Wiley Critical Content: Petroleum Technology, 2 Volume Set - Hardcover

Wiley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047013402X ISBN 13: 9780470134023

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 2007

Synopsis

The two-volume reference Wiley Critical Content: Petroleum Technology  presents a collection of over 40 articles that were reprinted from the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology and Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. The articles are organized in three thematic subjects:  

PART I: Exploration, Refining, Engineering, and Handling

PART II: Fuels

PART III: Base Chemicals

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From the Back Cover

Wiley Critical Content: Petroleum Technology, a comprehensive new reference for the petroleum industry, features articles from two of Wiley's most renowned chemical encyclopedias―the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology and Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry.

Wiley Critical Content: Petroleum Technology provides thorough, up-to-date information on all aspects of the field, including petroleum properties and origin, exploration, production and refining processes and products, economic issues, and environmental and health concerns. The two-volume set presents over fifty articles, organized into three thematic sections:

• Exploration, Production, and Refining
• Refined Products and Fuels
• Petrochemicals

Written by prominent experts from around the world, this reliable reference will be of particular interest to petroleum and chemical engineers, chemists, geologists, and other professionals and consultants in the petroleum industry. Readers will find broad introductory information as well as technical details relevant to both industrial environments and academic research.

From the Inside Flap

Wiley Critical Content: Petroleum Technology, a comprehensive new reference for the petroleum industry, features articles from two of Wiley's most renowned chemical encyclopedias—the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology and Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry.

Wiley Critical Content: Petroleum Technology provides thorough, up-to-date information on all aspects of the field, including petroleum properties and origin, exploration, production and refining processes and products, economic issues, and environmental and health concerns. The two-volume set presents over fifty articles, organized into three thematic sections:

• Exploration, Production, and Refining
• Refined Products and Fuels
• Petrochemicals

Written by prominent experts from around the world, this reliable reference will be of particular interest to petroleum and chemical engineers, chemists, geologists, and other professionals and consultants in the petroleum industry. Readers will find broad introductory information as well as technical details relevant to both industrial environments and academic research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047013402X
• ISBN 13: 9780470134023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 2000