TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 LIQUID GOLD CHAPTER 2 WHAT IT TAKES 10 CHAPTER 3 DAY TO DAY 14 CHAPTER 4 UPS AND DOWNS 20 CHAPTER 5 LooKING AHEAD 26 30 THINK ABOUT IT LEARN MORE GLOSSARY INDEX 32 32 STEAM is the acronym for Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics In this book you will read about how each of these study areas is connected to a career in petroleum
CHAPTER 1 LIQUID GOLD essica helped her mom fill up their car's tank when they stopped at a gas station She was sure the gasoline was stored in great quantity underground And she figured that the pump drew the gasoline out of that storage area But she asked her mother is it someone s job to design how the gasoline is stored and then transferred into cars Definitely her mom said It all starts with a petroleum engineer Petroleum is one of the most useful and abundant 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
substances in the world Known as a fossil fuel petroleum is found deep in the earth It comes from the slow decay of organisms that died long ago and whose remains have been subject to great pressure and heat GE Gasoline comes that from a gas pump is stored in large tanks under the ground cooL STEAM
