Map & GIS Librarian and Academic Outreach Coordinator
Vital Petroleum Engineering Resources
These are the critical resources for Petroleum Engineering:
- Library Catalog - Colorado School of Mines -- Search the Library's catalog for physical and electronic resources to find books, articles, maps, videos, and more.
- OnePetro -- An online library by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. Contains contributions from 18 publishing partners and providing access to over 160,000 items.
- AAPG Datapages -- Journal articles from and associated with the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
- AAPG Books -- Books from and associated with the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
- SEG Library -- Books and articles from and associated with the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
- U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) -- Up-to-date statistics. Historic information. Graphs and charts.
- International Energy Agency (IEA) -- Articles, statistics, reports.
- Knovel -- Petroleum-related e-handbooks.
- Full text Oil, Gas, and Energy online journals available through the Mines Library
- Full text Petroleum Engineering online journals available through the Mines Library
In depth resources
- GeoRef -- Includes exploration, basin analysis, hydrocarbon geosciences.
- Engineering Village, including Compendex & INSPEC -- Includes petroleum engineering.
- SciFinder -- Includes petroleum chemistry. First-time users register in SciFinder.
- Science Direct -- Covers a wide range of disciplines in the sciences.
- SciTech Premium Collection -- Covers a wide range of sciences, engineering, and health-related topics.
- Web of Science -- Covers applied science & technology. Excellent for searching across disciplines or for doing cited reference searches.
- PetroWiki (SPE) -- Created from the 7 volume Petroleum Engineering Handbook (PEH) published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
- U.S. Department of Energy, Energy.gov -- Oil information
- U.S. Department of Energy, Energy.gov -- Fossil fuels
- U.S. Energy Information Administration -- Petroleum & other liquids
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) -- comprehensive access to the results of DOE research and development investments. OSTI is implementing public access to the peer-reviewed scholarly publications resulting from DOE R&D funding.
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) -- Energy
- Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) -- freely accessible and comprehensive database of energy statistics
- Organizations of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Oil and Gas Industry: A Research Guide by the Library of Congress
Specialized Information:
- Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission -- Includes data regarding production, facilities, fields, wells, maps, GIS data, and full-text reports
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) contains names of oil fields. Search by "Feature Class."
- Interactive World LNG Dashboard by the Petroleum Economist.
Costs:
- Costs of Drilling for Natural Gas and Oil in the United States (1986 base) -- located in the Arthur Lakes Library's Book Stacks, call number TN880.2 .C67
- Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Analysis & Projections by Energy Information Administration (EIA)