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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power Daniel Yergin 9781847376466
RRP: $21.92$15.58The struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades continues to shake the world economy, dictate the outcome of wars, and transform the destiny of men and nations. The Prizeis as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil... -
Oil 101 by Morgan Patrick Downey 9780982039205
$29.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982039205Author Morgan Patrick DowneyFormat HardbackPage Count 452Imprint Wooden Table Press LLCPublisher Wooden Table Press LLCWeight(grams) 794g -
A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War Keith Fisher 9780141999630
RRP: $24.50$17.56'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry' The Economist 'The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading' Michael KlarePetroleum has always been used by humans: as an... -
Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs: (She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse) by Paul Carter
RRP: $12.89$8.77A take-no-prisoners approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. Amazingly, he's survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilization. He... -
Oil: A Beginner's Guide by Vaclav Smil 9781786072863
RRP: $12.89$8.27Oil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be no planes, no plastic, no exotic produce, and a global political landscape few would recognise. Humanity's dependence upon oil looks set to continue for decades to come, but what is it?... -
Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less by Alex Epstein
RRP: $34.82$23.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593420416Author Alex EpsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Crude Britannia: How Oil Shaped a Nation James Marriott 9780745341095
RRP: $16.76$11.61'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya Chakrabortty Taking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain's oil-soaked past, present and future. Travelling... -
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power Steve Coll 9780718194475
RRP: $21.92$16.36From twice-Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Steve Coll comes Private Empire, winner of the FT/GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2012The oil giant ExxonMobil makes more money annually than the GDP of most countries; has greater sway than US... -
Moral Case For Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
RRP: $32.24$21.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591847441Author Alex EpsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 446gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm *... -
Fire Safety in Residential Property: A Practical Approach for Environmental Health by Richard Lord 9780367617868
RRP: $25.79$22.82This book aims to take the reader through all aspects of fire safety and management in residential settings, from origin and ignition, risk assessment, protection and prevention, as well as comparing effective enforcement options from across all parts of... -
A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War by Keith Fisher
RRP: $51.60$37.91'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Wonderfully detailed and colourful' Steven Poole, Daily Telegraph'The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading' Michael KlarePetroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by... -
This Is Not A Drill: Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield Paul Carter 9781857885637
RRP: $12.89$8.77The outrageous sequel to Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs (She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse) brings more great stories from the far side of civilization - hilarious, full of humour, colourful characters and dramatic action! Just another... -
A Dictionary of Oil & Gas Industry Terms, 2e by Mr Peter Roberts
RRP: $42.56$41.62Roberts' dictionary is a comprehensive yet concise guide to the various legal, regulatory, technical, commercial, and financial abbreviations, acronyms, terms and phrases which define the oil and gas industry today. The dictionary is divided into three... -
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction 2019 by Eliza Griswold
RRP: $19.34$12.64Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction'At heart a David and Goliath story fit for the movies ... [A] valuable, discomforting book' The New York Times Book ReviewSeven years in the making, Amity and Prosperity tells the story of the... -
Oil and the Western Economic Crisis by Helen Thompson 9783319525082
RRP: $70.94$63.67This book explains the place of oil in the economic and political predicaments that now confront the West. Thompson explains the problems that the rising cost of oil posed in the years leading up to the 2008 crash, and the difficulties that a volatile... -
Our Biggest Experiment: A History of the Climate Crisis by Alice Bell
RRP: $15.47$9.96The history of climate change research - how the world became addicted to fossil fuels, how we discovered that electricity may be our saviour, and how renewable energy is far from a 20th-century discovery. Did you know the link between carbon... -
Shale Oil and Gas: The Promise and the Peril, Revised and Updated Second Edition by Vikram Rao 9781934831076
RRP: $14.18$12.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934831076Author Vikram RaoFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Rti International / Rti PressPublisher Rti International / Rti PressWeight(grams)... -
Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels by Dieter Helm
RRP: $18.05$15.80An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this... -
Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg 9781905570003 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$2.95Without oil, what would you do? How would you travel? How would you eat? What would everyday life be like? The world is about to change dramatically and permanently as a result of oil depletion. Within the next few years, the global production of oil... -
Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies Richard Heinberg 9781905570003
RRP: $16.76$11.73Without oil, what would you do? How would you travel? How would you eat? What would everyday life be like? The world is about to change dramatically and permanently as a result of oil depletion. Within the next few years, the global production of oil... -
The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe by Thane Gustafson
