"Shale Oil represents a huge additional global fossil fuel resource. However, extracting oil from the shale is no simple task; much still needs to be understood to make the process more cost-effective to increase economic flow rates. Clear and rigorous, Oil Shale Production Process will prove useful for those scientists and engineers already engaged in fossil fuel science and technology as well as scientists, non-scientists, engineers, ..."
Handbook of Petroleum Refining (Chemical Industries) by JamesG. Speight Paperback, Published 2020 by Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-0-367-57440-6, ISBN: 0-367-57440-3
Fork-Tail Devil by JamesG. Speight Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2015 by Authorhouse ISBN-13: 978-1-4969-6423-6, ISBN: 1-4969-6423-3
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High Acid Crudes(1st Edition) by JamesG. Speight Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2014 by Gulf Professional Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-12-800630-6, ISBN: 0-12-800630-7
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Oil and Gas Corrosion Prevention(1st Edition) From Surface Facilities to Refineries by JamesG. Speight Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2014 by Gulf Professional Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-12-800346-6, ISBN: 0-12-800346-4
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Handbook of Coal Analysis(2nd Edition) (Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications) by JamesG. Speight Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2015 by Wiley ISBN-13: 978-1-118-36924-1, ISBN: 1-118-36924-6
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Gasification Technology(1st Edition) by JamesG. Speight Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2015 by Wiley-Scrivener ISBN-13: 978-1-118-77353-6, ISBN: 1-118-77353-5
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Gas Processing Environmental Aspects and Methods by JamesG. Speight Hardcover, 376 Pages, Published 1993 by Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-1132-9, ISBN: 0-7506-1132-4
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Engineering, 9 October, p. ... and Stuber, P.J. (1967) Journal of Metals, 19, (11),
45 Fulker, R.D. (1972) In Gas Purification Processes for Air Pollution Control (ed."
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