BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 PETROLEUM -- ORIGINS OF CRUDE OIL -- FROM PLANKTONIC REMAINS TO KEROGEN -- FROM KEROGEN TO PETROLEUM -- ORIGIN IN SOURCE BEDS -- MIGRATION THROUGH CARRIER BEDS -- ACCUMULATION IN RESERVOIR BEDS -- OIL TRAPS -- HISTORY OF USE -- EXPLOITATION OF SURFACE SEEPS -- EXTRACTION FROM UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS -- PETROLEUM FUEL PRODUCTS -- GASES -- GASOLINE -- DIESEL FUEL -- FUEL OIL -- SIGNIFICANCE OF OIL IN MODERN TIMES -- CHAPTER 2 OBTAINING PETROLEUM -- WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF PETROLEUM -- OIL FIELDS -- SEDIMENTARY BASINS -- GEOLOGIC STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- STATUS OF THE WORLD OIL SUPPLY -- MAJOR OIL-PRODUCING COUNTRIES -- DRILLING FOR OIL -- CABLE TOOLING -- THE ROTARY DRILL -- THE DRILL PIPE -- THE DERRICK -- CASING -- DIRECTIONAL DRILLING -- DRILLING OFFSHORE -- WELL LOGGING AND DRILL-STEM TESTING -- WELL COMPLETION -- RECOVERY OF OIL AND GAS -- CHAPTER 3 PETROLEUM REFINING -- THE HISTORY OF REFINING -- DISTILLATION OF KEROSENE AND NAPHTHA -- CONVERSION TO LIGHT FUELS -- THE RISE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- PROPERTIES OF CRUDE OIL -- SATURATED HYDROCARBONS -- UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS -- NONHYDROCARBON CONTENT -- TYPES OF CRUDE OIL -- CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS -- BASIC REFINERY PROCESSES -- SEPARATION: FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION -- CONVERSION: CATALYTIC CRACKING -- PURIFICATION -- CHAPTER 4 NATURAL GAS -- ORIGINS OF NATURAL GAS -- ORGANIC FORMATION -- INORGANIC FORMATION -- THE GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT -- GAS RESERVOIRS -- HISTORY OF THE USE OF NATURAL GAS -- IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS PIPELINES -- NATURAL GAS AS A PREMIUM FUEL -- PROPERTIES OF NATURAL GAS -- HYDROCARBON CONTENT -- NONHYDROCARBON CONTENT -- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES -- MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS -- WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL GAS -- RUSSIA -- EUROPE -- NORTH AMERICA -- NORTH AFRICA -- MIDDLE EAST -- ASIA -- USES OF NATURAL GAS.

CHAPTER 5 COAL -- THE ORIGINS OF COAL -- PLANT MATTER -- THE FOSSIL RECORD -- PEAT -- COALIFICATION -- HISTORY OF THE USE OF COAL -- COAL RANK -- MOISTURE CONTENT -- VOLATILE MATTER CONTENT -- MINERAL (ASH) CONTENT -- FIXED-CARBON CONTENT -- CALORIFIC VALUE -- COAL TYPE -- CHAPTER 6 OBTAINING COAL -- WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF COAL -- GENERAL OCCURRENCE -- RESOURCES AND RESERVES -- SURFACE MINING -- UNDERGROUND MINING -- CHAPTER 7 UTILIZATION OF COAL -- COMBUSTION -- COMBUSTION REACTIONS -- FIXED-BED COMBUSTION -- FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION -- PULVERIZED-COAL COMBUSTION -- CYCLONE COMBUSTION -- COAL-WATER SLURRY FUEL -- ADVANCED COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES -- GASIFICATION -- GASIFICATION REACTIONS -- GASIFICATION SYSTEMS -- ADVANCED GASIFICATION SYSTEMS -- GAS-CLEANUP SYSTEMS -- LIQUEFACTION -- LIQUEFACTION REACTIONS -- LIQUEFACTION PROCESSES -- ADVANCED PROCESSES -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PETROLEUM -- PETROLEUM PRODUCTION -- PETROLEUM REFINING -- NATURAL GAS -- COAL -- COAL MINING -- COAL UTILIZATION -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.