Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry
Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry

Author: Marius S. Vassiliou

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-06-20

Total Pages: 671

ISBN-13: 1538111608

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The petroleum industry is unique: it is an industry without which modern civilization would collapse. Despite the advances in alternative energy, petroleum’s role is still central. Petroleum still drives economics, geopolitics, and sometimes war. The history of petroleum is, to some measure, the history of the modern world. This book represents a concise but complete one-volume reference on the history of the petroleum industry from pre-modern times to the present day, covering all aspects of business, technology, and geopolitics. The book also presents an analysis of the future of petroleum, and a highly useful set of statistical graphs. Anyone interested in the history, status, and outlook for petroleum will find this book a uniquely valuable first place to look. This new second edition incorporates all the revolutionary changes in the petroleum landscape since the first edition was published, including the boom in extraction of oil and gas from shale formations using techniques such as fracking and horizontal drilling. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on companies, people, events, technologies, countries, provinces, cities, and regions related to the history of the world’s petroleum industry. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the petroleum industry.

Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector
Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sector

Author: Silvana Tordo

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 0821399349

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A number of countries have recently discovered and are developing oil and gas reserves. Policy makers in such countries are anxious to obtain the greatest benefits for their economies from the extraction of these exhaustible resources by designing appropriate policies to achieve desired goals. One important theme of such policies is the so-called local content created by the sector—the extent to which the output of the extractive industry sector generates further benefits to the economy beyond the direct contribution of its value-added, through its links to other sectors. While local content policies have the potential to stimulate broad-based economic development, their application in petroleum-rich countries has achieved mixed results. This paper describes the policies and practices meant to foster the development of economic linkages from the petroleum sector, as adopted by a number of petroleum-producing countries both in and outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Examples of policy objectives, implementation tools, and reporting metrics are provided to derive lessons of wider applicability. The paper presents various conclusions for policy makers about the design of local content policies.

State of the Petroleum Industry
State of the Petroleum Industry

Author: Frank H. Murkowski

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2000-07

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 0756700418

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Witnesses: Sen. Evan Bayh, Jeff Bingaman, Conrad Burns, Kent Conrad, Pete Domenici, Byron Dorgan, Peter Fitzgerald, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Tim Johnson, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Trent Lott, Frank Murkowski, Don Pickles, and Craig Thomas; Danny Biggs, Nat. Stripper Well Assoc.; Jonathan Cuneo, Amer. Antitrust Inst.; Gary Fonay, Lynx Petrol., Hobbs, NM; Dewey Bartlett, Jr., Keener Oil and Gas Co.; Jay Hakes, Energy Info. Admin., DoE; Steve Layton, Indep. Petrol. Assoc. of Amer.; John Lichtblau, Petrol. Ind. Res. Fdn.; Robert Palmer, Rowan Co., Inc.; L. R. Raymond, Exxon Corp.; and Ed Schafer, Gov., N.D, and Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Comm.

Oil's Deep State
Oil's Deep State

Author: Kevin Taft

Publisher: James Lorimer & Company

Published: 2017-10-06

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1459409973

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Why have democratic governments failed to take serious steps to reduce carbon emissions despite dire warnings and compelling evidence of the profound and growing threat posed by global warming? Most of the writing on global warming is by scientists, academics, environmentalists, and journalists. Kevin Taft, a former leader of the opposition in Alberta, brings a fresh perspective through the insight he gained as an elected politician who had an insider's eyewitness view of the role of the oil industry. His answer, in brief: The oil industry has captured key democratic institutions in both Alberta and Ottawa. Taft begins his book with a perceptive observer's account of a recent court casein Ottawa which laid bare the tactics and techniques of the industry, its insiders and lobbyists. He casts dramatic new light on exactly how corporate lobbyists, politicians, bureaucrats, universities, and other organizations are working together to pursue the oil industry's agenda. He offers a brisk tour of the recent work of scholars who have developed the concepts of the deep state and institutional capture to understand how one rich industry can override the public interest. Taft views global warming and weakened democracy as two symptoms of the same problem — the loss of democratic institutions to corporate influence and control. He sees citizen engagement and direct action by the public as the only response that can unravel big oil's deep state.

