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Covers many aspects involved in B2B sales, with product knowledge being the key to success. This book includes topics that range from identifying the decision makers and gathering intelligence, to handling unpleasant customers and introducing various products.

Author John Seidle has written this much-needed introduction to a unique unconventional gas resource for students and practicing engineers as well as a basic handbook for those who are involved in coalbed methane on a daily basis and require straightforward, practical answers in the fast-paced business world.

Reflects the issues facing oil and gas producers operating in both US and international locations. This book includes: a chapter on asset retirement obligations and asset impairment; a section on project, analysis and investment decision making; and, coverage of asset exchanges and fair value reporting requirements.

David Jacoby's highly regarded book addresses the specific supply chain management characteristics and needs of oil, gas, and power companies, and contains a wealth of industry-specific examples.

A single source for anyone interested in how the business of the world's largest industry actually works: business executives, students, government officials and regulators, professionals working in the industry, and the general public.

This volume offers oilfield processing and handling of natural gas. Process descriptions, design methods, operating procedures and troubleshooting are covered in detail. This hands-on reference should be useful to field practitioners and is suitable as a training text.

Provides students, practicing engineers, geologists, economists, planners, and managers with a solid foundation in the dynamic and growing field of capital investment evaluation, with emphasis on the uncertainty aspect. It describes how investment decisions are currently made under different stages of uncertainty and prescribes techniques for making rational decisions.

The nuclear industry has quietly evolved over the past 30 years to become one of the safest and most reliable low-cost producers of electricity. Mary Jo Rogers's new book, Nuclear Energy Leadership: Lessons Learned from US Operators, provides helpful suggestions as well as useful tools drawn from the best of the nuclear industry.

Offers basics in system layout, details on controls and automation, and operating instructions. This book includes a chapter devoted to the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), technical information on heat recovery steam generator, and a diverse group of real-world combined-cycle plant case studies.

In this work, the author explains: general chemistry; chemistry of natural water supplies; how contaminants enter steam-generating systems; the effects of contaminants within steam-generating units; and control guides and monitoring techniques.

Deregulation has forced a whole new world of trading and risk management jargon onto the energy marketer. Wengler identifies the issues, discusses and analyses them, and in checklist fashion prioritizes for managers what they must do to succeed despite diverse risks.

Offers information and analysis of how multilateral, bilateral, and commercial financiers decide to support an energy project. This book presents the changes in the attitudes and orientations of these financiers as they have entered a competitive environment seeking opportunities to do more business in the energy sector of developing countries.

This drilling manual is divided into three parts: well planning, wellsite operations and reference information. It addresses all major drilling topics, as well as the associated engineering topics necessary for today's team drilling approach.

Finding the right technical data guide for designing and testing wells can be daunting. This is filled with advanced information on a variety of wellbore topics. From ascertaining accurate reservoir descriptions, to the intricacies of designing a horizontal well program, it covers every topic in detail. The volume includes a CD with four additional chapters that offer unique technical insight.

Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) is a risk-management process that is objective, measurable, and systematic as it selects and performs effective preventive maintenance (PM) tasks. This text provides what readers really need - guidance on how to keep PM development with RCM simple and understandable.

A guide that offers reservoir engineering fundamentals, advanced reservoir related topics, reservoir simulation fundamentals, and problems and case studies from around the world. It helps to aid students and professionals alike in their active and important roles throughout the reservoir life cycle.

A practical approach using integrated teams and better resource management practices enhancing hydrocarbon recovery and maximizing profitability.

Explains the fundamentals and field practices in drilling operations. This textbook is suitable for drilling engineers, drilling supervisors and managers, and petroleum engineering students.

Plant efficiency and profitability depend on avoiding such problems as pH extremes, oxygen scavenging, corrosion, scale, and contamination. This practical handbook provides detailed discussion and examples of solutions to water chemistry problems in power plant boilers. Formulas and calculations are provided for each area of concern.

Offers managers and supervisors in the power and petroleum fields basic economic skills that enable them to make better policy decisions relating to energy. This practical textbook contains toolbox of models, along with institutional, technological, and historical information on oil, coal, gas, and electricity (including renewables).

Covers the main types of logs in use today, as well as the more common types of open-hole logs. Contents: Introduction to logging; Reading logs; Mud logging formation parameters; Porosity; Resistivity measurements; Putting it all together; Detailed interpretation; Computer-generated and specialty logs.

Explains how to practically carry out reservoir simulations, written by a seasoned practicing simulation engineer. In particular, the author shows how to link geology and simulation input. The book covers all of the fundamental techniques that are unique to reservoir simulation, such as pseudo relative permeability.

This volume explains the physical chemical problems associated with waxes and emulsions and the new technologies for treatment of these problems. Oilfield waxes and emulsions are petroleum by-products that increase the costs of production and pipelines, and decrease throughput.

This work includes practical examples and step-by-step calculations, along with illustrations and diagrams. It covers everything from historical development of contracts to terminology of accounting and negotiations to threshold field size analysis, to the arithmetic behind contract terms.

This text is written to include reservoirs that produce under steady-state conditions at much higher rates. You can be better prepared to solve reservoir engineering problems, in the US and around the world. Problems are presented throughout the book to give you hands-on experience with various field calculations.

This long-awaited text explains, examines, and discusses various aspects of accounting in international petroleum operations. The authors discuss and illustrate international petroleum contracts and related contract accounting issues that arise and contrast U.S. accounting standards with those of other countries which are likely to be applicable to companies operating in international settings