Managing for health and safety (HSG65)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE, UK)
HSEEnglish
Managing for health and safety reference guide: Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle.
Free & openOpen Government Licence v3.0
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Guidance on permit-to-work systems (HSG250)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE, UK)
HSEEnglish
Guidance on permit-to-work PTW systems in the petroleum and chemical industries.
Free & openOpen Government Licence v3.0
Official source ↗Developing process safety indicators (HSG254)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE, UK)
HSEEnglish
Guidance on developing process safety performance indicators for major hazard establishments.
Free & openOpen Government Licence v3.0
Official source ↗Reducing error and influencing behaviour (HSG48)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE, UK)
HSEEnglish
Human factors: understanding errors and how to reduce them at work.
Free & openOpen Government Licence v3.0
Official source ↗IOGP Report 459 — Life-Saving Rules
International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)
HSEEnglish
Life-Saving Rules in the oil and gas industry, with implementation assets and translations.
Free & openFree public download from IOGP (© IOGP)
Official source ↗The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster (Cullen Report)
Lord Cullen — published by HSE (UK)
HSEEnglish
Official public inquiry report into the Piper Alpha disaster of 1988 (two volumes).
Free & openOpen Government Licence v3.0
Official source ↗Macondo Blowout and Explosion — Investigation Report
U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB)
HSEEnglish
Investigation report by the CSB on the Macondo well blowout and Deepwater Horizon explosion (four volumes and executive summary).
Free & openFree official report (U.S. Government work)
Official source ↗BP America (Texas City) Refinery Explosion — Final Report
U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB)
HSEEnglish
Final investigation report by the CSB on the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion.
Free & openFree official report (U.S. Government work)
Official source ↗Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
HSEEnglish
Official report of the National Commission on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
Free & openPublic domain (U.S. Government work, GovInfo)
Official source ↗Physical Geology (2nd Edition)
Steven Earle — BCcampus Open Education
ExplorationEnglish
Open university textbook on physical geology: rocks, stratigraphy, and structures—foundations for understanding reservoirs.
Free & openCC BY 4.0
Official source ↗Introduction to Geology (MIT 12.001)
MIT OpenCourseWare
ExplorationEnglish
MIT OpenCourseWare introduction to geology: minerals, rocks, and geological processes.
Free & openCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Official source ↗Sedimentary Geology (MIT 12.110)
MIT OpenCourseWare
ExplorationEnglish
Sedimentary rocks and depositional environments: the primary host rocks for oil and gas.
Free & openCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Official source ↗Introduction to Seismology (MIT 12.510)
MIT OpenCourseWare
ExplorationEnglish
Fundamentals of seismic wave propagation underlying seismic exploration.
Free & openCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Official source ↗An Introduction to Reservoir Simulation Using MATLAB/GNU Octave
Knut-Andreas Lie — Cambridge University Press
ExplorationEnglish
Open-access book on reservoir simulation featuring practical examples with MRST.
Free & openOpen Access, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Official source ↗PNG 520: Phase Behavior of Natural Gas and Condensate Fluids
Penn State, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute
ExplorationEnglish
Phase behavior of natural gas and condensate, and reservoir fluid properties.
Free & openCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Official source ↗The Pre-Messinian Total Petroleum System of the Provence Basin (Bulletin 2204-A)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
ExplorationEnglish
Official example of a total petroleum system assessment: source rock, reservoir, seal, and trap.
Free & openPublic domain (USGS)
Official source ↗Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States: A Primer
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) / NETL
DrillingEnglish
Simplified government primer on shale gas development: horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and environmental protection.
Free & openPublic domain (U.S. Government work)
Official source ↗Oil and Gas Production Handbook
Håvard Devold — ABB (free publisher edition)
ProductionEnglish
A free, comprehensive guide from the publisher on production facilities: separation, processing, compression, and metering.
Free and open accessFree edition from the publisher (© ABB)
Official source (PDF on publisher's site) ↗Natural gas pipelines (Energy Explained)
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
TransportationEnglish
How pipeline networks transport gas from fields to end-users, along with compressor stations and storage facilities.
Free and open accessPublic domain (EIA)
Official source ↗FSC 432: Petroleum Refining
Penn State, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute
RefiningEnglish
An open university course in petroleum refining: distillation, cracking, treatment, and refinery design.
Free & openCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Official source ↗Refining crude oil (Energy Explained)
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
RefiningEnglish
A simplified breakdown of refining stages: separation, conversion, treatment, and barrel yields.
Free and open accessPublic domain (EIA)
Official source ↗Oil and petroleum products explained
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
GeneralEnglish
A simple introduction: where oil comes from, and how it is produced, refined, transported, and consumed.
Free and open accessPublic domain (EIA)
Official source ↗EGEE 120: Oil: International Evolution
Penn State, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute
GeneralEnglish
History of the global petroleum industry and its economic and political evolution.
Free & openCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Official source ↗EME 801: Energy Markets, Policy, and Regulation
Penn State, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute
GeneralEnglish
Energy markets, oil and gas pricing, and government regulation.
Free & openCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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