Monday, October 30, 2017

Why Oil Refinery Policies Are Important

By Kathleen Nelson


It is common knowledge that what crude oil that exists within the ground must be found, extracted and then refined in order to be of any use to people. The process of refining is incredibly complicated, expensive, and potentially dangerous to people and the environment. In order to make this process as streamlined, safe, and ethical as possible, there are oil refinery policies set in place.

These blueprints vary from nation to nation, but there are many general features that exist in all of them and they are universally heavily enforced. Oil refinery blueprints importantly cover the actual extraction process of crude oil. This is a very crucial process and so is usually highly monitored. As crude oil can be discovered anywhere, governments intensely police those able to carry out the mining and extraction process. Policies will also be put in place to govern the process of refining and the amount of crude oil that can be extracted and/or refined daily.

The oil refinery blueprint must also cover the ownership of the crude oil. There are complex legal ramifications of discovering crude oil, and these policies help to govern them. Some nations do not allow the mining, extraction or refining of crude oil by none governmental organizations. In other countries however, private parties are given this freedom. However, this must be done according to what the government has put in place, and they are as such highly monitored.

There are also many documents that must serve to reduce the wastage of crude oil and its many products. To ensure that the maximal output is reached there are practices which nations generally disallow and some that are strictly enforced. These policies will affect many of the activities which are performed during the extraction and refining process, an example of which is flaring.

Crude oil is a finite resource and so it is important to ensure that crude oil is efficiently refined in order to maximize output and minimize wastage. There are documents in place to ensure these depending on the nations and these policies will cover various activities practiced in the refining process, one of which is flaring.

The refining process can also be hugely damaging to our environment. Refining crude oil means that varying quantities of byproducts being released into our direct environment. This can be in the form of smoke, sludge, gas, and chemical compounds introduced into the atmosphere. In order to minimize the damage of these on our environment, there are blueprints put in place that dictate the refining process in order to minimize the production of harmful byproducts. Each country will also have documents that govern where and how byproducts of the refining process are stored.

The various oil refinery documents will necessarily cover a wide range of activities related to the oil refinery process. They will cover such things as the issuance of license and the requirements that must be met, in order to ensure that private parties involved are capable and responsible. These blueprints will dictate the procedures of taxation and royalties in order to safeguard the financial interests of all parties concerned.

There are also policies that dictate the transportation of oil and gases from the refineries in order to ensure safety and efficiency during and after the refining process. These are just a few examples of the necessary issues that are covered by oil refinery blueprints.




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