Author: Marius S. Vassiliou
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538111608
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 671
Book Description
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.
Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry
Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances in 1919 and 1920
Author: Elizabeth Harding Burroughs
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances, 1922 and 1923
Author: H. Britton
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances, 1921
Author: Elizabeth Harding Burroughs
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances in 1915-
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Bibliography of Investment and Operating Costs for Chemical and Petroleum Plants
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Chemical plants
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Chemical plants
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Supplemental Bibliography on Investment and Operating Costs for Chemical and Petroleum Plants
Author: E. E. Harton
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Category : Chemical plants
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Publisher:
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Category : Chemical plants
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Bibliography of Investment and Operating Costs for Chemical and Petroleum Plants, January-December 1965
Author: Sidney Katell
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Category : Chemical plants
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Publisher:
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Category : Chemical plants
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Crude Reality
Author: Brian C. Black
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538142481
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum has shaped human life since it was first discovered oozing inconspicuously from the soil. For a century, human dependence on petroleum caused little discomfort as we enjoyed the heyday of cheap crude—a glorious episode of energy gluttony that was destined to end. Today, we see the disastrous results in environmental degradation, political instability, and world economic disparity in the waning years of a petroleum-powered civilization—lessons rooted in the finite nature of oil. Considering the nature of oil itself as well as humans’ remarkable relationship with it, Brian C. Black spotlights our modern conundrum and then explores the challenges of our future without oil. It is this essential context, he argues, that will prepare us for our energy transition. Bringing his global perspective and wide-ranging technical knowledge, Black has written an essential contribution to environmental history and the rapidly emerging field of energy history in this sweeping, forward-looking survey.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538142481
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum has shaped human life since it was first discovered oozing inconspicuously from the soil. For a century, human dependence on petroleum caused little discomfort as we enjoyed the heyday of cheap crude—a glorious episode of energy gluttony that was destined to end. Today, we see the disastrous results in environmental degradation, political instability, and world economic disparity in the waning years of a petroleum-powered civilization—lessons rooted in the finite nature of oil. Considering the nature of oil itself as well as humans’ remarkable relationship with it, Brian C. Black spotlights our modern conundrum and then explores the challenges of our future without oil. It is this essential context, he argues, that will prepare us for our energy transition. Bringing his global perspective and wide-ranging technical knowledge, Black has written an essential contribution to environmental history and the rapidly emerging field of energy history in this sweeping, forward-looking survey.
Fuels to Drive Our Future
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309041422
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The American love affair with the automobile is powered by gasoline and diesel fuel, both produced from petroleum. But experts are turning more of their attention to alternative sources of liquid transportation fuels, as concerns mount about U.S. dependence on foreign oil, falling domestic oil production, and the environment. This book explores the potential for producing liquid transportation fuels by enhanced oil recovery from existing reservoirs, and processing resources such as coal, oil shale, tar sands, natural gas, and other promising approaches. Fuels to Drive Our Future draws together relevant geological, technical, economic, and environmental factors and recommends specific directions for U.S. research and development efforts on alternative fuel sources. Of special interest is the book's benchmark cost analysis comparing several major alternative fuel production processes. This volume will be of special interest to executives and engineers in the automotive and fuel industries, policymakers, environmental and alternative fuel specialists, energy economists, and researchers.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309041422
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The American love affair with the automobile is powered by gasoline and diesel fuel, both produced from petroleum. But experts are turning more of their attention to alternative sources of liquid transportation fuels, as concerns mount about U.S. dependence on foreign oil, falling domestic oil production, and the environment. This book explores the potential for producing liquid transportation fuels by enhanced oil recovery from existing reservoirs, and processing resources such as coal, oil shale, tar sands, natural gas, and other promising approaches. Fuels to Drive Our Future draws together relevant geological, technical, economic, and environmental factors and recommends specific directions for U.S. research and development efforts on alternative fuel sources. Of special interest is the book's benchmark cost analysis comparing several major alternative fuel production processes. This volume will be of special interest to executives and engineers in the automotive and fuel industries, policymakers, environmental and alternative fuel specialists, energy economists, and researchers.