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Oil and Security: A World beyond Petroleum (Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality)

Springer, 2008

The celebration welcoming the second half of the 21st century on 31 December 2050 was subdued in the Persian Gulf. The major cities of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and others were dark. No fireworks or other signs of jubilation. Even those among them who had diversified their economies by investing in tourism, technology parks,...

Industrial Organic Chemicals

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

An essential introduction to the organic chemicals industry—in the context of globalization, advances in technology, and environmental concerns

Providing 95 percent of the 500 billion pounds of organic chemicals produced in the world, the petroleum and natural gas industries are responsible for products that ensure our...

Fracking: The Operations and Environmental Consequences of Hydraulic Fracturing (Energy Sustainability)

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

Hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking, fracing, or worse) of rock deep beneath the surface to release petroleum product has become a contentious subject across the globe. This practice is not to be confused with drilling or extraction. Fracking is the process of using fluid power to fracture rock to release gas (and...

Plants and BioEnergy (Advances in Plant Biology)

Springer, 2013

A country's vision for developing renewable and sustainable energy resources is typically propelled by three important drivers – security, cost, and environmental impact. The U.S. currently accounts for a quarter of the world’s total oil consumption, with domestic demands necessitating – at an ever growing cost – a...

Green Petroleum: How Oil and Gas Can Be Environmentally Sustainable

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

Can "green petroleum" reverse global warming and bring down high gasoline prices? Written in non-technical language for the layperson, this book investigates and details how the oil and gas industry can "go green" with new processes and technologies, thus bringing the world's most important industry closer to...

Mechanics of Oil and Gas Flow in Porous Media

Springer, 2020

This book discusses various aspects of percolation mechanics. It starts with the driving forces and driving modes and then examines in detail the steady state percolation of single-phase incompressible fluids, percolation law of natural gas and percolation of non-Newtonian fluids. Progressing from simple to complex concepts, it also...

Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering: Volume 1

Gulf Professional, 1996

This petroleum and natural gas engineering two-volume handbook is written in the spirit of the classic handbooks of other engineering disciplines. The two volumes reflect the importance of the industry its engineers serve (i.e., Standard and Poor's shows that the fuels sector is the largest single entity in the gross domestic...

Computer-Aided Intelligent Recognition Techniques and Applications

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Intelligent recognition methods have recently proven to be indispensable in a variety of modern industries, including computer vision, robotics, medical imaging, visualization and the media. Furthermore, they play a critical role in the traditional fields such as character recognition, natural language processing and personal identification.

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Next Generation Wireless Systems and Networks

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Next Generation Wireless Systems and Networks offers an expert view of cutting edge Beyond 3^rd Generation (B3G) wireless applications. This self-contained reference combines the basics of wireless communications, such as 3G wireless standards, spread spectrum and CDMA systems, with a more advanced level research-oriented...

Embedded Linux: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing

Addison Wesley, 2002

Embedded Linux covers the development and implementation of interfacing applications on an embedded Linux platform. It includes a comprehensive discussion of platform selection, crosscompilation, kernel compilation, root filesystem creation, booting, remote debugging, real-world interfacing, application control, data...

Blackberry Pearl Pocket Guide

Peachpit Press, 2006

When I was asked whether I'd be interested in writing a book about the new BlackBerry Pearl, I jumped at the chance. Although I wasn't an active user, I knew a lot about BlackBerries (having used them in the past), and I'd heard that the Pearl was going to be a special device.

I have to admit that although...

Visual Studio 2005 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Computer/Tech)

For Dummies, 2006

If you're like me, you were probably a little perplexed by the announcement of the new Visual Studio and .NET platforms. My immediate reaction was, "Oh, no-not another set of tools to learn." Don't get me wrong. I embraced Visual Studio .NET and, like most of you, I looked forward to the stability of Visual Studio 2003 and version 1.1 of...

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