Nontechnical

For 45 years, William Leffler's Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language has been the go-to best seller for anyone needing to know the fundamentals of refining. Fluid prose, easy-to-understand graphics, and helpful analogies (like the "beer bottle...

A broad perspective on the oil and gas industry, with primary attention paid to the United States. It takes the reader on a tour of the operations used to find and evaluate resources, and then to produce, store and deliver oil and gas. The book focuses...

Authors Don Burdick and Bill Leffler have completely rewritten this time-honored bestseller. With its chapters on all the base chemicals and derivatives, plus seven new ones covering the Fischer-Tropsch process, polyurethane, epoxy resins, and more, the...

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...

This "how to" book covers the various mechanics of natural gas trading, including the physical (cash) market for natural gas production, transportation, distribution, and consumption. It has been 23 years since Trading Natural Gas: A Nontechnical Guide...

by Norman J. Hyne, Ph.D. Designed for easy reading and accessibility, this bestselling book by Norman Hyne provides an enormous amount of useful information on the upstream petroleum industry. The new updated 3rd Edition includes a new chapter on...

This book focuses primarily on the energy products that are financially traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange: crude oil, natural gas, unleaded gasoline, and heating oil. These commodities are the most common ones used for hedging energy commodity...

This nontechnical treatment of oil and gas production is an excellent introduction for anyone from petroleum engineers and geologists new to their careers to financial, marketing, legal, and other professionals and their staffs interested in the industry...

Written in accessible language, Natural Gas Liquids: A Nontechnical Guide is a comprehensive overview of NGLs from production in the oil patch to consumption in the fuel and petrochemical industries. Leffler covers everything from gas plants, logistics,...

Examines the processes, techniques, equipment, and facilities used to transport fluids such as refined products, crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids through cross-country pipelines. Topics include the importance of the pipeline...

“A thorough overview of LNG. A must-read for anyone in the energy industry.” --Lucio A. Noto, former Vice Chairman, ExxonMobil, and Chairman/CEO, Mobil Corporation “A sweeping review of LNG. It will be considered the industry’s...

"I commend this book to you…Without doubt, our industry needs this book. I could not be more enthusiastic about its content." -Jack Little, President and CEO (retired), Shell Oil Company The second edition of this best-selling book is the most...

More than two million miles of local distribution pipelines deliver natural gas to homes, businesses, schools, and hospitals throughout United States, and many more serve the rest of the world. These small-diameter, low-pressure pipelines serve as a...

A completely rewritten and updated overview of onshore and offshore drilling operations and technology. Takes readers through the entire drilling process from basic drilling geology through managing drilling operations. The updated edition covers key...

Geared to young and seasoned professionals alike, Process Operations: Lessons Learned in a Nontechnical Language is designed to present a straightforward approach to mastering the principles and concepts all process engineers should be able to apply...

Cleaner and more versatile than other hydrocarbons, natural gas has never had a brighter future. In this new edition of Fundamentals of Natural Gas, author Vivek Chandra thoroughly explains the massive evolution of natural gas and LNG, from...

Subsurface mapping is a way to visualize and spatially characterize subsurface properties, and well logs are often the dataset used to generate and calibrate these maps. The correlation of basic geophysical logs rapidly enables oneself to begin to...

Dr. William Leffler transforms the challenging subject of the refining process into an informative and engaging journey! You'll be expertly guided from start to finish, with clear and concise explanations of all key concepts in the petroleum refining...

An update of the PennWell classic nontechnical guide to logging techniques, this text provides an easy-to-understand overview of the technically complex subject of well logging. The book is broken into three main parts: Earth's formations: Details how...

An overview of the natural gas process from wellhead to burnertip, from exploration to futures trading, and the latest issues of co-generation and other product use. Features & Benefits Origins and history of natural gas Exploration principles,...

A Nontechnical Guide covers the history of energy imports as well as important characteristics of oil tankers, liquefied petroleum gas carriers, and liquefied natural gas carriers. Contents Oil: an introduction to shipping Why tanker owners? Pre-Onassis...

This text addresses the decision-making element of petroleum company management. It is a practical guide to all facets of modern financial management and strategic planning specific to today's oil and gas companies. The authors guide readers through the...