Petroleum, oil and gas industries

By considering the solid state packing of linear chain wax components, this book aims at understanding three things: firstly, which modifications of molecular components are allowed for maintaining stable solid solutions; secondly, what happens when stability conditions are traversed and fractionation begins and thirdly, the structure of fractionated arrays.

Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline.

A detailed introduction to the study of crustal geomechanics, particularly the seismogenic crust, with exercises, solutions, and field-based datasets.

A comprehensive overview of key geologic, geomechanical and engineering principles that govern the development of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs.

A comprehensive text on resistivity and induced polarization covering theory and practice for the near-surface Earth supported by modelling software.

Saudi Arabia, with its US alliance and abundance of oil dollars, has a very different economic story to that of Iran, which despite enormous natural gas reserves, has been hit hard by economic, trade, scientific and military sanctions since its 1979 revolution.

A glimpse of the savvy that built a global corporation from scratch Hess: The Last Oil Baron profiles a titan of the oil industry, mapping the journey of the quintessential American dream.

Originally published in 1972, this volume, supplemented extensively with maps and tables, and employing sophisticated institutional and empirical analyses, discusses a number of important issues relating to the viability of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and the natural environment.

Oil is the most vital resource of our time.

Kirkuk is Iraq's most multilingual city, for millennia home to a diverse population.

Is the earth's oil supply starting to run out, or is there far more oil than some experts believe?

Oil and Gas Law in the UK offers in-depth analysis of the central legal issues connected to this important UK industry.

'Clear-eyed and illuminating.

A thorough introduction to environmental monitoring in the oil and gas industry Analytical Techniques in the Oil and Gas Industry for Environmental Monitoring examines the analytical side of the oil and gas industry as it also provides an overall introduction to the industry.

Originally published in 1972, this volume, supplemented extensively with maps and tables, and employing sophisticated institutional and empirical analyses, discusses a number of important issues relating to the viability of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and the natural environment.

The largest and most systematic analysis of national oil companies to date.

An impending energy crisis is looming globally, which has led to the use of effluents from paper mills for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), CO2 flooding and wastewater treatment by biosurfactants, and the current market demand for cost-competitive and environment-friendly alternatives to synthetic chemicals.

Nigeria is a country where petroleum prices and polio are both booming, where small villages challenge giant oil companies, and scooter drivers run their own mini-state.

Is the world running out of oil?

An overview of the processes related to geopressure development, prediction and detection using state-of-the-art tools and technologies.

It s a fair bet that most of what you think you know about oil prices is wrong.

As the price of oil fell in the eighties the pressures on the Arab Gulf States to speed up the diversification of their economies into non-oil sectors increased.

High oil prices are bound to undermine the U.

At the beginning of the 21st century, a new world disorder is emerging in which battles over resources are playing an increasingly prominent role.

The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns.

Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline.

It's in our food, our cosmetics, our fuel and our bodies.

Bestselling author Bethany McLean reveals the true story of frackings impacton Wall Street, the economy and geopoliticsThe technology of fracking in shale rockparticularly in the Permian Basin in Texashas transformed America into the worlds top producer of both oil and natural gas.

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, commonly known as OPEC, has been a notoriously opaque and mysterious organization.

A gripping, real-life thriller set in the world of the most important tradeable commodity on earth: oil________________________'A taut thriller .

The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is one of the most recognizable acronyms among international organizations.

Petrocinema presents a collection of essays concerning the close relationship between the oil industry and modern media-especially film.

Growing Up in the Oil Patch chronicles the adventures and achievements of some of the most colourful, ambitious people of their time: statesmen, scoundrels, visionaries and developers.

The untold story of how Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Texaco teamed up with the CIA and Department of State to thwart the plans of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who almost managed to reshape the Middle East.

A thorough introduction to environmental monitoring in the oil and gas industry Analytical Techniques in the Oil and Gas Industry for Environmental Monitoring examines the analytical side of the oil and gas industry as it also provides an overall introduction to the industry.

"e;Hookers, Cristal, and the rise and fall of the New York Mercantile Exchange .

Discusses how G20, IMF and OECD have addressed climate finance and fossil fuel subsidies, including consequences for climate politics.

This book examines the political and conceptual metamorphosis of China's oil industry from self-reliance to internationalization.

Mining and Energy Law is a thorough examination of the contemporary mining and energy law in Australia.

This book explains the links between past and present oil crises, financial crises, and geopolitical conflicts.

The development of Africa's oil has greatly accelerated in recent years, with some countries looking at the prospect of almost unimaginable flows of money into their national budgets.

The petroleum and chemical industries contain a wide variety of corrosive environments, many of which are unique to these industries.

The 1973 'Oil Shock' is considered a turning point in the history of the twentieth century.

An investigation of the potential and limitations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the oil and gas sector.

Scientists directly involved in studying the Exxon Valdez spill provide a comprehensive synthesis of scientific information on long-term spill effects.