Everything from upstream to downstream is covered in this nontechnical overview of the petroleum industry.

Features:

• Newcomers will quickly learn petroleum industry language and concepts
• Provides cross-training in the other disciplines
• Easy-to-grasp concepts of technology and processes
• Points out the distinctions between onshore and offshore operations
• Includes a comprehensive glossary of industry terms and buzzwords

Contents

1. How the Earth was formed
2. Petroleum origins and accumulation
3. Petroleum exploration
4. Contracts and regulations
5. Reservoir performance
6. Drilling
7. Formation evaluation
8. Well completion
9. Field appraisal and development
10. Artificial lift
11. Surface facilities
12. Natural gas
13. Refining and petrochemicals
14. Petroleum marketing

Glossary
Index

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