Addressing the wide-ranging topic areas of petroleum drilling, production, refining, processing, transportation, and equipment and vehicles for sea underwater usage, the Journal presents peer-reviewed technical papers as well as briefs which are an excellent way to present new computing algorythms, experience with new measurement devices, evaluation studies, etc. Specific areas of importance include (but are not limited to): offshore mechanics and technology; ice-water-structure interactions; ocean engineering drilling and production; riser mechanics and transportaton; rock and material mechanics for energy resources; emerging technologies in oil shale; advanced energy resources-systems-analyses; fundamental combustion ofenergy resources; energy resource recovery from biomass and solid wastes; petroleum equipment and design; and ecomonics of energy resource exploitation.