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Reviews the various instruments which may form the petroleum fiscal system of a jurisdiction, with numerous examples from countries having configured their systems very differently. The book also reviews fiscal valuation and control, related cross-border issues, and the economic analysis and design of fiscal systems.

Presents the history of horizontal well technology, recent developments and basic drilling concepts. It discusses factors influencing horizontal well performance, such as naturally fractured reservoirs, inaccessible locations, drilling attic oil and drilling through faults and relief wells.

This second volume of ""Oilfield Processing of Petroleum"" covers process descriptions, design methods, operating procedures and trouble-shooting. It covers phase separation, firetube heaters, energy conservation, instrumentation and process control, as well as pressure relief and flaring.

Understanding and managing shale resources requires a unique understanding about the geology, geophysics, rock physics and rock mechanics of each reservoir in a seamless interdisciplinary approach.

This long-awaited new edition highlights how exchange-traded futures and options markets work and how companies can successfully use the markets in their overall strategy to increase profitability. This wide-ranging new edition offers valuable insight for young professionals, and students.

As the company officer you are responsible for the safety, well-being and effectiveness of your crew. These types of interpersonal situations can be catalysts to either degrade or strengthen the company's working relationship. Knowing how to navigate and address these various issues is a vital skill for any company officer.

The term ""local content"" refers to the value petroleum activities bring to a country beyond the direct revenues from hydrocarbons. With the insight of experts from around the world, this text explores the policies of more than two dozen countries, each with its own approach. It also discusses historical context.

Professor Charlotte Wright updates her indispensable accounting book for the oil and gas industry in this sixth edition. The past several years have seen significant changes in the accounting and disclosure rules for the industry. While the book has thorough updates throughout, there are new industry issues specifically addressed from the accounting perspective.

Provides a toolkit for developing technical reports quickly and efficiently. The book offers clear, specific guidelines for developing each of the sections (abstract, conclusions, introduction, and discussion) and designing and using graphics that illustrate your results. Weatherford's approach can be applied in all types of writing, from email and letters to project proposals and final reports.

A practical reference guide to the design and operations of hydrocarbon processing plants (refineries, petrochemical and gas processing plants). A practical guide for engineering students, or practicing engineers to understand the inner workings at these complex facilities.

In this updated and revised second edition, authors Michael Tusiani and Gordon Shearer build upon the knowledge contained in their comprehensive and valuable reference LNG: A Nontechnical Guide. The book uses everyday language and real-world examples to help readers understand the complex LNG industry.

Framed for a global audience, William Hughes' book provides a fundamental basis for understanding legal problems commonly encountered when doing business in the international oil and gas industry. Including case studies and end-of-chapter questions and notes, Fundamentals of International Oil & Gas Law is an excellent desk reference, course textbook, or introductory guide.

Written by three preeminent petroleum engineers, this volume focuses on consolidating the fundamental basics of fracturing technology with the new advances in extended horizontal wellbores and fracturing applications. It provides the essentials required to understand fracturing behaviour, and offers advice on how to apply that knowledge to fracturing treatment design and application.

Offering complete coverage of natural gas local distribution companies (LDCs), Local Distribution Pipelines in Nontechnical Language begins with a basic overview of pipelines and the history of "town gas" used to light city streets as an alternative to whale oil, and takes the reader right up to present-day industry.

Provides an in-depth look at human resource management for all aspects of the oil and gas sector. The authors provide a full picture of human resource management and its role in staffing, training, performance management, compensation, and labour.

Prepares readers to plan, execute, and properly control a smart meter and grid operational technology and systems integration project. Author James Ketchledge provides a framework for a successful project by combining technology, process, and leadership lessons learned from previous experiences.

Addresses the transition in energy supplies and shift from conventional oil as the strategic energy source. This book summarizes the lessons learned from interviews with more than 20 energy company CEOs and senior leaders.

Provides an invaluable understanding of the environment of smart metering system platforms from an international perspective. Explanations cover management methods, opportunities, and challenges, as well as the primary components, international developments and innovations, and trends of related systems over time.

Teaches key concepts in computerized reservoir management techniques integral in developing economically viable projects.

In a few short years, merchant power has moved from conceptual opportunity to hardware reality. In this detailed overview, Ann Chambers explains how the spread of utility privatization and deregulation will cause merchant power to proliferate until all power plants will someday represent merchant capacity.

Presents an organised look at yield data and properties of products from refinery processes, how to use this information in performing various process economics studies, and discusses operating and capital costs for economic evaluation of both single processes and complete refineries. Yield correlations are presented for all of the important commercially-established petroleum refinery processes.

Presents modern practice and theory relevant to the thermal-flow performance evaluation, design, and optimization of air-cooled heat exchangers and cooling towers. This book offers modern analytical and empirical tools used to evaluate the thermal-flow performance and design of air-cooled heat exchangers and cooling towers.

Presents modern practice and theory relevant to the thermal-flow performance evaluation, design, and optimization of air-cooled heat exchangers and cooling towers. This book also provides modern analytical and empirical tools used to evaluate the thermal-flow performance and design of air-cooled heat exchangers and cooling towers.

Negotiating with governments and understanding the dynamics of their fiscal systems and/or production sharing contracts can mean the difference between success and failure. This title includes practical perspectives on: international exploration economics and risk analysis, petroleum fiscal system analysis and design, and contract negotiations.

Energy theft is more common than most think. It costs consumers billions of dollars every year in the United States alone. In his new book Karl Seger explains how a utility can establish a revenue protection programme or evaluate and improve an existing one. This how-to book includes a number of appendices with sample web pages, investigative reports, and more.

A thorough update with more than 8,000 new definitions and entries. Covering everything in the upstream oil and gas sector, this new second edition also covers land, legal, accounting and finance terms. Written in easy-to-understand language with more than 100 illustrations, this second edition offers the ultimate reference book for anyone regardless of technical background.

This text presents the fundamentals of integrated reservoir management practice, including the technical and management perspectives. Several actual examples and case studies are included for illustrative purposes.