martes, 26 de mayo de 2009

How the energy industry works


Whit oil prices rising faster and higher than ever before, the events of 2008 have reminded the world howdependent its prosperity is on the energy sector and on the companies that supply oil, gas and power.
Through the continuing advance of technology, it is energy companies that will provide solutions to the conumdrum facing govermments around the world: how to supply steady streams of affordable energy at a low environmental cost.
Incorporating several completely new sections, the 2008 edition of How the energy industry works: an insider´guide is a full update of the 2007 edition- taking account of the momentous events of the second half of 2007 and the first half of 2008.
The publication is aimend primarily at university -level students, whose contribution will be crucial to the energy industry´s continuing ability to supply the world. But it could be read by anyone who wants to find outmore about how energy works : how oil and gas are discovered, produced, refined and marketed; how power is generated; how all this can be done in a secure and sustainable way; and how technology has enabled, and will continue to enable these various processes to happen.
There can be few careers that are more fundamentalñ to world development and that will rely to such and extent on technology, and scientific ingenuity and creativity.

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