1st Edition

Extracting Innovations Mining, Energy, and Technological Change in the Digital Age

399 Pages
by CRC Press

399 Pages 18 Color & 59 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

399 Pages 18 Color & 59 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book considers the most contemporary innovations propelling the extractive industries forward while also creating new environmental and social challenges. The socio-ecological fabric of innovation in the extractive industries is considered through an integrative approach that brings together engineers, natural scientists, and social scientists—academics and practitioners—giving an... Read more

Section I: Processes and Organizational Design Underpinning Innovation in the Resources Sector. Section II: Advances in Mining, Oil and Gas Technologies. Section III: Social Responsibility and Environmental Stewardship.



 

Biography

Martin J. Clifford, Robert K. Perrons, Saleem H. Ali, Tim A. Grice

"This wide-ranging compendium scans a broad horizon of current extractives industry issues, as well as offering some tantalizing glimpses into the future."
-- Tom Butler, CEO, International Council on Metals and Mining (ICMM), London, United Kingdom

"The mining and oil & gas industries are quickly becoming more technology-intensive, and this book helpfully examines many of the technological forces and innovations ushering in these changes around the world. I would highly recommend this book for anybody who needs to think about the future of these industries."
— Rustem R. Shagiev, Moscow Petroleum Institute, Russia

"…examines the nature, trends, drivers, and challenges of innovation in the extractive industries, such as oil and gas and mining, through a series of essays and vignettes. Among the issues addressed are why the extractive sectors are historically slow to adopt and use new technology; what strategies can improve innovation and uptake; what new technologies will shape the sector going forward; how digital technologies are changing the competitive landscape and industry architecture; and how new technologies could improve social performance and environmental stewardship."

-- Journal of Petroleum Technology, November 2018