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A Profile of the Oil and Gas Industry (Paperback)
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A Profile of the Oil and Gas Industry (Paperback)
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Oil and gas are important to every aspect of our economy, yet the
oil and gas industry is distinguished by its combination of
increasing demands and decreasing discovery volumes--and it is an
industry shrouded in an environment of extremely volatile pricing.
Although the profits enjoyed by the oil and gas industry are
enormous, the industry remains one of the most capital-intensive in
a world where rising expenses continue to threaten to squeeze
profit margins. Geopolitics may continue to be the most important
variable in maintaining existing assets and in successfully
achieving new discoveries and carrying out their subsequent
development. But finding new oil and gas reserves is becoming more
challenging and the places where hydrocarbons are being found are
more remote. Thus technology advances are also a key variable to
enable exploration, drilling and development to become economically
feasible in some of these more difficult operating environments.
For the last century oil and gas additions have exceeded demand but
has this industry now reached a "peak oil" situation? Some experts
argue we are on the cusp of maximum oil production while others
suggest we are still about a decade away. Natural gas demand
however, is rising at a slightly faster rate than oil. Natural gas
may be the immediate replacement fuel for oil as a source of clean
and efficient electric power generation. Three out of the top ten
Fortune 500 companies were oil/gas companies in 2011. This short
introduction to the oil and gas industry will focus on history,
operations, major companies, outside market forces, regulation and
the current challenges the industry faces. Such factors as finite
natural resources, the environment, economics, geopolitics, and
technology will all come into play in the narrative. The book will
demonstrate how the leaders of this industry, former champions of
progress, are now coming under scrutiny and being depicted as the
biggest culprits of environmental degradation. Yet the industry is
likely to continue to grow until some form of alternate fuels is
developed. The oil and gas industry will continue to have an
enormous impact on life on the planet.
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