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Core Analysis: A Best Practice Guide is a practical guide to the
design of core analysis programs. Written to address the need for
an updated set of recommended practices covering special core
analysis and geomechanics tests, the book also provides unique
insights into data quality control diagnosis and data utilization
in reservoir models. The book's best practices and procedures
benefit petrophysicists, geoscientists, reservoir engineers, and
production engineers, who will find useful information on core data
in reservoir static and dynamic models. It provides a solid
understanding of the core analysis procedures and methods used by
commercial laboratories, the details of lab data reporting required
to create quality control tests, and the diagnostic plots and
protocols that can be used to identify suspect or erroneous data.
Multiphase Fluid Flow in Porous and Fractured Reservoirs discusses
the process of modeling fluid flow in petroleum and natural gas
reservoirs, a practice that has become increasingly complex thanks
to multiple fractures in horizontal drilling and the discovery of
more unconventional reservoirs and resources. The book updates the
reservoir engineer of today with the latest developments in
reservoir simulation by combining a powerhouse of theory,
analytical, and numerical methods to create stronger verification
and validation modeling methods, ultimately improving recovery in
stagnant and complex reservoirs. Going beyond the standard topics
in past literature, coverage includes well treatment, Non-Newtonian
fluids and rheological models, multiphase fluid coupled with
geomechanics in reservoirs, and modeling applications for
unconventional petroleum resources. The book equips today's
reservoir engineer and modeler with the most relevant tools and
knowledge to establish and solidify stronger oil and gas recovery.
Practical Reservoir Characterization expertly explains key
technologies, concepts, methods, and terminology in a way that
allows readers in varying roles to appreciate the resulting
interpretations and contribute to building reservoir
characterization models that improve resource definition and
recovery even in the most complex depositional environments. It is
the perfect reference for senior reservoir engineers who want to
increase their awareness of the latest in best practices, but is
also ideal for team members who need to better understand their
role in the characterization process. The text focuses on only the
most critical areas, including modeling the reservoir unit,
predicting well behavior, understanding past reservoir performance,
and forecasting future reservoir performance. The text begins with
an overview of the methods required for analyzing, characterizing,
and developing real reservoirs, then explains the different
methodologies and the types and sources of data required to
characterize, forecast, and simulate a reservoir.
Increased to include over 25,000 organic and inorganic compounds,
The Yaws Handbook of Vapor Pressure: Antoine Coefficients, Second
Edition delivers the most comprehensive and practical database
source for today's petrochemical. Understanding antoine
coefficients for vapor pressure leads to numerous critical
engineering applications such as pure components in storage
vessels, pressure relief valve design, flammability limits at the
refinery, as well as environmental emissions from exposed liquids,
making data to efficiently calculate these daily challenges a
fundamental need. Written by the world's leading authority on
chemical and petrochemical data, The Yaws Handbook of Vapor
Pressure simplifies the guesswork for the engineer and reinforces
the credibility of the engineer's calculations with a single
trust-worthy source. This data book is a must-have for the
engineer's library bookshelf.
With the oil and gas industry facing new challenges-deeper offshore
installations, more unconventional oil and gas transporting through
pipelines, and refinery equipment processing these opportunity
feedstocks--new corrosion challenges are appearing, and the oil and
gas industry's infrastructure is only as good as the quality of
protection provided and maintained. Essentials of Coating,
Painting, and Linings for the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical
Industries is the first guide of its kind to directly deliver the
necessary information to prevent and control corrosion for the
components on the offshore rig, pipelines underground and
petrochemical equipment. Written as a companion to Cathodic
Corrosion Protection Systems, this must-have training tool supplies
the oil and gas engineer, inspector and manager with the full
picture of corrosion prevention methods specifically catered for
oil and gas services. Packed with real world case studies, critical
qualifications, inspection criteria, suggested procedure tests, and
application methods, Essentials of Coating, Painting, and Linings
for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries is a required
straightforward reference for any oil and gas engineer and manager.
"High Acid Crudes" quickly gets the refinery manager and all
other relative personnel up to date on this particular type of
feedstock by providing an overview and relevant details of the
identification of high acid crudes and their influence on the
refinery s process units, especially regarding corrosion potential.
Covering the types, effects on the various refining units, and
proper acid stripping techniques, "High Acid Crudes" effectively
trains refinery personnel with a quick reference guide for
day-to-day use in today s refineries.
