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# Oil 101

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Review: Fascinating Book - Oil 101 is a fascinating book. It explains everything I wanted to know about oil. Over the past few years with rapidly rising and falling oil prices, politicians, TV pundits and market commentators blamed speculators, OPEC, refineries and a host of other seemingly random events. I felt that everyone understood only tiny portions of the oil business. There was no single source which pulled together disparate areas describing oil. Internet searches for oil definitions yielded individual descriptions without an overall context. Downey's Oil 101 brings all parts of the oil business together in a logical easily understood manner. The sequence of chapters is perfect and the author makes no assumption of prior knowledge. The index is so thorough that I use the book daily as a desk reference. The chapter on the history of oil is refreshing and is very much worth the price of the book in itself. The book rose my interest to visit the world's first oil well in Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania where the modern oil industry started in 1859. It was certainly an interesting trip. The book explains clearly how oil markets operate and oil prices change. The amount of useful information contained in this book is phenomenal. A more important point that I like this book is that the book is very interesting and easy to read. This is exceptional for a highly specialized technical book. I highly recommend Downey's Oil 101. Below is the table of contents: Part One: Oil fundamentals Chapter 1: A brief history of oil Chapter 2: A crude oil assay Chapter 3: Components of oil liquids Chapter 4: Chemistry of oil Chapter 5: Industry overview Chapter 6: Exploration and production Chapter 7: Refining Chapter 8: Standards Chapter 9: Finished products Chapter 10: Petrochemicals Chapter 11: Transporting oil Chapter 12: Storage Chapter 13: Seasonality Chapter 14: Reserves Chapter 15: Environmental regulations Chapter 16: New engine technologies Part Two: Oil markets Chapter 17: Oil prices Chapter 18: Forward oil markets - futures and swaps Chapter 19: Forward oil markets - options Chapter 20: Managing oil price risk
Review: Great resource - Very informative for those introducing themselves to the topic. Clear and concise.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #48,732 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Petroleum Engineering #17 in Commodities Trading (Books) #18 in Oil & Energy Industry (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (345) |
| Dimensions  | 6.3 x 1.5 x 9.1 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 0982039204 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0982039205 |
| Item Weight  | 1.75 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 452 pages |
| Publication date  | January 1, 2009 |
| Publisher  | Wooden Table Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fascinating Book
*by Y***N on February 2, 2009*

Oil 101 is a fascinating book. It explains everything I wanted to know about oil. Over the past few years with rapidly rising and falling oil prices, politicians, TV pundits and market commentators blamed speculators, OPEC, refineries and a host of other seemingly random events. I felt that everyone understood only tiny portions of the oil business. There was no single source which pulled together disparate areas describing oil. Internet searches for oil definitions yielded individual descriptions without an overall context. Downey's Oil 101 brings all parts of the oil business together in a logical easily understood manner. The sequence of chapters is perfect and the author makes no assumption of prior knowledge. The index is so thorough that I use the book daily as a desk reference. The chapter on the history of oil is refreshing and is very much worth the price of the book in itself. The book rose my interest to visit the world's first oil well in Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania where the modern oil industry started in 1859. It was certainly an interesting trip. The book explains clearly how oil markets operate and oil prices change. The amount of useful information contained in this book is phenomenal. A more important point that I like this book is that the book is very interesting and easy to read. This is exceptional for a highly specialized technical book. I highly recommend Downey's Oil 101. Below is the table of contents: Part One: Oil fundamentals Chapter 1: A brief history of oil Chapter 2: A crude oil assay Chapter 3: Components of oil liquids Chapter 4: Chemistry of oil Chapter 5: Industry overview Chapter 6: Exploration and production Chapter 7: Refining Chapter 8: Standards Chapter 9: Finished products Chapter 10: Petrochemicals Chapter 11: Transporting oil Chapter 12: Storage Chapter 13: Seasonality Chapter 14: Reserves Chapter 15: Environmental regulations Chapter 16: New engine technologies Part Two: Oil markets Chapter 17: Oil prices Chapter 18: Forward oil markets - futures and swaps Chapter 19: Forward oil markets - options Chapter 20: Managing oil price risk

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great resource
*by B***N on October 31, 2025*

Very informative for those introducing themselves to the topic. Clear and concise.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Everything useful about the “Oil” production and trade.
*by P***E on January 16, 2026*

This book provided a clear understanding of the production of oil, from land use leading to drilling, regulations, transport, the various grades of crude, cost and refinement stages and finally, investing (what to look for when doing so). More informational than historical. I enjoyed it.

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