Employee participation key to meeting environmental goals

Journal Article · Mon May 30 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:7013122

Rhodes, A K

Environmental compliance in the refining industry during the 1990s will require a much different approach than in past decades, when technology application was the key. Today's challenges require every employee to participate in developing solutions, and to be committed to meeting compliance goals. This is the stance taken by ARCO Products Co. at its 250,000 b/d Los Angeles refinery. The company claims the philosophy leads to collective, grassroots innovation, pollution prevention, and policies and procedures that meet multiple environmental goals. The refinery has found simple, low-tech solutions to individually small problems. Collectively, however, the implementation of these ideas has improved the refinery's environmental performance, and at low cost. The paper discusses these achievements, air emissions, technology innovations, waste segregation, and other procedures.

• OSTI ID: 7013122
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 92:22; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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