The Oil & Gas Industry : A Nontechnical Guide

Joseph Hilyard’s timely new book provides a broad perspective on the oil and gas industry, with primary attention to the United States. It takes the reader on a tour of the operations used to find and evaluate resources, and then to produce, store and deliver oil and gas.

The book’s main focus is primarily on the equipment and processes used in exploring new resources; evaluating promising formations; drilling wells; managing oil and gas production; converting oil and gas into products; and transporting oil and gas. Separate chapters address the evolution and current structure of the petroleum industry; oil and gas trading; and challenges likely to face the oil and gas industry in coming years.

Three appendices define key industry terminology; suggest further reading on selected topics; and identify organizations that can provide more information.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Origins of Oil and Gas
Chapter 2 : Oil Overview
Chapter 3 : Natural Gas Overview
Chapter 4 : Searching for and Evaluating Oil and Gas
Chapter 5 : Drilling and Completion: Onshore
Chapter 6 : Drilling and Completion: Offshore
Chapter 7 : Managing Oil and Gas Production
Chapter 8 : Transporting Oil
Chapter 9 : Transporting Natural Gas By Pipeline
Chapter 10 : Transporting Natural Gas as LNG
Chapter 11 : Converting Oil Into Productsa
Chapter 12 : Converting Natural Gas Into Products
Chapter 13 : Petroleum Industry Structure
Chapter 14 : Petroleum Trading
Chapter 15 : Emerging Challenges for The Petroleum Industry

Appendix A: Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
Appendix B: Further Reading
Appendix C: Organizations, Agencies, and Professional Societies
Index