As with his 1994 book, Advanced Blowout and Well Control, Grace offers a book that presents tested practices and procedures for well control, all based on solid engineering principles and his own more than 25 years of hands-on field experience. Specific situations are reviewed along with detailed procedures to analyze alternatives and tackle problems. The use of fluid dynamics in well control, which the author pioneered, is given careful treatment, along with many other topics such as reli...

Blowout and Well Control Handbook, Second Edition, brings the engineer and rig personnel up to date on all the useful methods, equipment, and project details needed to solve daily well control challenges. Blowouts are the most expensive and one of the most preventable accidents in the oil and gas industry. While some rig crews experience frequent well control incidents, some go years before seeing the real thing. Either way, the crew must always be prepared with quick understanding of the ...

Now in its sixth edition, this guide to the oil industry, written in non-technical language, is a must-read for anyone involved in or curious about the oil industry. Engineers, executives, managers and laypersons will all find this to be a valuable, entertaining and informative guide that presents a practical study of the operations involved in oil exploration, drilling and production. Since the book's original publication in 1958, this handy volume has taught thousands about this constant...

What does your spiritual DNA look like? In terms of your spiritual identity, where do you come from and where are you going? We live in an age when many Christians have experienced several denominational and religious communities. Many wonder what to do with these experiences. At the same time many congregations are made up of people who come from different traditions, and the question is how to bring these diverse experiences into the life of the congregation in an enriching way. If we ta...

She dreamed of a Christmas wedding. He was happy to oblige. But they weren’t expecting a trip home to change their beliefs.Even though they’ve been living the American dream in Boston for more than ten years, Valerie and Ryan know the best place to celebrate their Christmas wedding is back home in Ireland.They were only supposed to spend a week in Dublin with their families, celebrate their special day, and go back to their lives in Boston. So when homesickness star...

They thought they’d closed the door to love, but it came knocking anyway.Ellie Hawthorne lost her faith in love when trusting the wrong man cost her a job she loved and her reputation both as a woman and a teacher. So when she inherits her grandmother’s beach cottage in Spring Harbor, Oregon, she’s happy to leave the city and the gossip behind, and finally put down roots—without a man.Adam Cavanagh lost his faith in love when his wife died in his arms, leaving him ...

Music brought them together. Success nearly tore them apart.Valerie Fogarty’s career as a surgeon ended the day she lost her first patient, when guilt made it impossible for her to set foot in an operating room ever again. Even though her career is crumbling, she knows she can count on one constant in her life: her best friend, Ryan. Her life changed the day she met him as a teenager through a mutual love of jazz music, and their friendship has kept her going through the h...

They’d lost their faith in love, but the magic of Christmas can reignite even a bruised heart.Doctor Zachary Valenti loves being surrounded by kids at work, and he’s eager to have a family of his own, but so far finding the right woman has proved impossible. Until a new nurse starts working at the hospital and her exotic beauty sparks an attraction he hasn’t felt in years.After finding her groom in the wedding planner’s arms, nurse Leilani Moreira needs to get as f...

He’s a knight in shining armor—but she’s nobody’s damsel in distress.All Charli Wingate wants is a successful career in the city. Marriage isn’t her thing, and kids give her hives. But when she loses her precious job, all her carefully laid-out plans crumble and she’s forced to seek refuge in the boring small town her best friend now calls home.Kean Cavanagh wants nothing but a quiet life in his hometown with a wife and a bunch of kids. Ever the gentleman, when he ...

Their fairy tale may be long over, but deep down they're still longing for their happy ending.Kyle Cavanagh has been dreaming of a professional career in Major League Baseball all his life, but just as his dream was within reach, an injury left him benched. When he returns home to Spring Harbor to continue his rehab, he runs into his first and only love, and old feelings creep back in full force—although he knows she’s dating someone else now.After breaking up with...

Seven years ago, he only managed to steal a kiss. Now he’s determined to steal her heart.Being drafted by an NFL team was the only thing Myles Kingsley focused on through college. Determined to pursue his dream, he stayed away from serious relationships—until he met a girl who captured his heart with one single kiss, then ran away with it, leaving him with only the memory of that perfect night. Seven years later, amidst a scandal that threatens his thrivin...

She's a worn-out music star. He's a jaded playboy. Little do they know Destiny is ready to rock the boat.Cara McGill has been living her mother's dream on her behalf for seven years. Now twenty-four, her growing fame as a musician has become a heavy burden, and she finds herself longing for an escape. Making a spur-of-the-moment decision, she runs to a small town in Florida where she hopes to reinvent her life.The day Noah Danielson proposed to his girlfriend and s...