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Great introduction to the Petroleum Shipping industry
Being new to this part of the petroleum value chain, I found this book very useful, interesting and quite easy to read.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Engineering - General    4. Freight Transportation    5. Industries - General    6. Maritime law    7. Petroleum    8. Petroleum Industries (Economic Aspects)    9. Petroleum industry and trade    10. Shipping    11. Ships & Shipbuilding - General    12. Transportation    13. Marine engineering    14. Shipping industries   

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An excellent resource and an unusually easy read
There are dozens of internet resources for those of us looking for definitions of oil & gas terminology, so I thought a "handbook of terms & phrases" would be redundant.But there's no substitute for deep knowledge and good, clear writing.Langenkamp is a sharp guy and, according to the bio at the back, a former speechwriter and public relations rep for Gulf oil, after 40 years in the business.That explains the clarity, precision, and actual personality and -- amazingly (where appropriate) -- a sense of humor.He includes terms like 'On the big sprocket - Said of a person who is moving in influential circles or has suddenly gone from a small job to one of considerably larger responsibility..."But he also covers the nitty-gritty, from "Adamantine" and "Catworks" on down to "One, Four Diaalkyluminoanthroquinone" and helpful concepts like "102 gas," a mnemonic for remembering to sections of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.OK, that doesn't sound exciting, but, when you have to know this stuff, it's nice to have someone along who knows what they're talking about and does it well.Thanks, Robert D.

Is there new edition of this book?
I would like to get a new edition of this book or a new book of same content. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries    2. Petroleum    3. Petroleum Engineering (General)    4. Petroleum engineering    5. Petroleum industry and trade    6. Polyglot Dictionaries    7. Reference    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Petroleum & oil industries    12. Petroleum technology    13. Reference works   

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Good Book for Refining Course
Good writing and accurate details. Good book for college text, maybe also for new engineers in a refinery. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Catalytic cracking    2. Catalytic reforming    3. Petroleum Refining   

Subjects:  1. Drilling muds    2. Engineering - General    3. Mining    4. Petroleum    5. Petroleum Drilling    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Shale shakers    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Fossil fuel technologies    11. Technology / Petroleum   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. Geological Research    3. Geophysical instruments    4. Geophysical methods    5. Geophysics    6. Methodology    7. Mining    8. Prospecting    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Petroleum geology    12. Petrology    13. Science / Environmental Science   

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

Subjects:  1. Applied    2. Artificial Intelligence - General    3. Computer Engineering    4. Computer simulation    5. General    6. Hydrocarbon reservoirs    7. Mathematical Models    8. Mining    9. Oil Reservoir Engineering    10. Petroleum    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Soft computing    13. Technology    14. Technology & Industrial Arts    15. Artificial intelligence    16. Fuzzy Logic    17. Geology    18. Geology & the lithosphere    19. Geophysics    20. Mining technology & engineering    21. Neural Networks    22. Oil and Gas    23. Reservoir Characterization    24. Reservoir Engineering    25. Reservoir Geology    26. Reservoir Geophysics    27. Science / Geology    28. Well Logging   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Geophysical instruments    3. Geophysical methods    4. Mining    5. Petroleum Geology    6. Prospecting    7. Science    8. Geophysics   

Subjects:  1. Maintenance and repair    2. Oil well drilling    3. Oil wells    4. Petroleum    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology   

Subjects:  1. Geology    2. Oil well logging    3. Petroleum    4. Petroleum Geology   

Subjects:  1. Computer Science    2. Earth Sciences - Geology    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Civil engineering    7. Computational fluid dynamics    8. Hydrogeology    9. Mechanical engineering    10. Multiphase fluids    11. Petroleum engineering    12. Physics    13. Science / Geology    14. Soil physics    15. Theoretical methods   

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Very helpful, needs an update
Great introduction, very accessible. Could use an update, especially around developments in hydroprocessing catalysts.

