The Oil & Gas Industry: A Nontechnical Guide
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Joseph Hilyard's timely new book provides a broad perspective on the oil and gas industry, with primary attention to the United States. It takes the reader on a tour of the operations used to find and evaluate resources, and then to produce, store and deliver oil and gas. The book's main focus is primarily on the equipment and processes used in exploring new resources; evaluating promising formations; drilling wells; managing oil and gas production; converting oil and gas into products; and transporting oil and gas. Separate chapters address the evolution and current structure of the petroleum industry; oil and gas trading; and challenges likely to face the oil and gas industry in coming years. Three appendices define key industry terminology; suggest further reading on selected topics; and identify organizations that can provide more information. Review: Excellent, Important, Accessible! - Just recently, I finished reading Joseph Hilyard's book, "The Oil & Gas Industry: A Nontechnical Guide". And I am happy to report that the book was both edifying and enjoyable. Mr. Hilyard sets about in this book to accomplish a noble, though challenging, objective: to provide an introduction to this tremendously complex, and important, industry in a manner that doesn't require a significant and deep technical background. And I think that he has accomplished this objective in fine fashion. Having read carefully through the entire book, from cover to cover, I would say that I am now in possession of an understanding of the industry far greater than the average layman. To put this in context, I am an MBA graduate, whose career thus far has focused primarily on Data Management in the Financial Services area. As we live now in greater Houston, a city whose economy is dominated by the Oil and Gas industry, I found Mr. Hilyard's book to be extremely useful. The book manages to cover a very wide variety of subjects with respect to the industry, ranging from the fundamentals of Oil and Gas discovery, exploration, and development, to product development, distribution, marketing, industry structure, and finally to emerging challenges that the industry must come to address. Mr. Hilyard succeeds admirably in covering these important matters in a manner that is both readable and informative. We applaud the author for his fine efforts in this regard and encourage others to avail themselves of the excellent learning opportunity provided by this important and well written book. God bless. Review: Excellent but needs expanding - Generally excellent. I would like to see more extensive coverage of Peak Oil, Shale Oil, Kerogen Oil, and the Olduvai Theory, and the implications of all these.
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 30 Reviews |
T**N
Excellent, Important, Accessible!
Just recently, I finished reading Joseph Hilyard's book, "The Oil & Gas Industry: A Nontechnical Guide". And I am happy to report that the book was both edifying and enjoyable. Mr. Hilyard sets about in this book to accomplish a noble, though challenging, objective: to provide an introduction to this tremendously complex, and important, industry in a manner that doesn't require a significant and deep technical background. And I think that he has accomplished this objective in fine fashion. Having read carefully through the entire book, from cover to cover, I would say that I am now in possession of an understanding of the industry far greater than the average layman. To put this in context, I am an MBA graduate, whose career thus far has focused primarily on Data Management in the Financial Services area. As we live now in greater Houston, a city whose economy is dominated by the Oil and Gas industry, I found Mr. Hilyard's book to be extremely useful. The book manages to cover a very wide variety of subjects with respect to the industry, ranging from the fundamentals of Oil and Gas discovery, exploration, and development, to product development, distribution, marketing, industry structure, and finally to emerging challenges that the industry must come to address. Mr. Hilyard succeeds admirably in covering these important matters in a manner that is both readable and informative. We applaud the author for his fine efforts in this regard and encourage others to avail themselves of the excellent learning opportunity provided by this important and well written book. God bless.
J**L
Excellent but needs expanding
Generally excellent. I would like to see more extensive coverage of Peak Oil, Shale Oil, Kerogen Oil, and the Olduvai Theory, and the implications of all these.
E**N
Needed more attention from a Proofreader, but informative.
I'm still taking the class that requires this textbook, so I'm only 10 chapters deep into this 15 chapter text. So far, every chapter has at least one grammar, spelling, or punctuation error, if not much more. While that does get annoying, Hilyard's book provides a clear and thorough introduction to the Oil & Gas industry without being overly technical. By the 2nd chapter, I was able to carry on conversations about the industry with my dad, who retired from the field close to 20 years ago. If the editing and proofreading were carried out more professionally, I would have rated this textbook 5 stars without hesitation.
Y**G
Three Stars
Good introduction to Oil and Gas business but not enough depth.
P**Z
Easy to read;great introduction
This book provides an easy to read first introduction to the business of oil and gas. A must for anyone who wants to be acquainted with this.
B**N
Poor print quality
Pretty disappointed. The copy I purchased new through Amazon was missing an entire chapter on section on pipeline transportation (pages 161-176). Parts of this book were good for an easy intro into the industry but with the missing section and typographic errors, I'd suggest looking elsewhere, there are lots of quality books at this price level.
H**M
Five Stars
This book gave me wide vision about oil and gas industry
A**S
Five Stars
Good book. Delivered at time
A**A
Excelente libro para quienes empiezan a conocer la industria
El libro está muy interesante en un lenguaje sencillo para entender la industria upstream de oil and gas sin perderse en el proceso.
W**G
Five Stars
Great!
A**O
Four Stars
Great book well written amazing to read
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