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Nontechnical guide to petroleum geology, exploration, drilling, and production / Norman J. Hyne.

Title
Nontechnical guide to petroleum geology, exploration, drilling, and production / Norman J. Hyne.
Author
Hyne, Norman J.
Publication
Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell, c2001.

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Description
xlv, 598 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
PennWell nontechnical series
Uniform Title
PennWell nontechnical series.
Alternative Title
  • Petroleum geology, exploration, drilling, and production
  • Non-technical guide to petroleum geology, exploration, drilling, and production
Subject
  • Petroleum > Geology
  • Petroleum engineering
  • Petroleum > Prospecting
Genre/Form
Einführung.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 551-556) and index.
Contents
The nature of gas and oil -- The Earth's crust -- where we find it -- Identification of common rocks and minerals -- Geological time -- Deformation of sedimentary rocks -- Sandstone reservoir rocks -- Carbonate reservoir rocks -- Sedimentary rock distribution -- Mapping -- Ocean environment and plate tectonics -- Source rocks, generation, migration, and accumulation of petroleum -- Petroleum traps -- Petroleum exploration -- geological and geochemical -- Petroleum exploration -- geophysical -- Drilling preliminaries -- Drilling a well -- the mechanics -- Drilling problems -- Drilling techniques -- Testing a well -- Completing a well -- Surface treatment and storage -- Offshore drilling and production -- Workover -- Reservoir mechanics -- Petroleum production -- Reserves -- Improved oil recovery -- Glossary -- Figure references -- Unit Conversions -- Oil and gas records -- Index.
ISBN
087814823X
OCLC
  • 49853640
  • SCSB-10017334
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library