Fundamentals of Petroleum

A comprehensive man-ual for anyone working in the petroleum industry. Clearly written and fully illustrated, this one-of-a-kind book covers all the basics and latest developments in geology, exploration, leasing, drilling, production, transportation, refining and processing, environmental safety, and marketing. A popular choice as a course textbook, this book is used to support petroleum engi-neering courses at The University of Texas at Austin and other academic instiTuitions as well as the book-based courses by PETEX conducted by correspondence and at the Houston Training Center. Includes an extensive index.