RRP: $37.35$30.83A Marginal Revolution Best Book of the YearWinner of the Shulman Book PrizeA noted expert on Russian energy argues that despite Europe's geopolitical rivalries, natural gas and deals based on it unite Europe's nations in mutual self-interest.Three... -
Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing: Principles and Practices Saeid Mokhatab (Gas Processing Consultant, Canada) 9780128158173
RRP: $171.57$153.64Written by an internationally-recognized team of natural gas industry experts, the fourth edition of Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing is a unique, well-researched, and comprehensive work on the design and operation aspects of natural... -
Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future by Robert Bryce
RRP: $27.08$17.75The promise of "green jobs" and a "clean energy future" has roused the masses. But as Robert Bryce makes clear in this provocative book, that vision needs a major re-vision. We cannot- and will not- quit using carbon-based fuels at... -
Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering: Volume 8 by L. P. Dake 9780444418302
RRP: $69.65$62.85"This book is fast becoming the standard text in its field", wrote a reviewer in the Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology soon after the first appearance of Dake's book. This prediction quickly came true: it has become the standard text and has been... -
Handbook of Liquefied Natural Gas by Saeid Mokhatab 9780128099964
RRP: $101.90$92.84Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a commercially attractive phase of the commodity that facilitates the efficient handling and transportation of natural gas around the world. The LNG industry, using technologies proven over decades of development, continues... -
Subsea Rock Installation and Rock Placement: A Guide for Offshore Operators by Robert Eadie 9781849954549
RRP: $45.15$39.93Based upon the author's wide experience in a broad range of projects, this invaluable book sets the scene and places rock installation in the context of the offshore industry today. This is an industry where health, safety and environmental... -
Theory and Practice in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery by Kun Sang Lee
RRP: $141.90$126.79Selection of the optimal recovery method is significantly influenced by economic issues in today's oil and gas markets. Consequently, the development of cost-effective technologies, which bring maximum oil recovery, is the main interest in today's... -
Fire Safety in Residential Property: A Practical Approach for Environmental Health by Richard Lord
RRP: $64.49$56.12This book aims to take the reader through all aspects of fire safety and management in residential settings, from origin and ignition, risk assessment, protection and prevention, as well as comparing effective enforcement options from across all parts of... -
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes by Bryan Burrough
RRP: $24.51$16.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116820Author Bryan BurroughFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Alpha BooksPublisher Alpha BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 25mm -
Fracking Uncertainty: Hydraulic Fracturing and the Provincial Politics of Risk Heather Millar 9781487552695
RRP: $30.95$26.73Hydraulic fracturing – fracking – is an unconventional extraction technique used in the oil and gas industry that has fundamentally transformed global energy politics. In Fracking Uncertainty, Heather Millar explains variation in Canadian provincial... -
Optimization and Business Improvement Studies in Upstream Oil and Gas Industry by Sanjib Chowdhury 9781119100034
RRP: $139.26$120.96Delves into the core and functional areas in the upstream oil and gas industry covering a wide range of operations and processes Oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) activities are costly, risky and technology-intensive. With the rise in... -
Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence by Joseph A. Pratt 9780822962663
$58.79Fossil fuels propelled industries and nations into the modern age and continue to powerfully influence economies and politics today. As Energy Capitals demonstrates, the discovery and exploitation of fossil fuels has proven to be a mixed blessing in many... -
Surface Production Operations: Vol 2: Design of Gas-Handling Systems and Facilities by Maurice Stewart 9780123822079
RRP: $170.28$154.26Updated and better than ever, Design of Gas-Handling Systems and Facilities, 3rd Edition includes greatly expanded chapters on gas-liquid separation, gas sweetening, gas liquefaction, and gas dehydration -information necessary and critical to production... -
Natural Gas Processing: Technology and Engineering Design by Alireza Bahadori 9780080999715
RRP: $141.90$128.86Natural gas is considered the dominant worldwide bridge between fossil fuels of today and future resources of tomorrow. Thanks to the recent shale boom in North America, natural gas is in a surplus and quickly becoming a major international commodity... -
Natural Gas Hydrates: A Guide for Engineers by John Carroll 9780128000748
RRP: $141.90$127.31Rarely covered in formal engineering courses, natural gas hydrates are a common problem and real-life danger for engineers worldwide. Updated and more practical than ever, Natural Gas Hydrates, Third Edition helps managers and engineers get up to speed... -
Power of Scotland: The Nation's Generation Stations Guthrie Hutton 9781840338522
RRP: $15.42$14.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338522Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackImprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Introduction to Energy Systems by Ibrahim Dinçer 9781119825760
RRP: $105.72$93.23Introduction to Energy Systems An in-depth introduction to applications and analysis of energy systems, covering both renewable and traditional types of energy systems In Introduction to Energy Systems, the content is uniquely designed to cover... -
Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations: The Sociology and Technology of Energy by Allan Mazur
RRP: $54.17$47.41Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the... -
Fuel Additives: Chemistry and Technology Robert D. Tack 9781119707417
RRP: $161.25$139.66FUEL ADDITIVES Explore a complete and insightful review of fuel additives In Fuel Additives: Chemistry and Technology, petroleum industry chemist R. D. Tack delivers a comprehensive and practical exploration of various types of fuel additives, the... -
Extracting Innovations: Mining, Energy, and Technological Change in the Digital Age by Martin J. Clifford 9780367657246
RRP: $61.91$54.45This 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...