WALTHAM, Massachusetts, August 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

New titles on drilling, pipeline, oil and gas, and safety position Elsevier as leading book publisher for petroleum engineering industry

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that it has acquired certain book assets of Gulf Publishing Company (GPC). The portfolio of 32 books includes petroleum engineering titles in drilling, pipeline, oil and gas, and safety.

The GPC titles are for professionals in upstream oil and gas engineering and cover drilling, recovery methods, reservoir management, processing, and pipeline transmission. They include the Gulf Drilling Series, which emphasizes current techniques and technologies in the drilling industry; handbooks in oil and natural gas engineering; books on enhanced and non-conventional recovery techniques, including the high interest area of hydraulic fracturing (fracking); and data handbooks useful as reference sources for researchers and applied engineers working with the physical and chemical properties of hydrocarbons.

"The acquisition of the Gulf titles expands Elsevier's petroleum engineering offering, positioning Elsevier as the leading book publisher for the oil and gas industry," said Suzanne BeDell, Managing Director, Science & Technology Books, Elsevier. "The titles are of high-quality and complement our existing energy and fuel list, which is a benefit for corporate and academic customers using our ScienceDirect platform."

All of the GPC books will be available through the Elsevier Store and on ScienceDirect, a full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books. Many of the titles are also available on Knovel, a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools to deliver answers engineers can trust.

About Gulf Publishing Company

Gulf Publishing Company is an international media and events business dedicated to the energy sector. Founded in 1916, Gulf Publishing Company produces and distributes leading trade journals, technical books, industry research, databases, software, multi-media training, publications, conferences and events designed for the needs of the energy industry. Gulf Publishing's flagship magazines, Hydrocarbon Processing and World Oil, are published monthly. Gulf Publishing Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and has distribution throughout the globe. For more information, visit http://www.GulfPub.com.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, helping research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a world leading provider of professional information solutions. The group employs more than 30,000 people, including more than 15,000 in North America. Reed Elsevier Group plc is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.

Media contact

Michelle McMahon
Publicity Manager, Science & Technology Books
Elsevier
+1-781-663-2268
m.mcmahon.1@elsevier.com

SOURCE Elsevier