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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Nature of Gas and Oil | |
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| Petroleum | |
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| The Chemistry of Oil and Gas | |
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| Crude Oil | |
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| Natural Gas | |
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| Reservoir Hydrocarbons | |
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| The Earth's Crust-Where we Find it | |
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| Rocks and Minerals | |
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| Types of Rocks | |
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| Structure of the Earth's Crust | |
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| Identification of Common Rocks and Minerals | |
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| Identification of Minerals | |
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| Minerals | |
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| Identification of Rocks | |
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| Rocks | |
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| Geological Time | |
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| Absolute Age Dating | |
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| Relative Age Dating | |
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| The Geologic Time Scale | |
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| Earth History | |
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| Deformation of Sedimentary Rocks | |
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| Weathering, Erosion, and Unconformities | |
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| Anticlines and Synclines | |
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| Domes | |
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| Homoclines | |
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| Fractures | |
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| Ocean Environment and Plate Tectonics | |
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| Continental Margins | |
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| Deep Water | |
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| Ocean Sediments | |
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| Earth's Interior | |
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| Continental Drift | |
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| Seafloor Spreading | |
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| Plate Tectonics | |
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| Failed Arm Basins | |
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| Middle East Oil Fields | |
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| Sedimentary Rock Distribution | |
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| Basin Formation | |
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| Sedimentary Rock Facies | |
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| Subsurface Rock Layers | |
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| Mapping | |
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| Topographic Maps | |
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| Geologic Maps | |
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| Base Maps | |
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| Subsurface Maps | |
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| Source Rocks, Generation, Migration, and Accumulation of Petroleum | |
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| Source Rocks | |
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| Generation | |
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| Migration | |
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| Accumulation | |
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| Age | |
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| Reservoir Rocks | |
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| Saturation | |
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| Reservoir Rocks | |
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| Sandstone Reservoir Rocks | |
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| Dune Sandstones | |
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| Shoreline Sandstones | |
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| River Sandstones | |
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| Delta Sandstones | |
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| Granite Wash | |
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| Carbonate Reservoir Rocks | |
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| Reefs | |
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| Limestone Platforms | |
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| Karst Limestone | |
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| Chalk | |
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| Dolomite | |
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| Fractured Reservoirs | |
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| Petroleum Traps | |
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| Structural Traps | |
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| Stratigraphic Traps | |
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| Combination Traps | |
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| Petroleum Exploration-Geological and Geochemical | |
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| Seeps | |
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| Geological Techniques | |
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| Geochemical Techniques | |
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| Plays and Trends | |
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| Petroleum Exploration-Geophysical | |
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| Gravity and Magnetic Exploration | |
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| Seismic Exploration | |
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| Drilling Preliminaries | |
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| Land and Leasing | |
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| Foreign Contracts | |
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| Authority for Expenditure | |
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| Economic Analysis | |
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| Drilling Contracts | |
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| Joint Operating Agreements and Support Agreements | |
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| Site Preparation | |
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| Types of Wells | |
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| Government Regulations | |
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| Cable Tool Rigs | |
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| Drilling a Well-The Mechanics | |
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| Power | |
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| Hoisting System | |
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| Rotating System | |
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| Circulating System | |
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| Drilling Operations | |
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| Modern Rotary Drilling Rigs | |
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| Drilling Problems | |
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| Subsurface Conditions | |
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| Problems While Drilling | |
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| Dry Holes | |
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| Drilling Techniques | |
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| Vertical Well | |
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| Directional Drilling | |
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| Well Depth | |
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| Air and Foam Drilling | |
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| Testing a Well | |
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| Sample or Lithologic Log | |
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| Drilling-Time Log | |
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| Mud Log | |
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| Wireline Well Logs | |
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| Measurements-While-Drilling and Logging-While-Drilling | |
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| Drillstem Test | |
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| Repeat Formation Tester | |
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| Completing a Well | |
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| Casing | |
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| Bottom-Hole Completions | |
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| Expandable Casing and Liner | |
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| Tubing | |
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| Wellhead | |
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| Chokes | |
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| Surface Equipment | |
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| Sucker-rod Pump | |
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| Gas Lift | |
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| Electric Submersible Pump | |
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| Hydraulic Pump | |
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| Multiple Completions | |
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| Intelligent Wells | |
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| Surface Treatment and Storage | |
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| Flowlines | |
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| Separators | |
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| Gas Treatment | |
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| Storage and Measurement | |
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| Modern Lease Operations | |
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| Offshore Drilling and Completion | |
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| Mineral Rights | |
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| Offshore Drilling | |
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| Exploratory Drilling | |
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| Spudding an Offshore Exploratory Well | |
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| Developmental Drilling and Production | |
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| Subsea Work | |
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| Subsea Wells | |
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| Unstable Sea Bed | |
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| Workover | |
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| Equipment | |
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| Well Intervention on Offshore Wells | |
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| Preparing the Well | |
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| Well Problems | |
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| Reservoir Mechanics | |
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| Reservoir Drives | |
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| Maximum Efficient Rate | |
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| Petroleum Production | |
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| Well and Reservoir Pressures | |
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| Well Testing | |
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| Cased-Hole Logs | |
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| Production Logs | |
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| Decline Curves | |
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| Bypassing and Coning | |
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| Cycling | |
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| Well Stimulation | |
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| Disposal of Oilfield Brine and Solution Gas | |
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| Surface Subsidence | |
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| Corrosion | |
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| Production Maps | |
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| Standed Gas | |
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| Reserves | |
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| Recovery Factor | |
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| Shrinkage Factor and Formation Volume Factor | |
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| Reserve Calculations | |
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| Types of Reserves | |
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| Improved Oil Recovery | |
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| Waterflood | |
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| Enhanced Oil Recovery | |
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| Efficiency | |
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| Unitization | |
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| Plug and Abandon | |
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| Unconventional Oil and Gas | |
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| Tight Formations | |
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| Coal Bed or Coal Seam Gas | |
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| Oil Shales | |
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| Tar Sands | |
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| Gas Hydrates | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Figure References | |
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| Unit Conversions | |
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| Oil and Gas Records | |
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| Index | |