Waste Management System in Petroleum Refinery

The purpose of oil refineries is to produce marketable products from crude oilor otherhydrocarbon feedstocks. The refining processes have environmental impact on their neighbors andon the air, waterand land, and it is important that refiners at least meet the standards set and implementcontinuous improvements to minimize theirimpact if they are to retain communityacceptance. The best way to reduce pollution is to prevent it in the first place. Some companies havecreatively implemented pollution prevention techniques that improve efficiency and increaseprofits while at the same time minimizing environmental impacts. This can be done in manyways such as reducing material inputs, re-engineering processes to reuse by-products, improving management practices, and employing substitution of toxic chemicals. This paper looks at the types ofpollution created by petroleum refineries, the environmental impacts of that pollution and thetechnologies and techniques available to enable refineries to meet environmental standardsthrough pollution prevention.