Introduction to Petroleum Biotechnology
Introduction to Petroleum Biotechnology

Author: James G. Speight

Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing

Published: 2017-12-11

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 0128052880

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Introduction to Petroleum Biotechnology introduces the petroleum engineer to biotechnology, bringing together the various biotechnology methods that are applied to recovery, refining and remediation in the uses of petroleum and petroleum products. A significant amount of petroleum is undiscoverable in reservoirs today using conventional and secondary methods. This reference explains how microbial enhanced oil recovery is aiding to produce more economical and environmentally-friendly metabolic events that lead to improved oil recovery. Meanwhile, in the downstream side of the industry, petroleum refining operators are facing the highest levels of environmental regulations while struggling to process more of the heavier crude oils since conventional physical and chemical refining techniques may not be applicable to heavier crudes. This reference proposes to the engineer and refining manager the concepts of bio-refining applications to not only render heavier crudes as lighter crudes through microbial degradation, but also through biodenitrogenation, biodemetallization and biodesulfurization, making more petroleum derivatives purified and upgraded without the release of more pollutants. Equipped for both upstream and downstream to learn the basics, this book is a necessary primer for today's petroleum engineer. - Presents the fundamentals behind petroleum biotechnology for both upstream and downstream oil and gas operations - Provides the latest technology in reservoir recovery using microbial enhanced oil recovery methods - Helps readers gain insight into the current and future application of using biotechnology as a refining and fuel blending method for heavy oil and tar sands

Natural Gas
Natural Gas

Author: James G. Speight

Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing

Published: 2018-11-26

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0128097744

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Natural Gas: A Basic Handbook, Second Edition provides the reader with a quick and accessible introduction to a fuel source/industry that is transforming the energy sector. Written at an introductory level, but still appropriate for engineers and other technical readers, this book provides an overview of natural gas as a fuel source, including its origins, properties and composition. Discussions include the production of natural gas from traditional and unconventional sources, the downstream aspects of the natural gas industry. including processing, storage, and transportation, and environmental issues and emission controls strategies. This book presents an ideal resource on the topic for engineers new to natural gas, for advisors and consultants in the natural gas industry, and for technical readers interested in learning more about this clean burning fuel source and how it is shaping the energy industry. - Updated to include newer sources like shale gas - Includes new discussions on natural gas hydrates and flow assurance - Covers environmental issues - Contain expanded coverage of liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Petroleum Industry Transformations
Petroleum Industry Transformations

Author: Taran Thune

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-03

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1351391631

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Taking the case of the Norwegian petroleum industry as its vantage point, the book discusses the question of industrial transformations in resource-based industries. The book presents new, empirically-based analyses of the development of the petroleum industry, with an emphasis on three ongoing transformation processes: Technological upgrading and innovation in upstream petroleum. Globalisation of the petroleum industry and suppliers’ experiences of entering foreign markets. Diversification into and out of petroleum – and the potential for new growth paths after oil. Drawing together a range of key thinkers in this field, this volume addresses the ways in which the petroleum industry and its supply industry has changed since the turn of the millennium. It provides recommendations for the development of resource economies in general and petroleum economies in particular. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy policy and economics, natural resource management, innovation studies and the politics of the oil and gas sector.

Oil and Governance
Oil and Governance

Author: David G. Victor

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-12-08

Total Pages: 1035

ISBN-13: 1139502883

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National oil companies (NOCs) play an important role in the world economy. They produce most of the world's oil and bankroll governments across the globe. This book explains the variation in performance and strategy for NOCs and provides fresh insights into the future of the oil industry.

The Extraction State
The Extraction State

Author: Charles Blanchard

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2021-01-12

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0822987775

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The history of the United States of America is also the history of the energy sector. Natural gas provides the fuel that allows us to heat our homes in winter and cool them in summer with the touch of a button or turn of a dial—when the industry runs smoothly. From the oil crisis of the 1970s to the fall of Enron and the California electricity crisis at the turn of the century to contemporary issues of hydraulic fracking, poorly conceived government policies have sometimes left us shivering, stranded, or with significantly lighter wallets. In this expansive narrative, Charles Blanchard traces the rise of natural gas and the regulatory missteps that nearly ruined the market. Beginning in the 1880s, The Extraction State explains how the New Deal regulatory compact came together in the 1920s, even before the Great Depression, and how it fell apart in the 1970s. From there, the book dissects the policies that affect us today, and explores where we might be headed in the near future.