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Sustainability Challenges in Oil and Gas Development in the Middle East and North Africa

  • Environmental Issues in Oil and Gas Production (D Sundararajan, Section Editor)
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Purpose of Review

This review focuses on sustainability challenges in oil and gas development, which established a literature-based framework for clean fuel predominantly with reference to MENA region, and identifies the trend for oil and natural gas usage and their effect on the technologies and its human development index. What are the missing gaps for fossil fuel in order to obtain clean fuels, and how can those gaps identify and resolve the environmental issue by using fossil fuel as an energy source?

Recent Findings

The findings indicate that fossil fuel will remain the major source of energy and transportation fuels, which can be effectively refined using catalytic refining processes along with the CO2 capturing and storage techniques in order to reduce global warming.

Summary

Sustainable development refers to basic information about the social, economic, and environment aspects of human activity. Among the main driving elements of sustainability are the progress made in technology and the utilization of energy resources. Worldwide, the use of renewable energy sources may increase but has moderate progress. Thus, the fossil fuels are playing a vital role in the energy world but require efficient refining processes to produce high-quality clean fuels for transportation as well as energy production.

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Rana, M.S., Vinoba, M. & AlHumaidan, F.S. Sustainability Challenges in Oil and Gas Development in the Middle East and North Africa. Curr Sustainable Renewable Energy Rep 4, 232–244 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40518-017-0091-3

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