Petroleum category: 266 books
by HowExpert
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
About Book:
Offshore jurisdictions have been a subject to international allegations from the beginning of their existence. The governments are increasingly trying to tackle people opening bank accounts in those places by not telling the truth, that they are completely legal if you don’t hide them....
by Vaclav Smil
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Packed with fascinating facts and insight, this book will fuel dinner party debate, and provide readers with the science and politics behind the world’s most controversial resource. Without oil, there would be no globalisation, no plastic, little transport, and a global political landscape that...
by Phil Andrews, Jim Playfoot
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Volume 1: Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: Case Studies in Partnership and Collaboration highlights, for the first time, 8 powerful case studies in which universities, colleges and training providers are working with oil companies to produce capable, competent people.
This...
Shale Oil and Gas Handbook
Theory, Technologies, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2016
Shale Oil and Gas Handbook: Theory, Technologies, and Challenges provides users with information on how shale oil and gas exploration has revolutionized today’s energy industry. As activity has boomed and job growth continues to increase, training in this area for new and experienced engineers is...
The Guide to Oilwell Fishing Operations
Tools, Techniques, and Rules of Thumb
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2003
No fishing job is a welcome operation, but this new edition of a classic reference helps you do the job efficiently and economically. This practical guide is packed with illustrations and descriptions of fishing equipment and tools to help you solve just about any fishing problem. Foremen, engineers,...
by Phil Andrews, Jim Playfoot
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Volume 2 of the Getenergy Guides series explores the challenges of developing a technically competent workforce for the oil and gas sector globally. The cases in this Volume explore practical examples of the efforts of oil and gas companies, contractors, educational institutions and governments to...
Russia and the Arctic
Environment, Identity and Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
The world is currently witnessing an 'Arctic Scramble' – as the major powers compete to demarcate and occupy Arctic territory. The region is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves, and its position at the top of the globe holds significant trading and military advantages. Yet the territorial...
Oil and Gas Pipelines and Piping Systems
Design, Construction, Management, and Inspection
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
Oil and Gas Pipelines and Piping Systems: Design, Construction, Management, and Inspection delivers all the critical aspects needed for oil and gas piping and pipeline condition monitoring and maintenance, along with tactics to minimize costly disruptions within operations. Broken up into two logical...
Fluid Catalytic Cracking Handbook
An Expert Guide to the Practical Operation, Design, and Optimization of FCC Units
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
This new and improved edition focuses on providing practical information and tools that engineers can use to maximize the profitability and reliability of their fluid catalytic cracking operations. The updated chapters and new content deliver expertise and know-how to an industry that faces significant...
Water Fuel To Run Your Car
Learn All About Electric Vehicles, Hydrogen Cars And Other Alternative Fuel Cars Plus Step By Step How-To On How To Run Your Car On Water As Fuel Instead Of Gasoline
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Would you like to find a better way to fuel your car? Naturally, with today’s gas prices, you are thinking about alternate ways to make your car run without the high cost of gasoline. Can you really make your car run on water and if so, how?
Actually automobile manufacturers are already experimenting...
by Vaclav Smil
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Energy expert Vaclav Smil presents a sharp-witted and approachable guide to oil's origins, exploration, extraction and use. This book is the perfect starting point for readers who wish to understand the science and culture behind our oil-driven world.
by Samir Dalvi
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
A prominent linchpin in world politics and in security policies world over, oil and gas have tremendous value in both, the political and economical sectors of global relations, business establishments and policy. Regardless of whether one is a novice to a given field, or a well accomplished veteran in...
by Don Bongaards
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Hello -- my name is Don Bongaards and I am a retired engineer. This book is a sequel to my first book entitled A Sense of Urgency which described how the United States could free itself from its dependence upon imported oil and achieves economic growth and prosperity by phasing in hydrogen fuel as...
by Phil Rae, Leonard Kalfayan, Michael Economides
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
New – 2nd Edition. Fully updated and revised!
Energy is the essence of life and the most important commodity that defines the modern world. Without access to affordable energy, the economic health of the planet and the survival of our civilization itself, are at risk. This is the...