Expert Alert: James G. Speight

"It's on Wikipedia, So It Must Be True" -- Frank Ahrens in The Washington Post, Sunday, August 6, 2006

I once encountered an executive who said, “Who needs books? These days everything’s on the Internet.” I didn’t laugh in his face … I wanted to continue working there for a few more years. But he was wrong then, and he is wrong now. Case in point … the long list of books authored or co-authored by expert James G. Speight. Many of his books should be on your bookshelf. None of them are available on the Web.

Here is Dr. Speight’s résumé …

Résumé
Dr. James G. Speight
2476 Overland Road,
Laramie, Wyoming 82070-4808, USA
Tel: 307-745-6069, Cell: 307-760-7673, Fax: 307-721-3128
E-mail: JamesSp8@aol.com
Web page: http://www.drjamesspeight.qpg.com

Education
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Manchester, England
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester, England

Employment
CD&W Inc., 1998-present
Consultant/Author/Lecturer on energy and environmental issues.
Western Research Institute, 1984-1998.
1990-1998. Chief Executive Officer.
1984-1990. Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President.
Exxon Research and Engineering Company 1980-1984.
Alberta Research Council 1967-1980.
University of Manchester.
Research Fellow in Chemistry, 1965-1967.

Summary of Qualifications
More than thirty eight years of experience in areas associated with (1) the properties and recovery of reservoir fluids, (2) refining conventional petroleum, heavy oil, and tar sand bitumen, (3) the properties of fuels and synthetic fuels, (4) natural gas, (5) coal, and (6) oil shale.
Taught more than sixty courses and has more than four hundred publications, reports, and presentations.
Editor and Founding Editor, Petroleum Science and Technology.
Editor, Energy Sources. Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects.
Editor, Energy Sources. Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy.
Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah.
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Visiting Professor, University of Trinidad and Tobago.
Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (Lyngby, Denmark), University of Petroleum (Beijing, China), University of Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and University of Akron (Akron, Ohio, USA).
Author of more than twenty-five books and bibliographies related to fossil fuel processing and environmental issues.

Awards
Diploma of Honor, National Petroleum Engineering Society. 1995. Awarded for Outstanding Contributions to the Petroleum Industry.
Gold Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences. 1996. Awarded for Outstanding Work in the Area of Petroleum Science in 1996.
Specialist Invitation Program Speakers Award, NEDO (New Energy Development Organization, Government of Japan). 1987 and 1996. Awarded for Contributions to Coal Research.
Doctor of Sciences, Scientific Research Geological Exploration Institute (VNIGRI), St. Petersburg, Russia. 1997. Awarded for Exceptional Work in Petroleum Science.
Einstein Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences. 2001. Awarded in recognition of Outstanding Contributions and Service in the Field of Geologic Sciences.
Gold Medal - Scientists Without Frontiers, Russian Academy of Sciences. 2005. Awarded in recognition of Continuous Encouragement of Scientists to Work Together Across International Borders.
source: http://www.drjamesspeight.qpg.com/page3.html

And here are a few of the books he has authored or co-authored …

The Chemistry and Technology of Coal
by James G. Speight
Hardcover - October 2012
List price: $159.95

Subsea and Deepwater Oil and Gas Science and Technology
by James G. Speight (Editor), Pratima Jauhari (Editor)
Hardcover - January 2011
List price: $190.00

Handbook of Industrial Hydrocarbon Processes
by James G. Speight
Hardcover - November 2010
List price: $150.00

Encyclopedia of Petroleum Science and Engineering
by James G. Speight (Editor)
Hardcover - October 2009
List price: $349.95

Enhanced Recovery Methods for Heavy Oil and Tar Sands
by James G. Speight
Hardcover - June 2009
List price: $175.00

The Scientist or Engineer As an Expert Witness
by James G. Speight
Hardcover - November 2008
List price: $89.95

Hydroprocessing of Heavy Oils And Residua
by James G. Speight
Hardcover - May 2007
List price: $175.95

Handbook of Alternative Fuel Technologies
by Sudarshan K. Loyalka, James G. Speight, S. Lee
Hardcover - March 2007
List price: $154.95

The Chemistry And Technology of Petroleum
by James G. Speight
Hardcover - October 2006
List price: $279.95

Environmental Analysis and Technology for the Refining Industry
by James G. Speight
Other - September 2006
List price: $145.00

source: http://www.allbookstores.com/author/James_G_Speight.html

Although you will have to buy Dr. Speight’s books to read them, you can get a good sense of the content of one of his books by viewing the preview pages of …

The Desulfurization of Heavy Oils and Residua
Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
James G. Speight
Marcel Dekker (2000)
www.dekker.com

source: http://books.google.com/books?id=ZykZMoJm6V8C&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=astm+desulfurization&source=bl&ots=5bjpCFVRvE&sig=TVHMiMShHPoAAoneBrYSGDRZBTc&hl=en&ei=KPWCS-fCIM2Qtgfh-dWeBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=&f=false