Handbook of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

Dr. Speight has more than fifty years of experience in areas associated with the properties and processing of conventional and synthetic fuels. He has participated in, as well as led, significant research in defining the use of chemistry of tar sand bitumen, heavy oil, conventional petroleum, natural gas, coal, oil shale, and biomass as well as work related to corrosion and corrosion prevention. He has founded and/or edited several international journals, most recently the Proceedings of the Oil Gas Scientific Research Project Institute, Azerbaijan, and Petroleum Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis, until 2020). Dr. Speight is an author/editor of several databases and encyclopedic works. He has also authored more than 95 books as well as more than 400 publications, reports, and presentations detailing these research activities, and has taught more than eighty related courses.

Part 1: Occurrence of Oil and Gas 1. Occurrence and Formation of Oil and Gas　 2. Offshore Geology and Operations　 Part 2: Offshore Operations 3. Offshore Platforms　 4. Exploration　 5. Drilling Technology and Well Completion 6. Production 7. Transportation 8. Worldwide Activities Part 3: Corrosion and Environmental Issues 9. Corrosion in Offshore Structures 10. The Nature of Oil Spills 11. Evaluation of Oil Spill Cleanup Methods 12. Assessment of the Environmental Impact　 13. Legislation 14. The Future