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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 | |