About Us
The Oil & Gas Journal, first published in 1902, is the world's most widely read petroleum industry publication. Each week the Journal delivers the latest international oil and gas news; analysis of issues and events; practical technology for design, operation and maintenance; and important statistics on international markets and activity. The Oil & Gas Journal is designed to meet the needs of engineers, oil management and executives throughout the oil and gas industry. Since 1910, The PennWell Petroleum Group has been the industry leader for coverage of and service to the worldwide petroleum industry. Its foundation magazines are Oil & Gas Journal, Offshore Magazine, Oil, Gas & Petrochem Equipment, Oil & Gas Financial Journal, LNG Observer and The Petroleum Buyers' Guide. The group also produces targeted e-Newsletters, hosts global conferences and exhibitions, seminars and forums, directories and technical books, print and electronic databases, surveys and maps.
Our editors are pleased to receive manuscripts from new or experienced authors.
Articles in specific petroleum-industry fields (drilling, petrochemicals, for examples) should be submitted directly to the responsible section editor. Each is listed in the magazine (on the second page of the Table of Contents) and on the web site. But any manuscript may also be sent to the Chief Technology Editor; a submission checklist (following) provides a list of desired items.
A submitted article should include the name, company, mailing address, telephone and telefax numbers, and e-mail address for each author. It should also indicate in a cover e-mail message or letter whether the article is being submitted exclusively to PennWell or has appeared in another forum (publication, conference, or seminar, for examples).
PennWell editors look for two important characteristics in an article:
Simple announcements of new products and services and their benefits, sales presentations, features based on interviews or testimonials are not considered technical articles.
There is, however, a place for short technical releases, report or study abstracts, standalone photographs or drawings (with captions), and other material. To be publishable, such items must have some elements of the preceding Points 1 or 2 or have some dramatic quality.
Reviewing the industry-specific sections in previous issues provides the best guide for lengths and formats of articles. Following are the main requirements in this area:
Figures (graphs, maps, charts, drawings, photographs) and tables must be numbered and mentioned by this number in the text. Each should be presented on a separate page or in separate electronic file and not be incorporated in the manuscript or embedded in the electronic version. Tables and figures should have titles or headlines. For charts, the title wording should reflect the reason for presenting the figure and not simply repeat the axes (time vs. temperature, for example). Diagrams and illustrations need only be legible and accurate. PennWell artists will redraw most. A very complicated figure or chart with intricate scaling, however, should be "camera-ready": reproduced with crisp lines on white background to be used as a photograph, if called for. Also, it's important to remember that large, detailed illustrations must remain legible when reduced to 7 or 4-1/4 in. in width. Color photos—in standard 35-mm prints or slides or in electronic format (see below)—are preferable. Minimum width for prints is 3-1/2 in. Each picture or slide should be given a figure number and have a caption that explains it. All lengthy equations should be numbered and presented in a separate equations box along with necessary nomenclature. If possible, an article and its graphics should be submitted as attachments to one or more e-mail messages (see below for more items). Or, they may be submitted on a compact disk (CD), a 3.5-in. standard diskette, or an Iomega Zip disk. The latest version of MSWord is PennWell's preference. If digital photographs are submitted, please provide them in .tif, .eps, .jpg, or .bmp formats with a scanned resolution of at least 250-300 dpi (color mode). PowerPoint files may also be submitted. Inexperienced writers or those for whom English is a second language are encouraged to submit manuscripts. PennWell editors edit only when necessary to meet our standards for style and tone. If major changes, deletions, or reorganization seem necessary, the author will be contacted before publication. The pace of our weekly publication schedule prevents us from sending typeset proofs for author review. Although we have requirements, we are flexible. So, if there is any question about your manuscript meeting any of them, please send it anyway. In the final analysis, it is content, not format, that is most important. Chief Technology Editor (warrent@ogjonline.com)
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