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Author: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 744
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Author: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 744
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tyler Priest
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2009-10-12
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1603441565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter World War II, the discovery and production of onshore oil in the United States faced decline. As a result, offshore prospects in the Gulf of Mexico took on new strategic value. Shell Oil Company pioneered many of the early moves offshore and continues to lead the way into “deepwater.” Tyler Priest’s study is the first time the modern history of Shell Oil has been told in any detail. Drawing on interviews with Shell retirees and many other sources, Priest relates how the imagination, talent, and hard work of personnel at all levels shaped the evolution of the company. The narrative also covers important aspects of Shell Oil’s corporate evolution, but the company’s pioneering steps into the deepwater fields of the Gulf of Mexico are its signature achievement. Priest’s study demonstrates that engineers did not suddenly create methods for finding and producing oil and gas from astounding water depths. Rather, they built on a half-century of accumulated knowledge and improvements to technical systems. Shell Oil’s story is unique, but it also illuminates the modern history of the petroleum industry. As Priest demonstrates, this company’s experiences offer a starting point for examining the understudied topics of strategic decision-making, scientific research, management of technology, and corporate organization and culture within modern oil companies, as well as how these activities applied to offshore development. “. . . tells a dramatic story of imaginative businessmen and engineers who propelled Shell forward in the search for ways to locate and recover oil from the depths of the sea.”—Southwestern Historical Quarterly “This book’s narrative is sustained throughout by easily understood explanations of the technical details of drilling and production.”—Journal of Southern History
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 1404
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andreas Cordsen
Publisher: SEG Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1560800895
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 1338
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 1406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 1366
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 556
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: G. Ali Mansoori
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2015-11-05
Total Pages: 811
ISBN-13: 9814704016
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This 800-page premier book on energy focuses on energy sources, utilizations, legislations and sustainability as it relates to a state, a province, or a country, or a community within a state. This book presents various kinds of energy sources, ways to convert energy for end use, better use of energy towards conservation and energy- and environmental-sustainability. As a very proper model-state the authors chose the State of Illinois which has the largest overall fossil energy reserves, including the largest strippable bituminous coal reserves; the largest user of nuclear energy in USA and has also been investing in all kinds of renewable energies including wind energy, solar energy, biofuels, geothermal energy, and various energy storage options. In the authors' opinion, State of Illinois is a pioneer in legislations for proper development and use of all kinds of energy. Their motivation to do this project was to educate the public (including students, energy engineers and planers, as well as state- and country-wide policy makers) about all aspects of energy. In this book, the authors present various energy sources, conversions technologies, and conservation possibilities. In every case, the authors have presented various options available for a country, for a state, or for a community to achieve its goal of energy sufficiency, clean environment and as a result, sustainability. Variety of schemes related to each energy source and its related conversion technologies are presented and sustainability of renewable energy sources is discussed. All the possible energy sources including coal, natural gas, petroleum, nuclear, solar, wind, biofuels and geothermal energy are presented in this book, as well as energy storage options. The authors have also presented various ways of dealing with carbon dioxide, which is produced from fossil fuels combustion, including its collection, transportation, storage and sequestration. The energy storage systems presented in this book will facilitate reliable and full integration of renewable power to the grid."--