Due to their discounted value but potential for higher
production rates, refineries are accepting more of high acidic
crude feedstocks, otherwise referred to as opportunity or
challenging crude oils. Refining of these resources is still
increasing due to high oil prices, with China dominating this
market and doubling their production of high acid crudes by 2015.
Processing these resources can significantly increase any refinery
s productivity, but knowledge and proper training for the refinery
manager and crude supplier is key to reducing the risk that is
commonly associated with high acid feedstocks, while still
maintaining clean production standards.
Provides an overview of the identification of high acid crudes and
their influence on the refinery s process unitsCovers the types of
high acid crudes, effects on the various refining units, and proper
acid stripping techniques Trains refinery personnel as a quick
reference guide for day-to-day use for today s refinery"
This new and important book focuses on recent research from around
the world on petroleum science including the origin and
accumulation of petroleum (natural gas); petroleum (natural gas)
geochemistry; reservoir engineering; rock mechanics/petrophysics;
well logging, testing and evaluation; mathematical modelling;
enhanced oil and gas recovery; petroleum (natural gas) geology;
compaction/diagenesis; petroleum (natural gas) economics; drilling
and drilling fluids; thermodynamics and phase behaviour, fluid
mechanics in porous media and multi-phase flow; reservoir
simulation; production engineering; formation evaluation;
exploration methods.
This is an invaluable reference for chemical, petroleum, and
process engineers; chemists; chemical technologists; petroleum
analysts; and, students in these disciplines. The book will be a
welcome addition to the reference collection of large academic
libraries at universities with programs in petroleum engineering.
Apart from fundamentals and various refinery operations, this book
also contains various UOP processes, Technology developments and
description of production equipments. By going through 62 FAQ's in
Chapter 9, a layman can understand the basic aspects of Petroleum
Refinery.
This revised edition of The Properties of Petroleum Fluids expands
its scope as a petroleum fluids reference book for the practising
petroleum engineer and a college text. It offers detail on the
physical properties most often used to describe behaviour equations
of liquids and gases by including chapters on phase behaviour.
The present crude oil and natural gas reservoirs around the
world have depleted conventional production levels. To continue
enhancing productivity for the remaining mature reservoirs,
drilling decision-makers could no longer rely on traditional
balanced or overbalanced methods of drilling. Derived from
conventional air drilling, underbalanced drilling is increasingly
necessary to meet today s energy and drilling needs. While more
costly and extreme, underbalanced drilling can minimize pressure
within the formation, increase drilling rate of penetration, reduce
formation damage and lost circulation, making mature reservoirs
once again viable and more productive. To further explain this
essential drilling procedure, Bill Rehm, an experienced legend in
drilling along with his co-editors, has compiled a handbook perfect
for the drilling supervisor.
"Underbalanced Drilling: Limits and Extremes," written under the
auspices of the IADC Technical Publications Committee, contain many
great features and contributions including: Real case studies
shared by major service companies to give the reader guidelines on
what might happen in actual operationsQuestions and answers at the
end of the chapters for upcoming engineers to test their
knowledgeCommon procedures, typical and special equipment involved,
and most importantly, the limits and challenges that still surround
this technology"
The latest edition of this best-selling title is updated and
expanded for easier use by engineers. New to this edition is a
section on the fundamentals of surface production operations taking
up topics from the oilfield as originally planned by the authors in
the first edition. This information is necessary and endemic to
production and process engineers. Now, the book offers a truly
complete picture of surface production operations, from the
production stage to the process stage with applications to process
and production engineers.
. New in-depth coverage of hydrocarbon characteristics, the
different kinds of reservoirs, and impurities in crude.
. Practical suggestions help readers understand the art and science
of handling produced liquids.
. Numerous, easy-to-read figures, charts, tables, and photos
clearly explain how to design, specify, and operate oilfield
surface production facilities.
Written for the piping engineer and designer in the field, this
two-part series helps to fill a void in piping literature, since
the Rip Weaver books of the '90s were taken out of print at the
advent of the Computer Aid Design (CAD) era. Technology may have
changed, however the fundamentals of piping rules still apply in
the digital representation of process piping systems. The
Fundamentals of Piping Design is an introduction to the design of
piping systems, various processes and the layout of pipe work
connecting the major items of equipment for the new hire, the
engineering student and the veteran engineer needing a reference.
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