Life in the oilfield leaves us with stories to tell. Explore books about the people, places and ideas that connect the Brothers Reunited community.
Alongside Blueprint, these selections revisit books featured in our newsletters: industry history, a practical guide and a mystery set in familiar waters.
The stories of twenty Indonesian engineers building careers with Schlumberger, now SLB, across countries and cultures. A look at the competence, resilience and adaptability demanded by a global working life.
For readers who recognise the challenges of overseas assignments, and those curious about the people behind the industry.
Find Blueprint on Amazon (paid link)The story of oilfield technology and the people who made it happen
How did the tools and techniques we worked with come into being? Henry Edmundson traces the development of upstream oil and gas technology through the innovators who made it possible.
A choice for readers interested in the history behind exploration, drilling and production, and the people whose ideas changed the industry.
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A guide to the natural gas industry by Brothers Reunited member Vivek Chandra. Our newsletter recommended it as an introduction to the gas value chain, its terminology and the economics of getting gas to market.
For newcomers to the industry, or oilfield veterans looking to make sense of gas markets, LNG and those sometimes bewildering units.
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An oilfield mystery by Brother Nigel Smith. When trouble at a field in the Malacca Straits costs a young worker his job, he and his Indonesian wife set out to uncover what happened.
For readers after fiction with an oilfield setting, overseas adventure and a part of the world many Brothers will remember.
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