Fundamentals of Petroleum Trading
Product DescriptionUntil as recently as the late 1970s, the main channel for oil distribution was the integrated system of the major oil companies, while the volume of spot trading was limited to roughly 5 percent of the total oil trade. T... More >> Fundamentals of Petroleum Trading
The Oil Traders' Word(S): Oil Trading Jargon
Product DescriptionPhysical oil trading is a worldwide activity containing a lot of oil business terms. Traders talk about time value, contango, backwardation, refinery activity, credit, logistics, HSE and much more, hence the size of this... More >> The Oil Traders' Word(S): Oil Trading Jargon
A Century in Oil: The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company 1897-1997
Product DescriptionOil changed the 20th century: to mark Shell Transport and Trading's centenary, a book based on unrestricted access to Shell's archives.... More >> A Century in Oil: The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company 1897-1997
Drowning in Oil: BP & the Reckless Pursuit of Profit
Product DescriptionThe definitive account of how BP's win-at-all-costs culture led to this era's greatest industrial catastrophe "A carefully and powerfully written story." Financial Times "When an author uses a loaded word lik... More >> Drowning in Oil: BP & the Reckless Pursuit of Profit
Above Ground Storage Tanks
Product DescriptionThe one reference devoted exclusively to aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), this book helps owners and regulators understand the design, operation, and maintenance of ASTs in the face of new industry regulations and meet ... More >> Above Ground Storage Tanks
The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
ISBN13: 9780865715295 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Product DescriptionThe world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch […]
Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank
Product DescriptionOil on the Brain is a smart, surprisingly funny account of the oil industry—the people, economies, and pipelines that bring us petroleum, brilliantly illuminating a world we encounter every day. Americans buy te... More >> Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank
Tankers Full of Trouble: The Perilous Journey of Alaskan Crude
Product DescriptionOn a 2,400-mile voyage aboard the Arco Anchorage, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nalder exposes the peril the crew faces at every turn--temperatures of minus 70 degrees, waves 80 feet high, gas poisoning, explosions, an... More >> Tankers Full of Trouble: The Perilous Journey of Alaskan Crude
Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
Product Description“Saudi Arabia is more and more an irrational state—a place that spawns global terrorism even as it succumbs to an ancient and deeply seated isolationism, a kingdom led by a royal family that can’t get out of the wa... More >> Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
Gas, Gasoline and Oil-Engines, Including Producer-Gas Plants: A New, Complete and Practical Work on Gas, Gasoline, Kerosene, and Crude Petroleum Oil-Engines (Classic Reprint)
Product DescriptionThe Materials of Power in Explosive Engines. Illuminating Gas, Natural Gas, Producer-G as, Gasoline, Kerosene, A cetylene, and A lcohol. Composition andF uel Valves. Tables .... 70 CHAPTER IXC arbureters and Vaporizers. ... More >> Gas, Gasoline and Oil-Engines, Including Producer-Gas Plants: A New, Complete and Practical Work on Gas, Gasoline, Kerosene, and Crude […]