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Seven Books You Must

Read If You Want to
Understand Oil
Here is some light reading on light crude with a tilt to
history, science, and talking your way out of a business
meeting on various and sundry hydrocarbons. Read
1,000 pages, and you too can catch the commodity knife
in the dark.
The rite of passage.
What is sick is how this Daniel Yergin required read has

stood the test of time. There are two groups of people:
those who bought The Prize, and those who read it. Be
sure you drill down and read this classic cover to cover.
Yergin can write.
I was prepared to be disappointed. How could Daniel

Yergin possibly approach the excellence of The Prize? He
did. The Quest is wonderfully current and readable,
proving once and for all that Yergin is our best economic
writer. Speaking of current, Henry Kissingers World
Order touches nicely on our new Oil Order.
Dont bring this through AUH or DXB.
A must-read for the UAE set. Professor Davidson follows

up his controversial book Dubai with this effort. The
lesson: Abu Dhabi is not Dubai.
About that 10 a.m. job interview on

Tuesday .
A cardinal reality of oil is that the terminology and

science are daunting. Petromen from the Colorado School
of Mines reach for a cold Coors when they must get
marginally smarter. Here is the trade secret: Any and all
reach for Leffler. William L. Leffler in every way
owns the making-oil-simple franchise. He has Big Oil
cred and gets massive points for making you smarter

faster upstream and downstream.
Dated, but important.
The is the second book I read on economics. (The first

was vintage Galbraith.) Ida Tarbell changed America.
This book should be read on oil, but far more, as a
window into another time and place (1904).
No, Im not kidding.
I once had a TV executive inform me that dentists

are dumb. Theyre not, and start with the collegiate
path known as the chemistry track. Oil is about
inorganic chemistry, and the great divide is those with
a clue and those who are clueless. Exit clueless and read
this tome. Then reread it. (Then you can discuss methyl
ethyl ketone with Daniel Yergin.)
Bonus round:
Speaking of Dr. Yergin, much of the capitalistic world

begs him to freshen up his classic The Commanding
Heights. When he was writing it, Brazil was imploding.
Wait: Brazil is imploding, again. One of my three
must-reads.
BLOOMBERG
8 Comments on "Seven Books You Must Read If You

Want to Understand Oil"
steve on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 12:29 pm
much of the capitalistic world begs

him to freshen up his classic The
Commanding Heights. Hah! that
gave me a laugh out loud moment!
Yes you too can have a volume of the
classics sent to your door for just
$19.99 a month plus shipping and
handling!!!!! funny read.
apneaman on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 12:32 pm
The Game of Chicken Behind Low Oil

Prices
U.S. shale-oil production is high, but

Saudi Arabia, betting it can withstand
losses better than its new rival, is
pumping more crude.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/low-
oil-prices/400745/
Nony on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 12:57 pm
Why INorganic
chemistry?
Nony on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 1:06 pm
Agree with The Prize, but The Quest

was a little duller. (Still worthwhile if
you are a blogger or the like. Need to
know background of Putins
nationalizations, Venezuela history,
Caspian Sea oil problems, etc. But not
as fun a read as The Prize.)
Leffler is good stuff. Recommend his book on refining as

well.
most people here could do with reading a good, friendly,

math-lite book on basic econ, finance, and valuations. I
personally really like Breeley and Myers, but some people
are intimidated by it. But there is probably some text on
engineering econ or the like. Doesnt need to be E&P

slanted because you tend not to learn basics first. [Like the
guy said about dummies chem bookyes I am serious.]
Makati1 on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 9:36 pm
Yergin LMAO!!!
apneaman on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 10:00 pm
30 blue herons found dead at

Syncrude Mildred Lake site
Bird deaths occurred at site north of
Fort McMurray, Alta.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/30-blue-
herons-found-dead-at-syncrude-mildred-lake-site-
1.3184410
meld on Sun, 9th Aug 2015 1:11 am
Yergin? inorganic
chemistry? WTF?
go back to school
peakoil.com
Apneaman on Mon, 10th Aug 2015 10:20 pm
Texas man left permanently disabled

from burns after fracking causes water
well to explode: suit
At the flip of the switch, Cody heard a

whooshing sound, which he instantly
recognized from his work in the oil and
gas industry, and instinctively picked his father up and
physically threw him back and away from the entryway to
the pump house, the complaint states.
In that instant, a giant fireball erupted from the pump

house, burning Cody and Jim, who were at the entrance to
the pump house, as well as [Codys wife] Ashley and
[daughter] A.M., who were approximately 20 feet away.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/texas-man-left-
permanently-disabled-from-burns-after-fracking-causes-
water-well-to-explode-suit/
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Seven Books You Must

The rite of passage.

What is sick is how this Daniel Yergin required read has

Yergin can write.

I was prepared to be disappointed. How could Daniel

Dont bring this through AUH or DXB.

A must-read for the UAE set. Professor Davidson follows

About that 10 a.m. job interview on

A cardinal reality of oil is that the terminology and

cred and gets massive points for making you smarter

Dated, but important.

The is the second book I read on economics. (The first

No, Im not kidding.

I once had a TV executive inform me that dentists

Speaking of Dr. Yergin, much of the capitalistic world

8 Comments on "Seven Books You Must Read If You

steve on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 12:29 pm

much of the capitalistic world begs

apneaman on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 12:32 pm

The Game of Chicken Behind Low Oil

U.S. shale-oil production is high, but

Nony on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 12:57 pm

Nony on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 1:06 pm

Agree with The Prize, but The Quest

Leffler is good stuff. Recommend his book on refining as

most people here could do with reading a good, friendly,

engineering econ or the like. Doesnt need to be E&P

Makati1 on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 9:36 pm

apneaman on Sat, 8th Aug 2015 10:00 pm

30 blue herons found dead at

meld on Sun, 9th Aug 2015 1:11 am

Apneaman on Mon, 10th Aug 2015 10:20 pm

Texas man left permanently disabled

At the flip of the switch, Cody heard a

In that instant, a giant fireball erupted from the pump

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