The Quest for Oil
1st Edition
Published on 12. October 2023
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-032-57678-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Quest for Oil (1970) examines all aspects of the oil industry - what oil is, where it is found, how fuels are produced, transported and sold, and the ways in which the fuels are used.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Adult education, General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
414 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-57678-7 (9781032576787)
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Person
W.G. Roberts
Content
1. Fuels and Energy 2. The Beginnings of the Oil Industry 3. Looking for Oil 4. Getting Crude Oil from the Ground 5. The Nature of Oil 6. The Right Oil for the Right Purpose 7. Oil Products 8. Making the Products: the First Stage 9. Improving the Products 10. The Refinery 11. Moving Oil Around the World - Tankers 12. Moving Oil - Transport Over Land 13. Planning the Supply of Oil 14. People in the Oil Industry 15. Oil Today and Tomorrow