"In my 24 years working in the area of petroleum and the environment, I have never before come across a glossary like the Yaker.

It is the product of experience combined with technique and impeccable care, and is certain to be an invaluable tool for professionals, teachers and students in this field, as well as for its more obvious target: translators and interpreters.
The Yaker Glossary will soon be in the reference sections of the libraries used by these professionals."

María Eugenia Figarella
B. Sc. (Chemistry)
Specialist in Development and Environment
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Caracas, Venezuela




"Is most definitely a major and valuable reference work for those interested in these topics: from the oil company manager to the men in the field, to professionals working in the fields of mining, geology, geophysics and chemistry, as well as researchers from academia and the environment.

This valuable work, providing a wide collection of terms usually found in very dispersed works, also offers excellent illustrations, general data and information. It is a must for those interested in these topics, as well as a superlative teaching tool for use in the academic world."

Mauricio Báez Cabrera, PhD
Tenured Full Professor
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Caracas, Venezuela



"The Yaker Glossary of Petroleum and Environment is an invaluable reference book with complete up-to-date coverage of words and comprehensive pictorial illustrations.

It fills a void in the important petroleum and environment fields for both the English and Spanish markets.

It is certainly a must for everybody with an interest on those areas, and one might wonder why no one managed to do something like it before.

The answer is that it involves an enormous amount of work of a dedicated team of experts."
José Luis Cordeiro
Mechanical Engineer, B.Sc., M.Sc., MBA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass. USA