Oil & Gas Information: Part I

With advent of the Internet, long gone are the days when we needed to go to libraries, buy books, magazines – just to find reliable reference information. In my series of posts, I will make brief overview of some Internet resources that Oil & Gas professional can use for both business, reference and fun. This is not a comprehensive coverage, rather some information that I think might be useful and enjoyable. Sometimes, when working on documents, you need to find a quick reference, and here you are…..

ENTERTAINMENT

You can find everything in the Internet: starting to Oil & Gas Quiz games, like this page

to more sophisticated arcade games like Oil God – I wonder how many oil professionals enjoy it?

GENERAL BASIC INFORMATION

PetroChase, an Arizona-based company, provides this beautiful page:

• Brief classification of oil and gas pipelines is provided by PeakOil Pipelines 101: An Introduction To North American Oil & Gas Pipeline Routes and Safety Concerns
• Oil and Gas 101: Multi-Stage Vertical Frac Animation from Forestar real estate and natural resources company 
• Brief Introduction into Oil & Gas Industry by Fidan Aliyeva is located at SlideShare. The document presents five stages of the oil field life cycle, their description and some disciplines involved as well as some general facts about the oil and gas. 
• History of the Oilfield, a nicely illustrated presentation by Steve Jacobs, Chief Operating Officer, Decision Strategies, Inc. in a very fine way describes the subject.

• This Introduction to Refining by Chris Doss, Technical Professional, Downstream, Wood Group Mustang very nicely explains the subject

FINANCIAL ISSUES

•  A really good educational and practical narration about Oil and Gas business is presented Brian DeChesare - the Founder of Mergers & Inquisitions on this page: Oil & Gas Modeling 101. This is the first time I come across such concise and useful  guidance and introduction. 

Just an example:

“So how is oil & gas modeling different?

1.      You Can’t Control Prices or Revenue 

2.      They are Balance Sheet-Centric 

3.      Accounting is Different 

4.      Depleting Assets Galore 

5.      Cyclicality “

• MineralWise offers this short overview specifically intended for owners of oil assets: Oil & Gas 101: Oil and Gas Basics for the Mineral Owner

“An oil company is interested in leasing your minerals because they have reason to believe that they can find oil or gas there. Consider this article as your Oil and Gas 101 course, primarily written for the mineral rights owner. Learning oil and gas basics will help you maximize the value of your mineral rights.”

• Everything You Need to Know About the Oil and Natural Gas Industry and Taxes by American Petroleum Institute explaining subject basics with good graphics like this one:

•  Stonehenge Capital Research provides some guidance on Due Diligence in oil and gas acquisitions at this page: Due Diligence Tips
• Oil and Gas Leasing by Montana University
• Hints on Negotiating An Oil and Gas Lease  - Real Estate Center Texas A&M University

REFERENCE INFORMATION

• Definitions Of Oil And Gas Resources And Reserves - Glossary to NI 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities
•  One of the interesting resources for Oil & Gas scholars is World Pipelines Maps . Here you may find maps that show pipelines in various areas of the world, including cross-border, international pipelines that originate or end in those regions. As an example, here is the Pipelines Map of South-East Asia :

•   A Big List Of Oil And Gas Companies is presented by Oil & Gas Investing 101 website

TERMINOLOGY & GLOSSARIES

• Oil & Gas Terminology  from  Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
• Glossary from American Royalty Council
• Dictionary of Geology from Theodora
• Oil & Gas Terms by Glacier Financial Partners
• OIL & NATURAL GAS TERMINOLOGY by  Windsor & Colesville Gas Lease Coalition
• Glossary of Oil and Gas Terms Adapted from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission by Jeffrey Jacquet
• Glossary of terms used in the trading of oil and gas, utilities and mining commodities by PwC
• Glossary of Oil and Gas Terms  by ConocoPhillips
• Glossary of Energy and Financial Terms by Chevron
• Oil and Gas Terms by University of Oklahoma
• Dictionary of Oil Industry Terminology. DEFINITIONS ACRONYMS and ABBREVIATIONS by Alpha Thames Ltd
• Gas Leasing Terminology A to Z by Chenango County Farm Bureau
• Impact Of Production-Sharing Terms On Investment-Community Performance Statistics by E.D. Young, SPE, Mobil Technical Center, and C.L. McMichael, SPE, Consultant

Hope, my first post of this type is useful... Please, feel free to contact me, if you have any questions