Planning a career change
Changing your career direction can be like taking a leap in the dark: perilous and often frightening. But it does give you an unparalleled opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start again – in a place where you want to be. Begin by giving yourself a little space and time to take stock of […]
Horizontal Well Geosteering guidelines
“If you cannot explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” At GeoModes, we live by this.Geosteering is complex enough without speaking about it in a complicated way. That is why we offer our clients simple and clear explanations by breaking down the geosteering decision-making process to the most crucial question: “to steer up […]
Ikigai
Are you limiting yourself to an unsatisfying career path because of fear? You might regret it.Starting over is a scary thing.It can be especially daunting when you’re leaving behind years or even decades of a financially rewarding career with a clear path to the top for an uncertain future.It’s easy to get comfortable in a […]
Pivot
In today’s economy the average job tenure is only four years, and falling. Roles change constantly. Even smart, motivated people hit professionalplateaus.‘What’s next?’ is a question we all have to answer more frequently. But how do you advance without getting stuck?In Pivot, Jenny Blake, co-creator of Google’s Career Guru Programme, shows you how to build […]
Primer on Enhanced Oil Recovery
Primer on Enhanced Oil Recovery gives the oil and gas market the introductory information it needs to cover the physical and chemical properties of hydrocarbon reservoir fluids and rock, drilling operations, rock-fluid interactions, recovery methods, and the economy of enhanced oil recovery projects. Beginning with introductory materials on basic physics and oil-rock interaction, the book then […]
Geomechanics of oil and gas wells
The book geomechanics of oil and gas wells presents an integrated approach to studying the geomechanical processes occurring in oil and gas-bearing formations during their development. It discusses the choice of a model that takes into account the basic properties of rocks; experiments to find model parameters; numerical modeling; and direct physical modeling of deformation […]
Data Room Management and Rapid Asset Evaluation
Data Room Management and Rapid Asset Evaluation – Theory and Case Studies in Oil and Gas, Volume 66 introduces frameworks and workflows that help streamline the data room process, highlight the essential data that must be assembled in the permitted time window, and accelerate the subsequent assessment of the opportunity. The book combines theory with case […]
The oil wars myth
Do countries fight wars for oil? Given the resource’s exceptional military and economic importance, most people assume that states will do anything to obtain it. Challenging this conventional wisdom, The Oil Wars Myth reveals that countries do not launch major conflicts to acquire petroleum resources. Emily Meierding argues that the costs of foreign invasion, territorial occupation, international […]
Big Barrels
Big Barrels takes aim at the perception that in Africa oil and gas can do no good. For decades, resource wealth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been synonymous with corruption and dysfunction. The reality is far more complex and generally more encouraging. In a series of eight case studies Big Barrels looks at what African nations are doing […]
Fundamentals of oil and gas accounting
Professor Charlotte Wright updates her indispensable accounting book for the oil and gas industry in this upcoming sixth edition of Fundamentals of oil and gas accounting. The past several years have seen significant changes in the accounting and disclosure rules for the industry. While the book has thorough updates throughout, there are new industry issues […]
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a commercially attractive phase of the commodity that facilitates the efficient handling and transportation of natural gas around the world. The LNG industry, using technologies proven over decades of development, continues to expand its markets, diversify its supply chains and increase its share of the global natural gas trade. The Handbook […]
The new map
A new type of Cold War is emerging between China and the West. The global order is being simultaneously shaken by climate change and the shale revolution in oil and gas – and now by the coronavirus. Controversial fracking technology has given America unprecedented leverage as the world’s leading energy powerhouse, ahead of Saudi Arabia […]