4 comments about Portable Water Well Drilling Rig Plans Book.

1. The only reason this book is 20 pages long is because the material list sheets are repeated about 5-6 times. My pages had lines through all the pictures and text-looks like it was printed on a home PC printer at the lowest resolution. If you can find your own water swivel and can get a post hole auger and weld a frame-thats all you need. Do 30 minutes of Google reearch and save your money.



2. This book is essentially worthless. It does not contain enough details to build a well drilling rig. It does not explain the most basic principles of how a rig is supposed to work, it does not contain a single drawing of parts to be built (only some unclear pictures). It doesn't contain any accessible sources for parts except the author's own company. It is only 20 pages long and poorly written. Given that much, I expect that if you did try to build what the author is talking about, it would not work well, if it is as poorly designed and done as his book. Sales literature from companies that sell these contains more useful information.



3. Unlike the other reviews I found this book to be very informative. If you do not have the mechanical aptitude to understand this book, you should not build any rig, let alone try to drill a well. Yes this book is not very slick and there is not much to it but it contains a wealth of ideas, and good ideas are priceless. I am glad I found this book, plus "The Water well trouble shooting Guide", before I attempted to build a rig and drill my own well. I will have no problems building this rig from the plans, but more than that it gives me Ideas designing my own rig. If you are mechanically inclined and would like to drill your own well, start here. If this book had been professionally printed I would have given it 5 stars.



4. I found the information presented to be relavent and understandable. I am, and have been, convinced that those cheap rigs for sale will not drill through rock or as deeply as they suggest. This author's assembly procedures should be adequate. With that said, I have yet to actually apply what he shows. While there are some grammar and spelling errors and it is not professionally bound, I wish other reviewers would give this guy a break. He's sharing his knowledge to help us save a few bucks.

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5 comments about Elements of Petroleum Geology, Second Edition.

1. Excellent book, easy to read for petroleum engineers yet quite insightful and nicely presented. A great deal of references are useful to direct further reading, this book became my preferred reference in petroleum geology. Highly recommendable.

   Excelente libro, fácil de leer para ingenieros de petróleo pero no por eso superficial y además sobriamente formateado. Gran cantidad de referencias cumplen su propósito de dirigir el estudio de aquellos interesados en profundizar en cualquiera de los tópicos que cubre el autor más que satisfactoriamente. Sin duda una de mis referencias preferidas en el tema. Altamente recomendable.




2. An excellent overview of petroleum geology from exploration, including commentary on gravitational, magnetic ,3d ,4d seismic ,mri and borehole loging methodology ,to drilling on and off shore worldwide , to leasing ,reservoir estimation ,and development(reservoir enhancement methodology ).Extensive bibliography is provided .While this book can serve the, deeply interested ,novice it will also serve ,well, students and young proffesionals in the various specialty fields of the petroleum sciences and industry.



3. This is a great book for any scientist interested in gaining knowledge of petroleum geology.



4. nice book for introduction. a little bit too much detail though.
   I usually scan the book first and come back to read the details.



5. This book is an easy to read and offers a full coverage of topics in Petroleum Geology. I used and use it, amongst others, as a first reference to refresh my memory, before returning to work as an exploration geophysicist.

2 comments about Petroleum Refining for the Non-Technical Person (PennWell Nontechnical Series).

1. This book is a great reference tool for people in petroleum related fields who do not have technical training. If you are involved in oil and gas operations, sales, retail, etc., this book really helps you understand the terminology and the process. Everyone in my office uses it!



2. I am a non-chemist in a market analyst's position previously occupied by a Chemical Engineer. I never even so much as did "Mickey Mouse" chemistry at school, so my learning curve has been a pretty steep one. For someone to write a book like this is very unusual, as the refining industry is typically the preserve of the technical elite, and this book removes the mystique and even manages to deal with a difficult subject with an essence of humour! Thank you Bill - I'm trying to get hold of the rest of the saga - Petrochemicals in Non-Technical Language!

3 comments about Modern Well Test Analysis: A Computer-Aided Approach.

1. This book is an excellent well testing textbook. It is ideal for use in undergraduate and graduate classes as well as for practicing engineers. Anyone with an interest in well testing should have a copy of this book of his/her shelf.



2. Most books on well testing are very academic oriented with abundant and laborious mathematical derivations and little or no indication of their use in the real world. This book by Horne is not like that. I am not a PhD student and very often do not have the time to go through lots of partial differential equations to find what I need. This is the only book on this topic which provides me quick indications of what to look at to do a quick evaluation of a well test.
   
   Chapter 2 has no waste. It contains a very sharp and concise explanation of key concepts, the one you absolutely need to make sense of any well tests interpretation.
   
   Chapter 4 is a remarkable one. All the adjustments needed to make suitable the previously derived equations for gas flow are explained in an expedite, clear manner. The main value of the chapter are solved exercises illustrating how to convert pressures to gas pseudopressures (m(p)).
   
   Chapter 8 is perhaps the most valuable to assists quick look interpretation. It covers many worked examples covering from infinite reservoirs to fractured wells and dual porosity systems. Chapter 10 completes the loop with field examples showing horizontal well, damage wells and gas wells.
   
   Horne presents well testing with a practical focus. Many other authors darken the subject with lots of detail and a great deal of complicated math. Horne misses absolutely nothing of importance, and his explanations are easy to follow and accompanied with helpful exercises.
   
   On top of that, you find all I mentioned for 36 dollars, amazing value!.



3. This book provides a good help for get a quick understanding of well test analysis specially for non reservoir engineers

1 comments about Basic Well Log Analysis, 2nd Edition.

1. This is the appropriate source for non petrophycisists needing a quick catch up with the basic principles of well logging and well log interpretation. There are no unnecessary details on tools design and performance. There are many useful examples and some interesting case studies are also included. I recommend it to any geoscientist willing to understand the basics. An updated edition with last generation logs would make the fifth star.

