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Excellent..!
I believe this book fills a need that engineers always had. It explains in a very clear way how to do procedures in field operations and how to resolve different situations that can appear in oil and gas well testing... I really recommend it to the oil industry. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. Gas wells    3. Geophysics    4. Mining    5. Natural Gas Drilling    6. Oil wells    7. Petroleum    8. Petroleum Drilling    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Testing    13. Energy industries & utilities    14. Mining technology & engineering    15. Occupational / industrial health & safety    16. Science / Geophysics    17. Science-Geophysics    18. Technology / Mining    19. Technology-Engineering - General   

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From a student of the author
I got to help test-drive this textbook's material by being in a course taught by Dr. Lyons' as the book was being published, and let me tell you, this book is chock full of information about air & gas drilling.The detail is amazing, giving step-by-step examples in calculating flowrates of various drilling methods, such as aerated and foam drilling.Graphs are provided for different flowrates with all the major industry-standard drill pipes, and other helpful graphs such as geothermal gradient, surface temperature and pressure.Read more

Subjects:  1. Air drilling (Petroleum engine    2. Air drilling (Petroleum engineering)    3. Construction - General    4. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    5. Gas drilling (Petroleum engine    6. Gas drilling (Petroleum engineering)    7. Mining    8. Natural Gas Drilling    9. Petroleum    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Mining technology & engineering    14. Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical   

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MECHNICAL ENGINEER
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN FLUE GAS EXPANDER USED IN REFINERY IN USA ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Catalytic cracking    2. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    3. Engineering - Industrial    4. Petroleum    5. Petroleum Refining    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Petroleum technology    10. Science / Chemistry / General   

Subjects:  1. Industrial Design - General    2. Microbiology    3. Petroleum    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Petroleum technology   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. Geology    3. Geophysics    4. Petroleum    5. Petroleum Exploration    6. Popular works    7. Prospecting    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Earth Sciences | Geology    11. Petroleum geology    12. Science / Geophysics   

Subjects:  1. Building Codes    2. Construction    3. Construction - General    4. Industrial Health & Safety    5. Natural Gas    6. Petroleum    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades   

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For serious students of petroleum only
First I want to say, I cannot believe how expensive this book is! ...Therefore I cannot afford it with my student budget.Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    2. Hydrates    3. Natural Gas    4. Petroleum    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Geochemistry   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Earth Sciences    5. Microscopy    6. Petroleum geology    7. Petrology    8. Reference works    9. Science / Earth Sciences   

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Oil everywhere
I was very impressed Dr. Gold's crisp and persuasive arguments for the deep and non-biological origin of petroleum.Dr. Gold pictures the greater part of the Earth's biosphere infiltrating the rocks of the upper crust, where autotrophic bacteria feed on virtually limitless upwelling hydrocarbons from the planet's interior -- a hypothesis that culminated in the fascinating "Siljan" experiment in 1987, in which tens of millions of dollars were invested drilling a 5-mile well into the granite of Switzerland in search of non-biological hydrocarbons.Dr. Gold states that crude oil and other hydrocarbons were recovered from rocks where conventional geology said they could not exist.Unfortunately, this may not meet Carl Sagan's threshold of "extraordinary evidence," since his work seems to have been largely ignored by modern geologists.Nevertheless, this tightly reasoned and polished book made a believer out of me.Among other fascinating statements, Dr. Gold believes the world's oil reserves are actually slowly "recharging," and that life originated within the Earth's crust.I certainly recommend this book to anybody with an interest in oil, geology or the origin of life.
Scientific theory, or maybe just true !!
As a geologist familiar with the traditional theories about accumulations of oil and related gases in structural domes, I was skeptical of Gold's theories.But the more I read, the more I became convinced his explanations of facts that went unaccounted for using the old theories had some merit.Of course, the only problem with his theory is that we will never be able to prove it.To prove it we would have to drill at least 200 kilometers down into the earth.But his five assumptions are valid and not disproveable.Plus, I read a recent newspaper article that scientists have found evidence of a deep unidentified source of methane gas.As a scientist you can poo poo it, but hey, wait until all evidence comes in, at least give the author that much respect. Recommended for those scientists who have an open mind.