Extremely useful, nicely written
For anyone needs a quick understanding of the petroleum catalysis business, this book is a MUST. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Catalytic cracking    2. Engineering - General    3. Petroleum    4. Petroleum Chemicals    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Catalysis    9. Petroleum technology   

Subjects:  1. Biochemical markers    2. Biogeochemical prospecting    3. Earth Sciences - Geology    4. Environmental Science    5. Petroleum    6. Prospecting    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Biochemistry    10. Geochemistry    11. Petroleum geology    12. Science / Geology    13. Stratigraphy   

Subjects:  1. Petroleum    2. Technology & Industrial Arts    3. Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies   

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"Crude"
I highly recommend this book to everyone.
A Green Critique of Fossil Fuels
Sonia Shah, an Asian-American feminist whose free-lance writing has appeared in leftist publications such as "The Nation", has written an easy-to-read 250-paged book that begins with some earth science followed by a short history of oil, then evolves into a `Green' critique of oil dependency as an energy resource.The parts that cover the history of `black gold' include the preface "For the Love of Oil", introduction "Oil is Born", chapter one "The Eclipse of Coal", chapter two "Exile from Tethys", chapter three "Into the Cold", chapter four "Rockefeller's Ghost", and chapter five "Refining the Hunt".The chapters that critique the oil business and the manner in which oil is consumed are chapter six "Aftershocks", chapter seven "The Curse of Crude", chapter eight "Carbon Perils", chapter nine "Running on Empty", chapter ten "Challengers, Old and New", and a conclusion "Death Throes".These chapters are followed by tables, notes, index, and acknowledgments.
Crude: The Story of Oil
I must say Sonia Shah has done a masterful job of covering the history and geography of oil very succinctly and brilliantly in such a slim volume.This is a good book on oil for those beginners who want to understand the politics and the economics of oil. As Daniel Yergin has said: oil has brought out both the best and the worst of our civilization over almost a century and a half and it has been both boon and burden. This is very well captured by her in her book. Those who want to or need to know something about oil in a hurry should find this book very helpful.
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Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. Petroleum    6. United States - 20th Century    7. World - General    8. History / General    9. Petroleum & oil industries    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. Computer simulation    2. Environmental Science    3. Geology    4. Mathematical models    5. Mining    6. Oil fields    7. Petroleum    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Mining technology & engineering    12. Petroleum technology    13. Technology / Petroleum   

Subjects:  1. Business/Economics    2. Chemical Engineering Operations    3. Chemistry - Industrial & Technical    4. Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical    5. Emulsions    6. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    7. Petroleum Engineering (Specific Aspects)    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Chemistry | Physical Chemistry    12. Industrial chemistry    13. Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical   

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Finally a modern approach
This text provides a rich combination of theory, practical explanation, and numerical examples. You even get some computer code! Monte Carlotechniques are at the heart of any complex risk/uncertainty estimationprocedure, and the authors have embraced this as an extension to the oldtools of the past, that were basically limited by number crunching power. Abonus is the chapter on maximizing economic value of a discovery, which isreally beyond the challenges of exploration risking, going into thedevelopment and operations phases. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Costs    3. Earth Sciences - Geology    4. Economics - General    5. Engineering - General    6. Finance    7. Mathematical Models In Economics    8. Mathematical models    9. Petroleum Industries (Economic Aspects)    10. Petroleum industry and trade    11. Prospecting    12. Risk    13. Science/Mathematics    14. Technology    15. Budgeting & financial management    16. Petroleum & oil industries    17. Petroleum geology    18. Technology / Industrial Technology   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. Horizontal oil well drilling    3. Mining    4. Petroleum    5. Petroleum Drilling    6. Reference    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Petroleum technology   

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Gold for Pipeline Engineers
I found this book as a master guide for pipeline designers and engineers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Civil    2. Environmental aspects    3. Location    4. Network analysis (Planning)    5. Petroleum    6. Pipeline Engineering    7. Pipelines    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Structural Engineering    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. United States    13. Mechanical engineering    14. Sanitary & municipal engineering