Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry

AvMarius S. Vassiliou

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-06-20
Mått:160 x 237 x 46 mm
Vikt:1 048 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Historical Dictionaries of Professions and Industries
Antal sidor:670
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538111598
Utmärkelser:Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2019

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Energiteknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Marius Vassiliou worked as a senior research geophysicist at Arco Oil and Gas Company and later worked on oil-industry and other problems at the Rockwell International Science Center, where he eventually rose to the position of executive director. Since 2003, he has been an analyst at the Institute for Defense Analyses, where he has worked on a number of issues, including oil depletion and its implications. He is an active member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a Fellow of the Geological Society, and a licensed professional geophysicist in the State of California.

Recensioner i media

Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry is a useful reference tool for libraries and oil companies as well as for oil professionals employed in the industry, government or academia. The volume presents a systematic compilation of important events, places, people and institutions that have shaped the modern petroleum industry worldwide.

Innehållsförteckning

Editor’s Foreword Jon WoronoffPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAcronyms and AbbreviationsChronologyIntroductionTHE DICTIONARYAppendixes1 Petroleum Industry Units and Conversions2.Major Middle Eastern Consortia of the Seven Sisters and CFP3. Various Companies with Roots in Standard Oil4. Top Five Oil-Producing Countries for 20-Year Intervals Since 18615. Sweet and Sour Crudes6. Crudes in the OPEC Basket7. Major Oil Supply Disruptions8. Tanker Classification9. Largest Oil Spills10. Refinery Fractions11. Largest Oil Fields12. Largest Gas Fields13. Other Giant Oil and Gas Fields of Historical Interest14. FiguresBibliographyAbout the Author