The authors estimate that the cost of corrosion and scaling in the US is about 400 billion dollars per year. Scale, or deposits, that can build up in the wellbore tubulars and other downhole components not only cause considerable damage to the life of the well, but an unnecessary amount of downtime in well completion and production. Infrastructure provides the support for the well's system, and with more oil and gas consumption on the rise and transportation required to feed that demand, all petroleum and environmental engineers must have accurate corrosion and scaling information. This book will teach the engineer how to:

[[Enhance the reliability and integrity of corrosion and scale control technologies

[[Manage scale deposits, prevent fatigue and ensure equipment integrity

[[Learn realistic rules-of-thumb from present-day oilfield case histories

[[Understand basic terminology from an extensive glossary

Written by three of the world's most renowned petroleum and environmental engineers, Probability in Petroleum and Environmental Engineering is the first book to offer the practicing engineer and engineering student new cutting-edge techniques for prediction and forecasting in petroleum engineering and environmental management. In this book, the authors combine a rigorous, yet easy-to-understand approach to probability and how it is applied to petroleum and environmental engineering to solve multiple problems that the engineer or geologist faces every day.