Oil and Gas Industry A Nontechnical Guide

Name: Oil and Gas Industry A Nontechnical Guide
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ISBN: 9781593702540

ISBN-10: 159370254X

ISBN-13: 9781593702540

Edition: 2012

Authors: Joseph Hilyard

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Joseph Hilyard's timely new book provides a broad perspective on the oil and gas industry, with primary attention to the United States. It takes the reader on a tour of the operations used to find and evaluate resources, and then to produce, store and deliver oil and gas.The book's main focus is primarily on the equipment and processes used in exploring new resources; evaluating promising formations; drilling wells; managing oil and gas production; converting oil and gas into products; and transporting oil and gas. Separate chapters address the evolution and current structure of the petroleum industry; oil and gas trading; and challenges likely to face the oil and gas industry in coming…

Book details

List price: $107.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: PennWell Books, LLC
Publication date: 7/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 332
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Preface


Origins of oil and gas


Oil overview


Natural gas overview


Searching for and evaluating oil and gas


Drilling and completion: Onshore


Drilling and completion: Offshore


Managing oil and gas production


Transporting oil


Transporting natural gas by pipeline


Transporting natural gas as LNG


Converting oil into products


Converting natural gas into products


Petroleum industry structure


Petroleum trading


Emerging challenges for the petroleum industry


Terms, abbreviations, and acronyms


Further reading


Appendix C