to formalize the REA/MMS forecast models used in the Gulf Coast. With these models they forecast GOM infrastructure like number of exploratory wells and number of development wells.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Kaiser, Mark J.; Mesyanzhinov, Dmitry V. & Pulsipher, Allan G.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico

This report is about the exploration of the possibility that the deep flow around the edges of the Gulf circulates in a cyclonic, or counter-clockwise direction. The existence of this flow was purely theoretical but this study shows that such is observed reliably.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Sturges, Wilton; Chassignet, Eric & Ezer, Tal
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recommendations for Independent Science Review (open access)

Recommendations for Independent Science Review

A document pertaining to water resource development projects in the United States. These projects are complex and the Corps of Engineers must balance local and national goals with a limited budget used to manage river and coastal systems.
Date: May 13, 2004
Creator: Environmental Advisory Board
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Degradation of Synthetic-Based Drilling Mud Base Fluids by Gulf of Mexico Sediments: Final Report (open access)

Degradation of Synthetic-Based Drilling Mud Base Fluids by Gulf of Mexico Sediments: Final Report

Report on a predictor model that determines the degradation rate of Synthetic-based fluids (SBF) from deep-sea drilling and assesses the impact of SBFs on the sediment microbial ecology in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: May 2006
Creator: Roberts, Deborah J. & Nguyen, Alan H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Competition and Performance in Oil and Gas Lease Sales and Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983-1999 (open access)

Competition and Performance in Oil and Gas Lease Sales and Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983-1999

This report details the petroleum lease sales and development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) through estimated physical and economic measures. Physical performance is measured in ways such as the prospectivity index, expeditious index, and development productivity. Economic performance is measured in ways such as a profitability index and internal rate of return.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Iledare, Omowumi O. & Kaiser, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative Research to Study Dive Patterns of Sperm Whales in the Atlantic Ocean (open access)

Cooperative Research to Study Dive Patterns of Sperm Whales in the Atlantic Ocean

This report is based on the needs of the National Marine Fisheries Service and Minerals Management Service to gain data about the Sperm Whale population, comparing the population in the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Twelve whales were tagged and observed to gather various types of data about their population and environment.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Palka, Debra & Johnson, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Idle Iron in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Idle Iron in the Gulf of Mexico

Offshore structures are required to be removed within a year after production ceases and recently the Minerals Management Service has asked for removal of structures no longer "economically viable." This paper seeks to identify the amount of idle iron that exists in the Gulf of Mexico as well as describe the geographic distribution and ownership patterns.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Kaiser, Mark J. & Pulsipher, Allan G.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States (open access)

The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States

A report which provides an assessment of the effects of climate change on U.S. agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications (open access)

Global Climate Change: National Security Implications

A report about climate change becoming a national security threat.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Pumphrey, Carolyn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS)] (open access)

[Project Summary: Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS)]

Summary describing the work completed at Texas A&M University for 'Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS).' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Texas A & M University
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States: Summary and Findings (open access)

Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States: Summary and Findings

This is a fact-sheet for U. S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). Information relates to the scientific assessment of the effects of global change on the United States.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Key Provisions that Take Effect Immediately (open access)

Key Provisions that Take Effect Immediately

A paper about affordable health care in the united states. It pertains to changes taking place for small businesses, seniors, the privately insured, and the uninsured.
Date: May 3, 2010
Creator: Pelosi, Nancy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Federal Register: Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3) for Public Water Systems; Final Rule] (open access)

[Federal Register: Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3) for Public Water Systems; Final Rule]

Section of the Federal Register related to rules and regulations established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as of May 2012. This text addresses the final rule for 40 CFR parts 141 and 142: Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3) for Public Water Systems.
Date: May 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Waste Heat to Power Systems (open access)

Waste Heat to Power Systems

This publication offers information on the waste heat to power (WHP). The WHP is the process of capturing heat discarded by an existing industrial process by using heat to generate energy.
Date: May 30, 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Combined Heat and Power Partnership.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Funding Strategies for Adaptation: Examples from the Water Sector

A presentation about adaptation in a water context. It discusses funding and fees.
Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: Broaddus, Lynn
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integrating Adaptation in Hazard Mitigation Planning Efforts (open access)

Integrating Adaptation in Hazard Mitigation Planning Efforts

A presentation that discusses the NHMA, hazard mitigation, challenges of mitigation, examples of hazard prevention, and funding that can be used.
Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: Klima, Kelly & Jerolleman, Alessandra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library