Petroleum Engineering Resource Guide

Databases || Reference Tools || Associations & Societies || Petroleum & Chemical Eng. Journals Petroleum Engineering Links || Petroleum Engineering Department || Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC)

Databases

• SPE eLibrary (Society of Petroleum Engineers)
  Restricted to New Mexico Tech users. Contact Liz Bustamante at lizb@prrc.nmt.edu or x5406 for username and password
• AAPG and SEPM
• Compendex (Engineering Index)
• GeoRef (via FirstSearch)
• GeoBase (via FirstSearch)
• Web of Science (search by subject or cited reference)
• SciSearch® Database (search by subject or cited reference)
• Chemical Abstracts
  Searching available for NMT faculty and students by appointment. Call 835-6367.
• Business and Industry (via FirstSearch)
• Dissertation Abstracts Online (via FirstSearch)
• PapersFirst [conferences] (via FirstSearch)

General (include full-text articles)

• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Wilson Select Plus

Reference Tools

D & D Standard Oil Abbreviator - Ref TN865 .D2 1986

Dictionary of Petroleum Exploration, Drilling and Production - Ref TN865 .H96 1990

Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics - Ref Q175.35.E53 2005 (4 volumes)

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - Ref TP 9 E685 1992 (27 volumes)

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology - Ref Q121 .M3 2002 (20 volumes)

Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Default.cfm

Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry - Ref TP9.U57 2003 (40 volumes)

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - Ref QD 65 H3

CRC Handbook of Thermophysical and Thermochemical Data - Ref QC173.397.L53 1994

Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook - Ref TP 151 P45 1997

Petroleum Engineering Handbook - Ref TN870 .P493 1989

Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering - Ref TN 870 .S6233 1996

Associations & Societies

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) http://www.aapg.org/
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers http://www.aimeny.org/
• American Petroleum Institute http://api-ep.api.org/
• Society of Petroleum Engineers http://www.spe.org/

Petroleum Engineering Links

• BUBL Link - Petroleum Engineering http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/petroleumengineering.htm
  Catalogue of Internet resources

• EEVL Petroleum and Offshore Engineering
  Lists information resources relevant to Petroleum and Offshore Engineering

• Patent Searching http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/INFO/ORef/patents.html
  Links to patent databases and web tutorials

• Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Virtual Library http://www.pe.utexas.edu/Dept/Reading/w3evl.html
  International directory of petroleum engineering sites

• Standards http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/INFO/ORef/standards.html
  Links to standard databases and specific organizations such as ANSI, ASTM, etc.