Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering: Volume 1 (Standard Handbook of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering) [Hardcover]

William C. Lyons PhD PE (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Standard Handbook of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering | Publication Date: October 30, 1996

Petroleum engineering now has its own true classic handbook that reflects the profession's status as a mature major engineering discipline.

Formerly titled the Practical Petroleum Engineer's Handbook, by Joseph Zaba and W.T. Doherty (editors), this new, completely updated two-volume set is expanded and revised to give petroleum engineers a comprehensive source of industry standards and engineering practices. It is packed with the key, practical information and data that petroleum engineers rely upon daily.


The result of a fifteen-year effort, this handbook covers the gamut of oil and gas engineering topics to provide a reliable source of engineering and reference information for analyzing and solving problems. It also reflects the growing role of natural gas in industrial development by integrating natural gas topics throughout both volumes.

More than a dozen leading industry experts-academia and industry-contributed to this two-volume set to provide the best , most comprehensive source of petroleum engineering information available.

Editorial Reviews

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The Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering would be a welcome addition to the reference collection of large academic libraries at universities with programs in petroleum engineering. It is well organized and indexed, so the information is readily accessible to students as well as practicing engineers. (Jeannie P. Miller, Ph.D., Senior Science Reference Librarian)

Book Description

An industry classic. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1436 pages
• Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing; 6 Sub edition (October 30, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884156427
• ISBN-13: 978-0884156420
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,088,158 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, May 21, 2007

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Giorgio E. Giacaglia (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Second Edition (Complementary Science) (Hardcover)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, March 17, 2009

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Pen (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Second Edition (Complementary Science) (Hardcover)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, could be better, November 9, 2008

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J. Cook - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Second Edition (Complementary Science) (Hardcover)

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.