文档介绍：Oil
An Overview of
the Petroleum
Industry
Sixth Edition
Robert Grace
Gulf pany
Houston, Texas
Oil-An Overview of the
Petroleum Industry
Sixth Edition
Copyright 0 2007 by Gulf pany, Houston,
Texas. This book was originally published as Oil-From
Prospect to Pipeline in 1958 by Gulf pany.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Grace, Robert.
Oil : an overview of the petroleum industry / Robert Grace.-6th
ed .
p. cm.
ISBN 1-933762-01-2 (978-1-933762-01 -2 : alk. paper)
1. Petroleum industry and trade. 2. Petroleum industry and
trade-United States. 3. Energy industries. 4. Energy
industries-United States. I. Title.
2007
’7282-dc22
2006038253
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Contents
Preface, vii
1-World Oil, 1
2-Where Does e From?, 43
3-How Do We Get It? Drilling for Oil, 63
4-To Market! Production and Reservoir
Engineering, 99
Appendix A-Abbreviations Used in Oil Reports, 115
Appendix B-Stratigraphic Terminology, 121
Subdivision of Geological Eras
Oil and Gas Provinces of Lower 48 States
Oil and Gas Provinces Outside Lower 48 States
V
vi Oil-An Overview of the Petroleum Industry
Appendix C-Sample Leases and Deeds, 139
Appendix D-Energy Equivalents, 147
An Oil Dictionary 149
Preface
This book has always been a short, comprehensive
overview of the oil industry. Obviously, almost any subject
touched on in this volume could be the subject of an entire
book much lengthier than this one. But, I hope it does give
the reader a basic understanding of the industry, how
things work, the objectives and how they are plished.
I also hope it will give the rea