Oil Strike North Sea

A first-hand history of North Sea oil

Mike Shepherd (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2016 | 2nd New edition
Luath Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-910745-68-7 (ISBN)

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Becoming the centre of public debate during the 2014 Scottish referendum, the North Sea oil forms a crucial chapter in Scottish history. Written by an industry insider, a combination of lightly technical explanation and anecdotal accounts explore the process of developing new oil fields and oil production. A poignantly human perspective of a lucrative and challenging industry, Shepherd highlights the importance of the reserves to a nation, and the impact of the production surge upon the men and women of the local community in Aberdeen.

Mike Shepherd was born in Aberdeen and witnessed the arrival of the oil industry to the city in his teenage years. Later working for BP and Shell planning oil wells in the North Sea, his childhood dream of becoming a geologist was realised with over thirty years experience in the oil indus-try. His previous work includes the textbook Oil Field Production Geology, used for postgraduate study both in the UK and abroad.

Map of the North Sea 3
Acknowledgements 9
Preface by Diane Morgan 11
Introduction 13
Timeline 15
Chapter 1 Finding a North Sea Oil Field 17
Chapter 2 The First Oil Fields are Found 28
Chapter 3 Appraisal and Production 42
Chapter 4 Aberdeen 53
Chapter 5 Local Heroes 64
Chapter 6 New Challenges 72
Chapter 7 Offshore 81
Chapter 8 The Forties Field 89
Chapter 9 Big Money 100
Chapter 10 BP and Britoil 109
Chapter 11 Occidental and ELF 116
Chapter 12 Oil Reserves 124
Chapter 13 Out West 132
Chapter 14 The End of Oil 139
Chapter 15 The Geological Story 147
Endnotes 175

Erscheinungsdatum	05.11.2016
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	230 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-910745-68-5 / 1910745685
ISBN-13	978-1-910745-68-7 / 9781910745687
Zustand	Neuware