Petroleum

Is there a low-carbon future for the oil industry? Faced with compelling new geological evidence, the petroleum industry can no longer ignore the consequences of climate change brought on by consumption of its products. Yet the global community will...

The first edition of Rock Mechanics and Engineering bridged the gap between scientific research on rock mechanics and practical engineering. It was resolutely aimed at giving practical information to geologists, engineering geologists and engineers...

Oil! Titan of the Southwest is the exciting yet unbiased account of one of the most spectacular series of events in American history: the rush for oil riches in the great Mid-Continent and Gulf producing area, from the era of the Indians' oil springs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780919852358Author John DuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint CC PressPublisher CC PressWeight(grams) 925g

For a country accustomed to counting its resources in millions, or even billions, the unit of measure is almost too small to be of interest. But during a lunch break one day, Robert E. Hardwicke asked of his colleagues in the Petroleum Administration for...

Edited by the Society for Underwater Technology, this text covers advances in subsea pipeline engineering and technology. Topics covered include changes in the industry, high pressure/high temperature, design, construction/installation and operations and...

First published in 1982, the purpose of this textbook is to present civil engineers with sufficient information about geology to enable them to understand those aspects of the behaviour and properties of rock and soil that are relevant to the design of...

The Age of Petroleum began with sudden and dramatic power on August 27, 1859, when the first commercial oil well was completed near Titusville, Pennsylvania. The story of oil and of the industrial and social transformations it brought about in the...

A lease man for a major oil company tells how he goes about his work, some of the fun in it and some of its frustrations. While he says that his book is intended to interest and amuse rather than to instruct, the reader learns a great deal about oil in...

The supply of energy and raw materials has become an increasingly important topic of public debate. This book is an introduction to the energy and resources systems that influence all of our lives. The authors analyse as a system the role of energy usage...

World gasification capacity is expected to grow by more than 70% by 2015. While gasification is not a new process, the higher price in crude has lead operators and refineries to look at all possible coal-based technologies for energy conversion, and with...

As conventional-oil resources are depleted worldwide, vast heavy oil reserves available in various parts of the world become increasingly important as a secure future energy source. Brief but readable, Heavy Oil Production Processes discusses the latest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788196723682Author Sam LorayFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Uniek EnterprisesPublisher Uniek EnterprisesWeight(grams) 259g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692135259Author Matthew J HatamiFormat HardbackPage Count 326Imprint Oilfield Books, LLCPublisher Oilfield Books, LLCWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm)...

This book is the latest in a series of respected volumes that provides an up-to-date review of some of the major chemistry topics related to the oil and gas industry. Divided into four sections, it looks in turn at the latest developments in...

This book aims at presenting, describing, and summarizing the latest advances in polymer flooding regarding the chemical synthesis of the EOR agents and the numerical simulation of compositional models in porous media, including a description of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649456106Author Rolly AngelesFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Rolando Santiago AngelesPublisher Rolando Santiago AngelesWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649456144Author Rolly AngelesFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Rolando Santiago AngelesPublisher Rolando Santiago AngelesWeight(grams) 216g

Gasoline - the most common petroleum product comes in several types or grades. Straight-run gasoline is generated solely by crude oil distillation. Crack gasoline, derived by thermal or catalytic breaking of heavier oil fractions, accounts for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958878187Author Rexford G WiggersFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 458g

From the famous oilpatch that spread from West Texas to New Mexico, Alaska, China, and other locales, Hubert H. Hays (1935-2005) drilled for oil. He drilled for fifty years-and he was good at it. He knew what negative 70 degrees does to casing and drill...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941324073Author Michelle M HaasFormat HardbackImprint Copano Bay PressPublisher Copano Bay PressWeight(grams) 617g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439227121Author Festus OkonkwoFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439227275Author Festus OkonkwoFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 133g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976779957Author C A WarnerFormat HardbackImprint Copano Bay PressPublisher Copano Bay PressWeight(grams) 871g

Corrosion and scale in crude oil systems are two of the most costly problems facing oil companies, which go to great expense to effectively control the problems. Corrodible surfaces are found throughout production, transport, and refining equipment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692210680Author Dennis H Evers SrFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Dee, LLCPublisher Dee, LLCWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985877262Author J A TurleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Brier Patch, Llcshing, LLCPublisher Brier Patch, Llcshing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Enhanced-Oil Recovery (EOR) evaluations focused on asset acquisition or rejuvenation involve a combination of complex decisions, using different data sources. EOR projects have been traditionally associated with high CAPEX and OPEX, as well as high...

Working Guide to Petroleum and Natural Gas Production Engineering provides an introduction to key concepts and processes in oil and gas production engineering. It begins by describing correlation and procedures for predicting the physical properties of...

Liquid loading can reduce production and shorten the lifecycle of a well costing a company millions in revenue. A handy guide on the latest techniques, equipment, and chemicals used in de-watering gas wells, Gas Well Deliquification, 2nd Edition...

Practical Engineering Management of Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms delivers the first must-have content to the multiple engineering managers and clients devoted to the design, equipment, and operations of offshore oil and gas platforms. Concepts...

With the oil and gas industry facing new challenges-deeper offshore installations, more unconventional oil and gas transporting through pipelines, and refinery equipment processing these opportunity feedstocks--new corrosion challenges are appearing, and...

Gas and Oil Reliability Engineering: Modeling and Analysis, Second Edition, provides the latest tactics and processes that can be used in oil and gas markets to improve reliability knowledge and reduce costs to stay competitive, especially while oil...

Intelligent Digital Oil and Gas Fields: Concepts, Collaboration, and Right-time Decisions delivers to the reader a roadmap through the fast-paced changes in the digital oil field landscape of technology in the form of new sensors, well mechanics such as...

The extraction of natural gas from shale formations is no simple task and perhaps the most expensive when compared to over unconventional gases. Although, its popularity has grown over the years, there is much to be done to make their production and...

Unconventional reservoirs of oil and gas represent a huge additional global source of fossil fuels. However, there is much still to be done to improve techniques for their processing to make recovery and refining of these particular energy sources more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631179501Author Claire ValentiFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 202g

The properties of fuel oils.The possibilities and limitations of each grade.Methods which can be used to assure uniform quality and efficient combustion.Fuel oil impurities and how they affect combustion.How to diagnose and solve problems.This book is a...