Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling & Production - Norman J. Hyne

Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling & Production

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Buch | Hardcover
506 Seiten
2019 | 4th Revised edition
PennWell Books (Verlag)
978-1-59370-493-3 (ISBN)
147,15 inkl. MwSt
Provides the most complete upstream petroleum guide for students and professionals. This easy-to-read and interpret book provides insight into the nature of gas and oil production, explaining how it occurs in the earth, how to find it, how to drill for it, how to read well logs, how to complete a well, and how to revive mature fields.
With over 100,000 copies sold, the new 4th edition joins this series to provide the most complete upstream petroleum guide for students and professionals. Dr. Norman Hyne guides you through the upstream segment of the value supply chain. Commonly used in universities, this easy-to-read and interpret book provides insight into the nature of gas and oil production explaining how it occurs in the earth, how to find it, how to drill for it, how to read well logs for evaluating the well, how to complete a well, how to produce gas and oil, and how to revive mature fields. He also introduces you to newer concepts such as drilling unconventional shale reservoirs which have revolutionized the industry and changed the world market.

Features and Benefits

New, colored figures and plates
Present-date statistics
Modern techniques and equipment
A glossary of need-to-know industry terms
Italicized key words and phrases in the text

Norman J. Hyne, Ph.D. has had both academic and professional experience in petroleum. He received his degrees in geology from Pomona College, Florida State University and the University of Southern California. In 2017, he received an international reward recognizing his contributions to geological education. Currently, he is a semi-retired, professor of petroleum geology in Continuing Education for Science and Engineering at the University of Tulsa. For several decades, he has taught three-day short courses on petroleum geology, exploration, drilling and production to over forty thousand students on six continents. This book is based on his short course. Previously, he was professor of petroleum geology and chairman of geology and geophysics at the University of Tulsa. During the oil boom days, he owned and operated oil wells. He has authored or edited seven books and numerous scientific papers. Dr. Hyne is a fellow in the Geological Society of America, an honorary member of the Tulsa Geological Society and an emeritus member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He established and serves as director of a charity, the Tulsa Geoscience Center, for Grade School Classes. Dr. Hyne has completed almost all the major hiking treks in South America, North America, Europe, and Asia and has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. He is the only member of the Explorers Club in the state of Oklahoma.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 1015 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Technik Bergbau
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10 1-59370-493-3 / 1593704933
ISBN-13 978-1-59370-493-3 / 9781593704933
Zustand Neuware
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