Petroleum Engineering Guidebook 2018: Now Available

Over the last two years, the Petroleum Engineering Guidebook has had five printings. And some major improvements along the way.

The original book was merely my own unedited notes, albeit carefully compiled for a decade. I gave copies of these away to friends and other engineers taking the PE Exam.

However, as new requests overwhelmed my limited printing resources (and my wife's patience) I listed it on Amazon to cover printing costs. I then slowly cleaned up the typos over 2016 and 2017 (with suggestions from other engineers; thank you, you know who you are!). The latest edition, an officially bound, paperback book, is sold, printed, and shipped directly from Amazon.

The Guidebook was always intended for industry use. Because of this, I kept practice problems separate. Upon request, however, I generated digital problems that test-takers can use alongside the Guidebook for practice. Note I provide digital format only and advise not bringing practice problems to the PE Exam itself. Why? If you waste time trying to find the "right" type of problem you will likely do yourself more harm than good. Those test-writers are smarter than that.

So the most current book (2018, 1st edition) is a $55 paperback. It's got new additions requested by 2016 & 2017 test-takers (such as hydrates, economics, probability, decision trees, bits, produced water, etc.).

Here's the thing: if you have purchased a spiral copy from me through Amazon I'll replace it with the new paperback at cost. Just mail me your old book with a self-addressed, stamped envelope and PayPal my email $3 (or put it in envelope) to offset printing costs (but email me first so I can verify you are an original purchaser & get a book ready). It's going to be a first-come, first-serve thing.

UPDATE: I'm mailing off 3 books today but I still a lot left. So even those who have plagiarized versions (there are a lot floating around), send me an email and we can arrange a swap of some kind. The new version is much better, especially for the exam.