A Brief History Of Major Oil Companies In The Gulf Region
http://www.virginia.edu/igpr/apagoilhistory.html

A history of oil companies in the Gulf Region with contact addresses from the University of Virginia.

A Geographer Looks at the San Joaquin Valley
http://geography.berkeley.edu/ProjectsResources/Publications/Parsons_SauerLect.html

"There are few places for me more exciting or more rewarding to experience than California's San Joaquin Valley, especially in the blistering heat of an afternoon in late summer when everything seems to be happening at once. It has been called "The world's richest agricultural valley," a technological miracle of productivity where dog-eat-dog competition is at its keenest. Yet even Californians tend to take this big, flat world for granted."

A New Approach to Estimating Hydrocarbon Resources
http://energy.usgs.gov/factsheets/HydroRes/estimat.html

"As the principal Federal agency responsible for estimating the amount and distribution of hydrocarbon resources, the U.S. Geological Survey explores new methods for estimating the remaining undiscovered resources. A new method using fractal statistics greatly facilitates our ability to independently, rapidly, and easily forecast the number and size of undiscovered conventional hydrocarbon accumulations." Dr. Christopher Barton, U.S. Geological Survey

A Responsible Energy Policy for the 21st Century
http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/rep/repinx.asp

"This February 2001 NRDC report details a U.S. energy policy that would meet the nation's energy needs and save consumers billions of dollars annually -- without destroying pristine wilderness areas or rolling back environmental safeguards. The report also offers a solution for California's electricity crisis that would not suspend state or federal air quality standards."

Abstracts of Gas Hydrate Papers
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/hydrates/abstracts.html

From the US Geological Society - A list of abstracts of papers regarding gas hydrates going back to 1985. Several full abstracts are available.

Amalgamated Explorations Glossary of Industry Terms
http://www.findoil.com/glossary.html

Glossary of oil and gas terms.