Research Catalog

Title

This fascinating oil business, by Max W. Ball, Douglas Ball [and] Daniel S. Turner. Illus. by Mignon Vaughan. Maps by Laurence N. Watts.

Author

Ball, Max W. (Max Waite), 1885-1954

Publication

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [c1965]

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Additional Authors

• Ball, Douglas.
• Turner, Daniel S.

Description

xiv, 464 p. illus., maps.; 22 cm.

Summary

Covers every aspect of the industry. For the general reader. for other editions, see Author Catalog.

Subject

Petroleum industry and trade

Note

• Completely revised and up-dated edition of the work by M.W. Ball, first published in 1940.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 434.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

What is oil? -- Meet the oil men -- Picking the place to drill: the theory -- Picking the place to drill: in practice -- Acquiring the right to drill -- Drilling the well -- Drilling another well -- Producing the oil: the principles of it -- Producing the oil: the mechanics of it -- Transporting the oil -- Refining the oil: the chemistry of it -- Refining the oil: specifications and design -- Refining the oil: the refinery -- Disposing of the products -- New worlds to conquer -- Oil in the old world -- Oil in the new world.

LCCN

^^^64015660^

OCLC

328347

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Harvard Library