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Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Second Edition (Complementary Science)

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This handbook is an excellent reference for research and teaching from basic to advanced subjects in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Petroleum Engineering. I recommend this book to anyone involved in these matters. Giorgio E. O. Giacaglia, Ph.D., Yale `65.

I purchase this book a few weeks ago. I haven't been able to read the whole thing because it is very long but it is detailed. I'm in the oil and gas industry so I was looking for something technical. My goal was to find something with calculations and explanations for the reasoning behind use of various tools and methods. This book seems to achieve this. For example, there is a section explaining bits and the ideal environments. It describes the ideal RPM and WOB for a PDC bit of certain parameters. Explains how to identify them with their IADC codes and what the codes mean. Usually, this information would be provided to a drilling engineer by a bit supplier when designing a well plan. This information would help you communicate with the supplier more effectively. The book reads like a dictionary. I think it will make a good reference tool for people working in the industry.

I would not recommend this book for beginners or people wanting a nontechnical guide. If you didn't understand anything I just said above then don't buy this book. The best introductory book I have read is by Norman J. Hyne called Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling and Production (2nd Edition). I think he is a professor at a university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It covers a ton of information from start to finish and he keeps things very basic. It is much easier read.

There are some minor grammar and spelling mistakes in the book I purchased. The last 20 pages of the index were not bound to the book but I couldn't be bothered to return it.

The book was very good for the PE test. It would be much better if it had a better index. Some things are hard to find. It is basically a general guide to Petroleum engineering. It is not an end all referance, but is ultimately a great resource.

I'm an engineering student and have been working in the oil and gas industry for a few years (I'm only 21) and this book is great if you already have just a basic understand of the industry. It gives you calculations for just about everything there is to know. It is a huge book, but as long as you are good at math and love learning, you can't go wrong with this book. Over half of the book is about drilling rigs though. I wish it were more in depth about production equipment, but I haven't even been through the entire book yet. It's almost like an oilfield Bible!

I am really satisfied about the "Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Second Edition".
The book covers basically all the aspects of the Drilling and Petroleum Industry. It is a good reference and an important tool for the people in the oil & Gas fields.

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I got this book for my friend in India and it is a very good book. I paid around $50 in shipping, because I wanted it to be shipped sooner. They promised me that the book will reach to destination in 2-3 days (They know it is an international shipping address, they charged extra for this), but the product took a lot more time (nearly 15days) to be delivered.