Abstract:
Exploration and Production (E & P) thesaurus published by the Information Service Department, University of Tulsa, is one of the most comprehensive thesaurus in its coverage on the exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. The thesaurus is in continuous use in the Library of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission for indexing the literature and in the development of special schemes of classification for local use. The paper indicates the usefulness of the thesaurus for indexing the entries covered in the various bibliographies and for the preparation of a special scheme of classification for Exploration Geophysics