The A to Z of the petroleum industry / M.S. Vassiliou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vassiliou, M. S.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

A to Z guides ; 116.

A to Z guide series ; no. 116

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum engineering--History--Dictionaries.

Petroleum engineering.

Gas engineering--History--Dictionaries.

Gas engineering.

Petroleum industry and trade--History--Dictionaries.

Petroleum industry and trade.

History.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (l, 665 pages) : illustrations.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acronyms and abbreviations

Chronology

Introduction

THE DICTIONARY

Appendixes: 1. Petroleum industry units and conversions; 2. Major Middle Eastern consortia of the Seven Sisters and CFP; 3. Various companies with roots in Standard Oil; 4. Top five oil-producing countries for 20-year intervals since 1861; 5. Sweet and sour crudes; 6. Crudes in the OPEC basket; 7. Major oil supply disruptions; 8. Tanker classification; 9. Largest oil spills; 10. Refinery fractions; 11. Largest oil fields; 12. Largest gas fields; 13. Other giant oil and gas fields of historical interest; 14. Figures

Bibliography

About the author.

Notes:

Originally published in 2009 as Historical dictionary of the petroleum industry.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-663).

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Vassiliou, M.S. A to Z of the petroleum industry.

ISBN:

9780810870666

0810870665

Publisher Number:

99990106239

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.