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Appendix 3

http://www.iadc.org - Home page of the International Association of
Drilling Contractors.

http://www.api.org - Home page of the American Petroleum Institute.

http://www.spe.org - Home page of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
http://www.slb.com - Schlumberger’s home page. Contains an index of
hundreds of technical papers published by companies within the
Schlumberger group.

http://www.ogjonline.com - Home page of PennWell’s Oil & Gas Journal
online magazine, with weekly OGJ articles and forums, and links to a
wide variety of up-to-date industry information.

Office/Technical Library Resources
API publishes a vast amount of technical reference literature. A cat-
alog is available from API. Copies of the current bulletins, recom-
mended practices, and specifications related to drilling operations
should be in every drilling office.

Journal of Petroleum Technology, published monthly by the SPE for
all SPE Members.
Technology Review, published quarterly by Schlumberger. Contains
in-depth technical articles dealing with cutting-edge technology.
World Oil, published monthly by Gulf Publishing Company.

CD-ROMs
“Practical Well Planning and Drilling Manual on CD,” available
from PennWell. Demo version available for download from the web site
at http://www.drillers.com.
“SPE Image Library,” available direct from the Society of Petroleum
Engineers. Contains bitmapped images of technical papers (including
unsolicited and unpublished papers), which can be viewed onscreen or
printed off. Text of the first page is held in a master disk index that can
be searched by title, author, keyword, etc.
“Composite Catalog” on CD, available from Gulf Publishing
Company. Contains details of hundreds of oilfield products, includes
search features. Complements/replaces the printed Composite Catalog
several-volume sets.

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