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Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling and Production
Used by corporate training departments, colleges and universities worldwide, this is the most complete upstream guide available. Hyne provides an easy-to-understand explanation of complex topics with pictures, graphs and illustrations covering everything on how oil and gas is formed; how to find commercial quantities; how to drill, evaluate and complete a well; all the way through production and improved oil recovery.
575 pages, Hardcover
First published January 28, 1995
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December 18, 2013
Loved this book. Well-written and clear, but not dry. Made me feel like an expert, or at least like I understand all the components of the process which keeps civilization trucking along. Highly recommended.
October 28, 2023
The petroleum industry in a nutshell. It had many pictures which really helped me
April 2, 2017
This book was the perfect guide I needed to understand the basic of petroleum engineering. I recommend it to all none petroleum engineers, it worth the time you'll spend reading it!
March 17, 2011
This book was more enjoyable to read than I expected, and had enough technical detail to satisfy my curiosity about the fundamental aspects of petroleum exploration and production. The author did a great job of explaining the mechanics of drilling and casing wells, and describing the problems and costs of drilling on land and offshore. He spends a lot of time talking about rock structures and how engineers determine the extent and quality of gas and oil fields, so that towards the end when he shows how reserves are calculated the process is relatively easy to understand.
I also enjoyed reading about the properties and origins of oil shale and tar sands. At points I was laughing because the description of the process of extraction for these oil sources was so obviously destructive to the land in which they are found. But, if the need is strong enough, this book gives me the impression that we could extend oil reserves in the world by at least 150%, even if the cost of production is high from a monetary and environmental perspective.
The book had great explanations of what pumpjacks are and how they operate. This was especially interesting to me having seen them during my childhood while travelling through west Texas and a few years ago south of Los Angeles.
I also enjoyed reading about the properties and origins of oil shale and tar sands. At points I was laughing because the description of the process of extraction for these oil sources was so obviously destructive to the land in which they are found. But, if the need is strong enough, this book gives me the impression that we could extend oil reserves in the world by at least 150%, even if the cost of production is high from a monetary and environmental perspective.
The book had great explanations of what pumpjacks are and how they operate. This was especially interesting to me having seen them during my childhood while travelling through west Texas and a few years ago south of Los Angeles.
November 6, 2015
The first half of the book covers basic petroleum geology, and the second half covers basic petroleum engineering. Like the title says, it's written for laymen, and I was pleased to find helpful illustrations on nearly every page which made even the more difficult concepts easy to understand.
The geology part of this book had a huge impact on me, introducing questions about evolution and the age of the earth. I never realized how useful evolutionary theory was, that it successfully predicts which areas to find oil, how deep it will be, what grade of oil it will be, the exact micro-fossils you will find surrounding those oil deposits, etc. For a young earth creationist like myself these were troubling issues, and exploring them eventually led to other questions too, all of which put me on the path towards evolutionary creationism, where I rest today. For that impetus, I will forever be grateful to the author of this book.
The geology part of this book had a huge impact on me, introducing questions about evolution and the age of the earth. I never realized how useful evolutionary theory was, that it successfully predicts which areas to find oil, how deep it will be, what grade of oil it will be, the exact micro-fossils you will find surrounding those oil deposits, etc. For a young earth creationist like myself these were troubling issues, and exploring them eventually led to other questions too, all of which put me on the path towards evolutionary creationism, where I rest today. For that impetus, I will forever be grateful to the author of this book.
October 17, 2009
Essential reading -- somewhat technical
August 19, 2021
Excellent book 📚
October 13, 2024
li pra escrever uma história, muito útil! fez eu me sentir inteligente
August 3, 2015
This is a good book for those who want to know how things generally work in the oil patch. As the title implies, it covers the geology, exploration, drilling and production aspects of the oil and gas business.
A large section of the book is a glossary, which is easier found in many locations and varieties on the web. It distinctly seems like 168 pages of filler.
With all of the typos in this Third Edition, it seems that the publisher, PenWell, and the author decided to skip the proofreading this time.
A large section of the book is a glossary, which is easier found in many locations and varieties on the web. It distinctly seems like 168 pages of filler.
With all of the typos in this Third Edition, it seems that the publisher, PenWell, and the author decided to skip the proofreading this time.
April 26, 2020
This is an excellent primer on the Energy sector and being nontechnical it will help the reader with the body of knowledge of the sector. The author makes a great effort and communicating in plain English and it is extremely helpful. The first third of the book is about geology and minerals.
I frequently recommend this book to leaders coming into the energy sector without previous experience and training in the sector. I have great feedback from this book from those who used it to help transition from another sector into the energy sector.
I frequently recommend this book to leaders coming into the energy sector without previous experience and training in the sector. I have great feedback from this book from those who used it to help transition from another sector into the energy sector.
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June 3, 2015Very good overview of the industry in an easy to understand format. I work for an upstream energy firm in a support function and this helped me to better understand the basis of our operations and some of the terminology that I hear.
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