Read with an open mind
Thomas Gold's book is highly intriguing and worth the effort to absorb. Since it was first published, field research has confirmed the Earth does have a deep, hot microbial ecosystem that extends as far as observations have gone to date. Several recent lines of field and laboratory evidence support the contention that some portion of Earth's hydrocarbons are formed by non-biological processes. In my opinion he pushes his thesis past the bounds of accepted evidence by suggesting that little, if any of the known oil and natural gas deposits were formed by the deep burial of surface organisms in sedimentary rock formations. Until much more definitive evidence is available, a model that allows for hydrocarbons of biological and nonbiological origin provides the best fit for all of the evidence. Most of the fascination with this book seems to stem from its implication that commercially exploitable oil deposits will not dwindle in the forseeable future and therefore everybody can continue driving huge gas-wasting vehicles and spewing pollutants into the atmosphere with wild abandon. Gold's one weakness is that he fails to mention the obvious and serious consequences of unchecked burning of fossil fuels: worsening air pollution and more risk of disastrous impacts of climate change. This book does not make me want to buy a Hummer and leave it idling all night because oil will never run out, but unfortunately it appears to send this message to some people. A more sober, forward-thinking and responsible approach to reading this book is that regardless of the source and magnitude of oil deposits on Earth the consequences of continued and massive combustion of oil will have a far greater impact on future generations than than a 30 cent difference in the price of gasoline in 2050. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Deep-earth gas theory    2. Earth Sciences - General    3. Geology    4. Hydrocarbons    5. Life    6. Origin Of Life    7. Petroleum    8. Petroleum Geology    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Evolution    12. Oceanography (seas)    13. Science / Biology   

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Awesome book
This is definitely a very important book to have for people that study/work in the Petroleum industry.

strongly recommended
This book gives you step by step explanations for the basics of petroleum reservoir engineering.

Bible of Fluid petroleum engineers
working in a research institute specialized in oil industry, i find this book always a reference.. and though i have read it, studied it several times.. it keeps on capturing me and helping me. i highly recommend this book, it s amust have for a petroleum engineer.
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Subjects:  1. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    2. Natural gas    3. Oil reservoir engineering    4. Petroleum    5. Petroleum Engineering (General)    6. Reference    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Petroleum technology   

Subjects:  1. Applied    2. Earth Sciences - Geography    3. Engineering - Industrial    4. Environmental Engineering & Technology    5. Petroleum    6. Probability & Statistics - Multivariate Analysis    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Petroleum & oil industries   

Subjects:  1. Data processing    2. Mathematical models    3. Oil reservoir engineering    4. Petroleum geology   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. Petroleum    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technology    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Industrial chemistry    7. Occupational / industrial health & safety   

Subjects:  1. Industrial Technology    2. Natural gas    3. Petroleum    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Technology / Petroleum   

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Award-winner
PETROLIA recently was awarded theGiddens Prize as the best newwriting on oil history, 1996-2000.

Bravo Brian Black
Never before have I read such an eloquent and informative journey throughthe oil boom of Pennsylvania. Thephotographic images that Dr. Black haschosen for his book are as captivating and clear as his text. Anoutstanding and brilliantly written book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. History - U.S.    3. Human Geography    4. Landscape    5. Petroleum    6. United States - 19th Century    7. United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic    8. Pennsylvania    9. Petroleum & oil industries    10. Regional geography    11. Social history    12. USA    13. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Asphaltene    2. Dewaxing    3. Emulsions    4. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    5. Petroleum    6. Petroleum Refining    7. Refining    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Geochemistry    12. Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies    13. Petroleum technology   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Management - General    3. Petroleum    4. Reference    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Total productive maintenance    8. Industry & Industrial Studies    9. Project management    10. Technology / Petroleum   

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What a disappointment
When I read the abstract for this book I thougth I would pick up some information or process description that would help pick out the most economical scheme to process a given feedstock. Instead what I got was mostly a rehash of what I can get from Hydrocarbon processing without any hard numbers or equations to use. The author spends most of the time describing databases of process inoformation he has collected and how he went about correlating the results, but without ever bothering to print the correlations that were developed. Instead you get tables comparing the authors correlations to other correlations which also are not published. This does nothing to help you know how to predict the performance of a unit. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    2. Petroleum    3. Refining    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Energy Technology & Engineering    8. Finance & Accounting    9. Petroleum & oil industries   

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Tony Hodges comes clean
Tony Hodges has finally seen the light regarding Angola.A known MPLA sympathiser, his book shows that there is no right or wrong in Angola.Both the MPLA and UNITA are fighting a 30 year civil war for power.Angola's natural resources provide the monetary resources to continue the war.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1975-    2. Africa - General    3. Angola    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Capitalism    7. Economic Conditions    8. Economic History    9. Industries - General    10. Petroleum    11. Petroleum industry and trade    12. Sociology   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - General    2. Earth Sciences - Geology    3. Geophysics    4. Petroleum    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Sequence stratigraphy    8. Earth Sciences    9. Science / Geology