   Un libro muy práctico especialmente para aquellas personas que necesiten entender los principios básicos de evaluaciones petrofísicas sin profundizar en detalles innecesarios relativos al diseño y funcionamiento de las herramientas. Aunque algo desactualizado, el libro cubre la mayoría de los registros de pozos más importantes con explicaciones sencillas y ejemplos bien preparados.

1 comments about Principles of Mineral Processing.

1. A very comprehensive reference book on the development and wizardry of separating and collecting "Things dug out of the Earth"(Descartes). It deals with older and modern methods, the evolution of equipment and plant and also typical individual integrated processes.
   The clear explanations are most useful for those interested in this somewhat obscure subject but it is an invaluable reference book for the desk of those involved in ore separation plant operation or design.//

3 comments about Oil and the Future of Energy: Climate Repair * Hydrogen * Nuclear Fuel * Renewable and Green Sources * Energy Efficiency.

1. This book is an anthology. Its first major article is one by Colin Campbell and Jean LaHerrere that predicts that a decline in world oil production will begin before 2010. The other major article is one on global warming by James Hansen. The remainder of the book is a collection of articles on topics that offer solutions to these issues, such as hydrogen fuel cells, nuclear energy, or energy efficiency. Even though the title is "Oil (in very large letters) and the Future of Energy", the vast majority of the articles deal with replacements for fossil fuel energy in general, rather than replacements for liquid fuel.
   
   Peak oil is a topic that is not very familiar to most readers, but the topic is not covered very extensively. Besides Campbell and LaHerrere's article, the only other peak oil item is a book review (Hubbert's Peak by Kenneth Deffeyes). It is left to the reader's imagination what impact a decline in oil production, starting about now, might have. The book is not entirely up to date -- it fails to mention that there is already some evidence that world oil production may have started to decline - hence all the concern we keep seeing about oil prices, oil shortages, biofuels, etc.
   
   Clearly, if there is a decline in oil production, starting about now, there is a need to find some sort of liquid fuel replacement. The book says virtually nothing about biofuels (except for a few paragraphs in Daniel Kammen's article). Most of the energy solutions presented would require many years to implement. Since this is an anthology, there is no need to explain this "detail". On a topic of this importance, I would have preferred more narrative, explaining exactly what is happening with respect to peak oil, what the consequences are likely to be, and what solutions that might be expected in particular time frames.
   



2. Well, as tempting as the use of the video review option is I am not quite that cruel. This collection of articles from Scientific America was about the dullest piece of work I have ever had the misfortune to be required to read. In addition to the monotonous repetitive bilge that spills from its paper back binding the editors of SA seem to have left out a crucial component to any good scientific publication...references. Yes, it seems that each article is very well written yet void of a reference as to where it came from. Blah Blah Blah...have a nice day.
   
   -tom



3. I don't know what the other previous 2 star reviews were complaining about. I received this book yesterday and thought it was a great book for people wanting to learn more about not only oil but other forms of fuels and alternative fuels. This book does talk about bio-fuels as well (under "bio-mass fuels"), contrary to what one reviewer said. The diagrams were great and they even had a section in color with some great computer generated graphics/diagrams. Since it's edited by the people at Scientific American, it is not too simple, yet not too technical either. Actually, I kind of wished they "dumbed it down" for readers who are not as technically familiar with how fuels are processed.
   Overall, I thought it was a great primer on fuels and will allow the reader to better understand this topic.

5 comments about The Color of Oil : The History, the Money and the Politics of the World's Biggest Business.

1. This over-simplistic view of the industry does Economidies no honor. It appears to be more of a rush to get his name in print than to do anything in support for or to the decline of the real history of the industry.



2. I think this book is still on target in depicting the mis-information in the media and so called proven CO2 effects in the atmosphere. In fact, Professor Economides has offer $10,000 to anyone that provides a peer-reviewed report proving that man made effects to global warming is more than 1% of 1% of the warming increase.



3. This book is not too bad, it has chapters good as green colour chapter and black colour chapter and other that are not so good. I think that it is too subjective and has a patriotism air supporting United Estates against the rest. Also it is well written and simple to understand it. For sure that it will not be a master piece but it is interesting the thinking of the writers and Texas AM ( in my opinion one of most prestigious oil involving schools, I studied there). You can learn something about the book...



4. I read this book to update my understanding of the oil industry. Given that both authors are oil industry insiders and academics, I was expecting meticulous research and claims backed by data. The book disappointed on both counts. Enough that even though I invested time in this book, I am currently looking for an alternate book to fill gaps in my oil knowledge.



5. This has got to be the dumbest book I've ever read about the oil business. It is colossally, unforgivably, jaw-droppingly inane.
   
   Being in the oil business, I usually read most popular, non-specialized books that come out about this industry. But this one takes the cake.
   
   Its basic thesis is that the politics and ecology of the oil industry can be insightfully described in terms of various "colors." For example, Part I is "Green," and talks about how the money generated by the oil business is best seen in verdant terms. What a revelation! Next comes Part II, "Black," which posits that the viscous substance can be profitably associated with shades of night. Get it?
   
   It's as if a group of 13-year old poetry students decided they suddenly wanted to write about the oil industry. And the series of "Oil = Death" color plates midway through the book (by Armando Izquierdo) is the summit of cackhandedness.
   
   Avoid this dreck. There is no shortage of good books out there on this subject. Two I can name right off the bat are "Oil on the Brain," an informal romp by Lisa Margonelli, and Daniel Yergin's more staid but solid "The Prize." Both of these books are worthy non-idiotic outings.
   
   Shame Amazon forces me to give a one-star minimum.

No comments about Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties.