Oil-Field Exploration and Development: a Practical Guide for Oil-Field Prospectors and Operators; with which is Incorporated a Discussion of the Origin and Distribution of Petroleum, and Notes on Oil-Field Legislation and Customs

Abstract

THE subject of oil-field engineering is a difficult one to deal with in a radical manner within the space of two volumes, but whatever Mr. A Beeby Thompson's work may lack in this respect is more than compensated by the amount of information it contains. Whilst we may not have a great deal to learn from America in regard to the geological and refining branches of the petroleum industry, there is no doubt that oil-field practice there is considerably ahead of that adopted by British oil-field engineers. It is a little disappointing to find, therefore, that the author, who is as well acquainted with American drilling methods as the practice of other fields, has added very little to the information given in his earlier books on the subjects of drilling, fishing, and water exclusion.

Oil-Field Exploration and Development: a Practical Guide for Oil-Field Prospectors and Operators; with which is Incorporated a Discussion of the Origin and Distribution of Petroleum, and Notes on Oil-Field Legislation and Customs.

By A. Beeby Thompson. In 2 vols. Vol. 1: Oil-Field Principles. Pp. xxiv+546+32. Vol. 2: Oil-Field Practice. Pp. xxiv+547–1177+32. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1925.) n.p.