Standard handbook of petroleum and natural gas engineering / Стандартное руководство по проектированию в области нефти и природного газа

First, we would like to introduce an addition to the editorial team that is responsible for organizing each of the new editions of the Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. Stemming from an original publication called Practical Petroleum Engineer’s Handbook first published in the 1940s, the first edition of this handbook was published in 1996 after nearly 8 years of initial preparation by the handbook’s first technical editorWilliam (Bill) Lyons. For the second edition, Gary Plisga was added to the technical editorial staff. This second edition of the handbook was published in 2005 after 2 years of review of the original material organized by Bill Lyons and Gary Plisga. This new third edition required the addition of a third member to the technical editorial staff. This new member is Michael Lorenz. It is anticipated that Michael Lorenz will have to carry out the technical editing duties in a new fourth edition because of the present ages of Bill Lyons and Gary Plisga. Michael Lorenz in addition to learning the procedures this new third edition, has also written contributions for this present new handbook third edition. <...>