Please note that this is intended as a guide to some further resources about the North Sea oil and gas industry in general. Those publications asterisked are available in the University of Aberdeen’s Queen Mother Library or the Special Libraries & Archives reference library. Please click here to search the library catalogue.

General
Cresswell, J & S. Gibb, ‘Black Gold and the Silver City, The Oil Revolution in Aberdeen and the North of Scotland, 1965-2000’, 2000 *
Joshi, R. & Samstag, T., ‘North Sea Saga: The Oil Age in Norway’, 2006 *
Mackie, Bill, ‘The Oilmen: the North Sea Tigers’, 2004 *
Mackie, Bill, ‘Klondykers: the Oilmen Onshore’, 2006
Taylor, Sue Jane, ‘Oilwork: North Sea Diaries’, 2005 *

The National Gas Museum
The National Gas Archive         

Economics & Politics
Noreng, Øystein, ‘The oil industry and government strategy in the North Sea’, 1980 *
Hahn-Pedersen, M., ‘A. P. Møller and the Danish Oil’, 1999
Gray, A.W. & Kemp, A.G., ‘An economic analysis of petroleum exploitation terms in Ireland, the UK, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands’, 1988 *

Boschat, J.R., ‘Construction under way on first of Frigg Field subsea gas lines', Pipe Line Industry, pp25-27, July 1975 *
Bourne W., C. Gimingham, N. Morgan & R. Britton, ‘The Loch of Strathbeg', Nature, Vol 242 No 5393, pp 93-95, March 1973 *

Brown Books (1998 - 2001 only)
Convention Between The Government Of The Kingdom Of Norway And The Government Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland For The Avoidance Of Double Taxation And The Prevention Of Fiscal Evasion With Respect To Taxes On Income And Capital (2000)

Corporate Histories

BP
Bamberg, James, ‘The History of British Petroleum - Volume 2: The Anglo-Iranian Years, 1928 – 1954’, 1994
Bamberg, James, ‘British Petroleum and Global Oil, 1950-1975 : The Challenge of Nationalism: Challenge of Nationalism v. 3 (History of British Petroleum)’, 2000
Ferrier R.W., ‘The History of British Petroleum - Volume 1: The Developing Years, 1901-1932’, 1982 *
Longhurst, Henry, ‘Adventure in Oil, The Story of British Petroleum’, 1959 *
Pratt, Joseph, ‘Prelude to Merger: A History of Amoco Corporation, 1973-1998’, 2000
Richie, Berry, ‘Portrait in Oil, An Illustrated History of BP’, 1995
BP and Predecessor companies’ corporate histories

Brown & Root
Pratt, J.A., Y. Priest & C. J. Castaneda, ‘Offshore Pioneers, Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas’, 1997

Burmah Oil Company
Corley, T. A. B., ‘A History of the Burmah Oil Company, Volume 1, 1886-1924’, 1983 *
Corley, T. A. B., ‘A History of the Burmah Oil Company, Volume 2, 1924-1966’, 1988

Chevron
ChevronTexaco, ‘Our 125 Years: A celebration of people, partnership and performance 1879–2004’, Vol 3 No 3, Third Quarter 2004 *

ConocoPhillips
Banham, U.. ‘CONOCO, 125 Years of Energy’, 2000
Wertz, W. C. (ed.), ‘Phillips – The First 66 Years, 66th Anniversary 1917-1983’, 1983
ConocoPhillips corporate history, with links to the corporate museums

Craig Group
Cresswell, J., ‘Time & Tide, The Story of the Craig Group 70 Years of Excellence 1933-2003’, 2003

ExxonMobil
Davis, R., W. Hale & M. Long, One Hundred Twenty-Five Years of History: ExxonMobil, 2007
Corporate history: http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/history/about_who_history.aspx

Shell
Howarth, S., ‘A Century in Oil, The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company 1897-1997’, 1997 *
Howarth, S., J. Jonker, K. Sluyterman, & J. L. van Zanden, ‘A History of Royal Dutch’, 2007
Shell corporate history

Standard Oil Company
Dedmon, Emmett, ‘Challenge and Response, A Modern History of Standard Oil Company (Indiana)’, 1984
Giddens, Paul H., ‘Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Oil Pioneer of the Middle West’, 1955 *

Statoil
Lerøen, B. V., ‘Drops of Black Gold, Statoil 1972-2002’, 2002 *

Total
Roche, Francois (translated: Eileen Powis), ‘Total Fina Elf - the French Major’, 2004

Theses held at the University of Aberdeen
Hallwood, C. P., ‘A transaction cost approach to contracting in two industries: offshore oil supply and primary copper’, 1988

Mackie, W. ‘The Impact of North Sea oil on the North East of Scotland, 1969-2000’, 2001

Pike, W., ‘The Impact of North Sea Oil on the Scottish Economy’, 1993

Smith, N.J., ‘The Offshore Supplies Office and The British Industrial Response to the Development of North Sea Oil and Gas 1963-1993’, 2008