272
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) (Cont)
high-temperature combustion, 80
hydraulic fracturing, 80
internal combustion engines, 82, 87
PM, 84
production operations, 82
satellite observations, 86
Nitroglycerine, 18
Non-associated conventional gas, 207
Non-associated gas, 127
Non-disclosure agreement (NDA), 102
Non GHG-emitting energy sources, 223
Non-GHG emitting heat sources, 247
Non-GHG emitting vehicles, 248
Non-government organization (NGO), 136
Non-oxidizing biocides, 115
North Dakota Industrial Commission
(NDIC), 129
North Dakota Oil and Gas Research
Program, 129
Nuclear electricity, 228, 232
Nuclear energy, 231
Nuclear free zone, 239
Nuclear fuel, 229
Nuclear power, 204, 207, 227
Nuclear power industry, 237
Nuclear power plants, 178
Nuclear proliferation, 231
Nuclear reactors, 207
Nuclear security, 240
Nuclear technologies, 226
Nuclear waste, 247
Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 234–237
Nuclear waste repository, 232
Nuclear weapons, 231
Nuclear winter, 156
O
Observation-oriented computer models, 85
Offshore rigs, 123
Ohio River, 125
Oil and gas business, 4
Oil and gas companies, 2
Oil and gas drilling, 121
Oil and gas industry, 4, 76
Oil and gas resources, 71
Oil and gas wells, 8
Oil City, 46
Oil companies, 50, 175
Oil Creek Association, 48
Oil Creek drilling project, 42
Oil Creek Railroad Company, 47
Oil Creek valley, 46
Oil economics, 48
Oil embargo, 67
Oilfield brine, 31
Oil-fired electricity, 177
Oil imports, 59
Oil production, 48
Oil resources, 49
Oil shale, 72–73
ONEOK Garden Creek Plant, 128
OPEC embargo
consuming nations, 65
disagreements, 65
domestic inflation, 65
energy crisis (see Energy crisis)
goal, 65
headquarters, 65
oil exports, 65
OPEC member countries, 65
origin, 65
price hikes, 65
production cuts, 65
stagflation, 65
U.S. government response, 69
Open-hole completions, 25
Operation and maintenance (OPEX), 217
Orbiting space colonies, 243
Organic gases, 80, 84
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC), 64
Overpressured gas, 23
Overseas Railroad, 52
Oxy-combustion process, 215
Ozone-depleting substances, 165
P
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
(PETM), 170, 171
Pancaking, 27, 95
Particulate matter (PM)
DPM, 81
drilling and fracking, 81
dust and smoke, 80, 81
electric hydraulic fracturing, 82
lower emissions, 82
lung alveoli, 81
mitigation measures, 82
size classes, 81
sources, 80
substances, 81
Pavillion, 141
Peak oil, 58
China, 208
coal and gas, 208
Index
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) (Cont)
high-temperature combustion, 80
hydraulic fracturing, 80
internal combustion engines, 82, 87
PM, 84
production operations, 82
satellite observations, 86
Nitroglycerine, 18
Non-associated conventional gas, 207
Non-associated gas, 127
Non-disclosure agreement (NDA), 102
Non GHG-emitting energy sources, 223
Non-GHG emitting heat sources, 247
Non-GHG emitting vehicles, 248
Non-government organization (NGO), 136
Non-oxidizing biocides, 115
North Dakota Industrial Commission
(NDIC), 129
North Dakota Oil and Gas Research
Program, 129
Nuclear electricity, 228, 232
Nuclear energy, 231
Nuclear free zone, 239
Nuclear fuel, 229
Nuclear power, 204, 207, 227
Nuclear power industry, 237
Nuclear power plants, 178
Nuclear proliferation, 231
Nuclear reactors, 207
Nuclear security, 240
Nuclear technologies, 226
Nuclear waste, 247
Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 234–237
Nuclear waste repository, 232
Nuclear weapons, 231
Nuclear winter, 156
O
Observation-oriented computer models, 85
Offshore rigs, 123
Ohio River, 125
Oil and gas business, 4
Oil and gas companies, 2
Oil and gas drilling, 121
Oil and gas industry, 4, 76
Oil and gas resources, 71
Oil and gas wells, 8
Oil City, 46
Oil companies, 50, 175
Oil Creek Association, 48
Oil Creek drilling project, 42
Oil Creek Railroad Company, 47
Oil Creek valley, 46
Oil economics, 48
Oil embargo, 67
Oilfield brine, 31
Oil-fired electricity, 177
Oil imports, 59
Oil production, 48
Oil resources, 49
Oil shale, 72–73
ONEOK Garden Creek Plant, 128
OPEC embargo
consuming nations, 65
disagreements, 65
domestic inflation, 65
energy crisis (see Energy crisis)
goal, 65
headquarters, 65
oil exports, 65
OPEC member countries, 65
origin, 65
price hikes, 65
production cuts, 65
stagflation, 65
U.S. government response, 69
Open-hole completions, 25
Operation and maintenance (OPEX), 217
Orbiting space colonies, 243
Organic gases, 80, 84
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC), 64
Overpressured gas, 23
Overseas Railroad, 52
Oxy-combustion process, 215
Ozone-depleting substances, 165
P
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
(PETM), 170, 171
Pancaking, 27, 95
Particulate matter (PM)
DPM, 81
drilling and fracking, 81
dust and smoke, 80, 81
electric hydraulic fracturing, 82
lower emissions, 82
lung alveoli, 81
mitigation measures, 82
size classes, 81
sources, 80
substances, 81
Pavillion, 141
Peak oil, 58
China, 208
coal and gas, 208
Index