Petroleum Geology
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Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
by Daniel Yergin  Publisher Comments Pulitzer Prize Winner -- and Now an Epic PBS Series The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and...
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Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
by Matthew R Simmons Publisher Comments Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three-plus decades of insider...
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Practical Enhanced Reservoir Engineering: Assisted with Simulation Software
by Abdus Satter Publisher Comments This book is intended to be a reservoir engineering book for college students, but it's not the usual college text book. It is a modern and very practical guide offering reservoir engineering fundamentals, advanced reservoir related topics, reservoir...
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Advances in Incremental Petroleum Production
by Book News Annotation With a broad definition of what constitutes "chemical methods" in petroleum reservoir engineering and production infrastructure, Lakatos (Research Institute of Applied Chemistry, U. of Miskolc, Hungary) presents 39 papers demonstrating recent progress...
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The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World
by Paul Roberts Publisher Comments Petroleum is now so deeply entrenched in our economy, our politics, and our personal expectations that even modest efforts to phase it out are fought tooth and nail by the most powerful forces in the world: companies and governments that depend on oil...
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End of Oil : on the Edge of a Perilous New World (04 Edition)
by Paul Roberts Publisher Comments You live in this world. You use oil. You must read this book. The situation is alarming and irrefutable: within thirty years, even by conservative estimates, we will have burned our way through most of the oil that is readily available to us. Already...
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Above Ground Storage Tanks
by P. E. Myers Publisher Comments To bring ASTs up to standards, rely on the only book that brings you up to speed on how to do it Aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), designed to hold fluids or liquids used by the chemical process industry, gained notoriety following a series of leaks and...
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Crude Oil Waxes, Emulsions, & Asphaltenes
by J. R. Becker Book News Annotation A consultant for chemical companies involved in oilfield technology explains the physical chemical problems associated with petroleum byproducts that cause equipment failure, plug pipelines, and decrease throughput, and describes some of the new...
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Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940
by Paul Sabin Publisher Comments Energy shortages, climate change, and the debate over national security have thrust oil policy to the forefront of American politics. How did Americans grow so dependent on petroleum, and what can we learn from our history that will help us craft...
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Petroleum Sedimentology
by Winfried Zimmerle Synopsis Knowledge of the principles and methods of petroleum sedimentology is essential for oil and gas exploration and exploitation. This book is designed as an introductory text for students in petroleum geology and applied sedimentology as well as a useful...
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Oil: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
by Vaclav Smil Synopsis Without oil, there would be no globalisation, no plastic, little transport, and a global political landscape that few would recognise. In this captivating book Vaclav Smil explains all matters related to the 'black stuff', from its discovery in the earth,...
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Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak
by Kenneth S. Deffeyes Publisher Comments With world oil production about to peak and inexorably head toward steep decline, what fuels are available to meet rising global energy demands? That question, once thought to address a fairly remote contingency, has become ever more urgent, as a spate...
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Life and Death of an Oilman
by John Joseph Mathews Publisher Comments One of America's most colorful oilmen was Ernest Whitworth Marland, a man who had much in common with other industrial giants of his age — the Mellons, Rockefellers, the Morgans. Moving to Ponce City, Oklahoma, from Pennsylvania shortly after the...
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Drilling Fluids Processing Handbook
by Asme Shale Shaker Committee Publisher Comments Written by the Shale Shaker Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, originally of the American Association of Drilling Engineers, the authors of this book are some of the most well-respected names in the world for drilling. The first...
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Gasification
by Chris Higman Publisher Comments This book provides an excellent overview of current technologies for the gasification of coal, oil, gas, biomass and waste feedstocks. Starting from the basic theory, it reviews the potential feedstocks and their suitability for different types of...
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Pocket Guide to Flanges, Fittings, and Piping Data
by R. R. Lee Publisher Comments Here is the latest edition of a compact reference that has been a real treasure for materials personnel for more than 15 years. Packed with pictures, definitions, and descriptions of ANSI and API piping materials, such as flanges, fittings, bolts...
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Formulas and Calculations for Drilling and Production
by Mark Morgan Synopsis The most complete manual, presented in an easy-to-use format, Formulas and Calculations for Drilling and Production is a quick reference for day-to-day work out on the rig. Virtually all the mathematics required on a drilling rig are here in one...
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Process Piping Design Handbook: The Fundamentals of Piping Design
by Peter Smith Synopsis Written for the piping engineer and designer in the field, this two-part series helps to fill a void in piping literature, since the Rip Weaver books of the '90s were taken out of print at the advent of the Computer Aid Design (CAD) era. Technology may...
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Chemical Industries #60: Lubricant Base Oil and Wax Processing
by Avilino Sequeira Synopsis < P> Provides state-of-the-art information on all processes currently used to manufacture lubricant base oils and waxes-offering practical, timesaving solutions for specific on-the-job problems. Furnishes helpful lists of conversion factors...
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Strategies for Optimizing Petroleum Exploration:: Evaluate Initial Potential and Forecast Reserves
by Lev D Knoring Publisher Comments Here is a valuable guide to appraise and develop petroleum resources. Geology largely determines exploration policy. This book analyzes the strategic connection between the two and shows how to improve decision making on appraising and developing...
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