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“john a mackay”

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  • The Meaning of Life

    Christian Truth and Social Change in Latin America

    by John A. Mackay ...
    Democratic principles have not taken root readily in Latin America in part because spiritual inwardness, a necessary prerequisite of democracy that is inseparable from the Bible, has been lacking. During the twentieth century Protestant workers like John Mackay (1889-1983) brought the evangelical message to that continent through lectures and writings. This collection of John Mackay's early essays ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Economic Risk in Hydrocarbon Exploration

    by Ian Lerche, John A. MacKay ...
    Economic Risk in Hydrocarbon Exploration provides a total framework for assessing the uncertainties associated with exploration risk from beginning to end. Numerous examples with accompanying microcomputer algorithms illustrate how to quantitatively approach economic risk. The text compares detailed assumptions and models of economic risk, and presents numerical examples throughout to facilitate ... Read more

    $242.99 USD

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  • Private Empire

    ExxonMobil and American Power

    by Steve Coll ...
    **“ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter . . . extraordinary . . . monumental.” —The Washington Post“Fascinating . . . Private Empire is a book meticulously prepared as if for trial . . . a compelling and elucidatory work.” —BloombergFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, an extraordinary exposé of Big Oil. ... Read more

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  • The Oracle of Oil

    A Maverick Geologist's Quest for a Sustainable Future

    by Mason Inman ...
    The first comprehensive biography of Marion King Hubbert, the "father of peak oil."In 1956, geologist and Shell Oil researcher Marion King Hubbert delivered a speech that has shaped world energy debates ever since. Addressing the American Petroleum Institute, Hubbert dropped a bombshell on his audience: U.S. oil production would peak by 1970 and decline steadily thereafter. World production would ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Applied Mineral Inventory Estimation

    by Alastair J. Sinclair, Garston H. Blackwell ...
    Applied Mineral Inventory Estimation presents a comprehensive applied approach to the estimation of mineral resources/reserves with particular emphasis on the geological basis of such estimations, the need for and maintenance of a high quality assay data base, the practical use of a comprehensive exploratory data evaluation, and the importance of a comprehensive geostatistical approach to the ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Composition and Properties of Drilling and Completion Fluids

    by Ryen Caenn, HCH Darley, George R. Gray ...
    The petroleum industry in general has been dominated by engineers and production specialists. The upstream segment of the industry is dominated by drilling/completion engineers. Usually, neither of those disciplines have a great deal of training in the chemistry aspects of drilling and completing a well prior to its going on production. The chemistry of drilling fluids and completion fluids have a ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Oil

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    World acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resourceIn this fully revised and updated edition, Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resource'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.' Bill GatesOil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Managed Pressure Drilling

    by Bill Rehm, Jerome Schubert, Arash Haghshenas, Amir Saman Paknejad, Jim Hughes ...
    Series series Gulf Drilling Guides
    With extraction out of depleted wells more important than ever, this new and developing technology is literally changing drilling engineering for future generations. Never before published in book form, these cutting-edge technologies and the processes that surround them are explained in easy-tounderstand language, complete with worked examples, problems and solutions. This volume is invaluable as ... Read more

    $175.49 USD

  • Operational Aspects of Oil and Gas Well Testing

    by S. McAleese ...
    Series Book 1 - Handbook of Petroleum Exploration and Production
    Well Testing is recognised by many operating oil and gas companies to be the most hazardous operation they routinely undertake. Therefore, it is of great importance that such operations are extremely well planned and executed.This handbook covers all the major "Operational Aspects of Oil and Gas Well Testing" and uses a structured approach to guide the reader through the steps required to safely ... Read more

    $233.99 USD

  • Value of Information in the Earth Sciences

    Integrating Spatial Modeling and Decision Analysis

    by Jo Eidsvik, Tapan Mukerji, Debarun Bhattacharjya ...
    Gathering the right kind and the right amount of information is crucial for any decision-making process. This book presents a unified framework for assessing the value of potential data gathering schemes by integrating spatial modelling and decision analysis, with a focus on the Earth sciences. The authors discuss the value of imperfect versus perfect information, and the value of total versus ... Read more

    $154.19 USD

  • Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: Case Studies in Partnership and Collaboration

    by Phil Andrews, Jim Playfoot ...
    Volume 1: Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: Case Studies in Partnership and Collaboration highlights, for the first time, 8 powerful case studies in which universities, colleges and training providers are working with oil companies to produce capable, competent people. This essential companion in our series illustrates not only the carefully researched details of the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Applied Reservoir Engineering

    Appraisal, Economics and Optimization

    by Richard Wheaton ...
    Fundamentals of Applied Reservoir Engineering introduces early career reservoir engineers and those in other oil and gas disciplines to the fundamentals of reservoir engineering. Given that modern reservoir engineering is largely centered on numerical computer simulation and that reservoir engineers in the industry will likely spend much of their professional career building and running such ... Read more

    $98.99 USD