Petroleum & Oil Industries

North America is experiencing a boom in crude oil supply, primarily due to growing production in the Canadian oil sands and the recent expansion of...

The U.S. petroleum refining industry -- the largest refining industry in the world -- experienced a period of high product prices and industry prof...

Increased oil and gas production presents challenges for transportation infrastructure because some of this increase is in areas with limited trans...

Congress authorised the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) of 1975 to help prevent a repetition of ...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

In 1933 American oilmen representing what later became the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) signed a concession agreement with the Saudi Arabi...

Oil is the lifeblood of modern civilization, and the industry that supplies it has been the subject of intense interest and scrutiny, as well as co...

Exploration seismology uses seismic imaging to form detailed images of the Earth's interior, enabling the location of likely petroleum targets. Due...

This encyclopedia presents important research on Cuba. Some of the topics discussed herein include Cuba''s policies and relations with the United S...

This book addresses aspects of international law relating to petroleum contracts, examining oil and gas agreements between states and private compa...

The remarkable story of one man's journey to leadership of the world's largest energy company, The Caravan Goes On is the first published inside ac...

Anointed with Oil is a groundbreaking new history of the United States that places the relationship between religious faith and oil together at the...

''Charlotte Dennett has written an excellent book summarizing the geopolitics of the Middle East historically through to current events. . . . This...

Oil waste was everywhereon the roads, in the rivers where they fished, and in the water that they used for bathing, cooking, and washing. Children ...

In a unique journey from the oil fields of the Caspian Sea to the refineries and financial centres of Northern Europe, James Marriott and Mika Mini...

In a unique journey from the oil fields of the Caspian Sea to the refineries and financial centres of Northern Europe, James Marriott and Mika Mi...

The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Yukos oil company, on 25 October 2003, was a key turning point in modern Russian history. At th...

Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Alaska is one of the most contested landscapes in all of North America: the Arctic National Wildlife Refu...

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, and one of The Observers Thirty books to help us understand the w...