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Well Testing is recognised by many operating oil and gas companies to be the most hazardous operation they routinely undertake. Therefore, it is of great importance that such operations are extremely ...
This collection of work by experts from the Persian Gulf region, Europe and the USA covers the theoretical foundations in the international relations of the region and suggests pragmatic solutions to ...
This volume will serve the needs of anyone seeking definitions of words and phrases in the environmental sciences and technology. By virtue of its broad content, reasonable price and handy format, it ...
McGraw-Hill's world-renowned annual publication. continues its tradition of making information on. the latest advances in science and technology accessible. to the non-scientist through concise, well-...
More than 7,000 concisely written articles covering all major disciplines of science and technology in one volumeEdited and illustrated for clarity and ease of understanding by non-specialist and expe...
Buffalo Bill wasn't always a world-famous legend. Before he was everyone's favorite Pony Express rider and star of his own Wild West Show, Bill was a real pioneer: a boy who hopped on a wagon and blaz...
The fascinating story of a famous Victorian murder case - and the notorious detective who solved it. It is a summers night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltsh...
Why do life-saving prescription drugs cost so much? Drug companies insist that prices reflect the millions they invest in research and development. In this gripping exposĂŠ, Merrill Goozner contends t...
The Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film is a unique, one volume work which illuminates a fascinating variety of cinema which is little known outside its own area. The Encyc...
Talks about a comprehensive technology for recycling of used lubricating oils. This book discusses efficient and effective ways of reusing lubricating oil which, if implemented, can result in a better...
Through market excesses and shortages, complicated by periodic anxiety over the exhaustion of fossil fuel sources, balancing the international quest for oil with reduction of dependence on foreign oil...
Completely revised and updated to reflect all 2008 Code changes, McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code 2008 Handbook, 26th Edition provides the essential put-the-code-into-practice guidance that user...
This book explores the economic challenges involved in managing hydrocarbon wealth in the Caspian region, and looks at how to design an optimal energy policy. The book draws on the Author's experience...
After traveling out west and settling in the Kansas Territory, Bill and his family encounter serious danger. The border ruffians are determined to get the Codys out of Kansas, and Bill knows what he m...
In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct tradition...
All women want to kill their husbands some of the time "Where there's a will, I intend to be in it," wives half-joke to each other. Marriage, it would appear, is a fun-packed frivolous hobby, only occ...
Adapted from the classic Polish tale, The Dragon under the Hill tells the story of an ancient principality and its inhabitants’ struggle with an uninvited and extremely unwelcome guest! An evil fire b...
Science tells us that an oil crisis is inevitable. Why and when? And what will our future look like without our favourite fuel? Our rate of oil discovery has reached its peak and will never be exceede...
This book is a study of the actors and institutions that shaped decision-making on privatization in the Russian oil industry between 1992 and 2006. Li-Chen analyzes the origins of privatization as a p...
Seria podręczników Oxford English for Careers to kursy specjalistycznego języka angielskiego dla studentów i osób pracujących w różnych zawodach.
Beauty might have married the Beast, but vows never promised anyone a simple life, least of all, the king and queen of Destin. It has been only five months since their wedding, but Ever and Isa are a...