Oilfield Survival Guide, Volume One: For All Oilfield Situations

by Matthew J. Hatami

Save money, time, and lives with the real-world oil and gas experience of others. Learning the hard way in the oilfield can cost you millions, sometimes billions of dollars, in addition to injury and loss of life.

Based on over 1,000 oil and gas situations involving drilling, cementing, fracking, wireline, coil tubing, snubbing, running tools, welding, production, workover, logging, trucking, geology, land, engineering, resource development, executive management and much, much more.

Oilfield Survival Guide cuts through the noise to focus on the most critical aspects of working in the oil business. Whether you work in the office or in the field, consider adding the Oilfield Survival Guide to your toolbox of knowledge.

325 pages, Paperback

Published January 2, 2017

Reviews

[Christine Hatami · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book for anyone who is working in the oil field, whether they are new to the job or a seasoned worker. It provides clear descriptions of real life situations that oil and gas personnel encounter on the job, and guidelines for preparing for and avoiding dangerous operations. The book should be required reading for everyone from management to the hands. Colleges and universities should provide this valuable text to students in petroleum programs.

[Gus Lackner · Rating 3 out of 5]

“MU CT BHA and RIH to clean out to FC.” Writes Mr. Hatami. If you did not read that as “Make up the coiled tubing bottom hole assembly and run it in hole to clean out to flow check.” You will struggle with this book.

The turgid use of weighty jargon has almost shut in Mr. Hatami’s rich well of experience. But if some pleasant quotations and gory stories can propel you through misspellings and the passive voice, you can learn a great deal from this industry expert.

[Shale Rocks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oilfield Survival Guide is a must read if you want to understand what is it to work in this industry. I highly recommend it. Oil Companies should give this to all of their employees. It should be handed out. I really enjoyed it and think it will be a standard book for practical application in this business.

[ReadMoreBooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid practical book filled with real life stories. Loved its advice - learn from mistakes and experience of others. As a person who works in the industry, I know firsthand how costly oilfield mistakes could be. After reading this book, I now have several great tools in my toolkit on how to avoid accidents and stay safe. Highly recommend!

[Best Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sets the Standard in the Oil & Gas Industry.

Highly recommend this book to everyone that works in the industry or is considering entering the oil and gas business. This book is focused on practical application not theory. Should be required reading. It is a masterpiece, probably save companies a lot of trouble and money.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains loads of practical information, which some I found to be a bit too detailed for a casual reader. Despite a slightly preaching tone, it was very professional and showed the author’s extensive knowledge about all sorts of oilfield situations.

[Rig Mover · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book on real-world O&G operations