turmOIL
Short Stories from the Oil Industry
2020 BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD
Get your copy here: www.amazon.com/author/rick-butler
turmOIL
Short Stories from the Oil Industry
2020 BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD
Get your copy here: www.amazon.com/author/rick-butler
BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD
2020 Winner
Welcome
In 2020, when Turmoil was first published, it foreshadowed the 2021 Colonial pipeline ransomware attack, and now Venezuela. What is going to happen next? Get your copy of turmOIL to find out!
Read an Excerpt from Turmoil
Managing the Profit Pipeline
Why do gas pump prices go up immediately when the price per barrel of oil goes up? Gasoline in transit from the refinery to the consumer was extracted as oil at the well head and sold at a different price per barrel than today’s spot rate for oil. Gasoline already in the storage tanks at gas stations or distribution centers was extracted as oil at the well head even earlier. If the well head was directly connected to the gas station or distribution center, one could understand this price transference as there would be no way to discern today’s product from yesterday’s extraction, but that is not the case.
Stories 1 to 12: Fiction disguised as Reality
The Conversation
Listen closely
At What Price? The U.S. Perspective
Everyone has a price
Potential Energy, Potential Value, Resulting Profit
Potential Energy, Potential Value, Resulting Profit
Blame me, Thank me
The Mathematics of Petroleum
Potential Energy, Potential Value, Resulting Profit
Math is all around us
The Petroleum Club
S.O.P. takes on a whole new meaning
Managing the Profit Pipeline
Moving at the speed of price
Engines that Run on Water
Engines that Run on Water
Engines that Run on Water
You don't need to know and it's none of your business
Additives
Engines that Run on Water
Engines that Run on Water
Be careful eating Bar-B-Q
Special Pricing
Engines that Run on Water
Pariah or Profit Center
At What Price? The OPEC Perspective
Everyone has a price
Political Interference Division
The Best Defense is a Strong Offense
To interfere or not to interfere, that is the question
The Best Defense is a Strong Offense
The Best Defense is a Strong Offense
Never underestimate the power of the Press
Stories 13 to 24: Fiction disguised as Reality
Off Shore
Don't you just love Prince?
California Dreaming
What a gas!
Brazil & Ethanol
A sweet solution
Paying at the Pump (and other places)
Paying at the Pump (and other places)
Personal pricing opportunity
The Role of Reserves
Paying at the Pump (and other places)
The Role of Reserves
A liquid emergency fund
ODI
Paying at the Pump (and other places)
The Role of Reserves
Information matters
TNBT
This is the next big thing
The Bunker
Shaken, not stirred
Pocket Change
Always count your change
Economic Hitmen
The OIL Platform
Choke points take on new meanings
Three Lives
The OIL Platform
The OIL Platform
Beware of encroachment
The OIL Platform
The OIL Platform
The OIL Platform
The sky is calling