Petroleum technology

This book brings together for the first time the results of research on the thermal properties and temperature-related behavior of rocks with their contained fluids, under subsurface environmental conditions.

The main intention of this book is to provide geoscientists interested or working in hydrocarbon exploration with a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of hydrocarbon migration systems in sedimentary basins and to give guidelines for its application in basin evaluation.

This revised edition of the bestselling Practice of Reservoir Engineering has been written for those in the oil industry requiring a working knowledge of how the complex subject of hydrocarbon reservoir engineering can be applied in the field in a practical manner.

This revised edition of the bestselling Practice of Reservoir Engineering has been written for those in the oil industry requiring a working knowledge of how the complex subject of hydrocarbon reservoir engineering can be applied in the field in a practical manner.

Liquid loading can reduce production and shorten the lifecycle of a well costing a company millions in revenue.

"e;This book is fast becoming the standard text in its field"e;, wrote a reviewer in the Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology soon after the first appearance of Dake's book.

Gasification is a process that if properly utilized can transform the world in which we live.

Gas-Liquid And Liquid-Liquid Separators is practical guide designed to help engineers and operators develop a ?

The problem of removing water which is emulsified with produced oil has grown more widespread and often times more difficult as producers attempt to access more difficult reserves.

The third edition of Air and Gas Drilling Manual describes the basic simulation models for drilling deep wells with air or gas drilling fluids, gasified two-phase drilling fluids, and stable foam drilling fluids.

The latest edition of this best-selling title is updated and expanded for easier use by engineers.

This book on hydrocarbon exploration and production is the first volume in the series Developments in Petroleum Science.

This book provides an introduction to understanding combustion, the burning of a substance that produces heat and often light, in microgravity environments-i.

The book provides the most up-to-date information on testing and development of hydroprocessing catalysts with the aim to improve performance of the conventional and modified catalysts as well as to develop novel catalytic formulations.

You get information needed to evaluate a reservoir, determine the particular requirements of the job, and design a storage facility that will operate at its full potential.

This book is concerned with the application of tracers to a wide variety of oil field operations.

No fishing job is a welcome operation, but this new edition of a classic reference helps you do the job efficiently and economically.

Subsidence of geologic surface structures due to withdrawal of fluids from aquifers and petroleum reservoirs is a phenomenon experienced throughout the world as the demand for water and hydrocarbons increases with increasing population growth.

Petroleum engineering now has its own true classic handbook that reflects the profession's status as a mature major engineering discipline.

Petroleum engineering now has its own true classic handbook that reflects the profession's status as a mature major engineering discipline.

This comprehensive book highlights soft computing and geostatistics applications in hydrocarbon exploration and production, combining practical and theoretical aspects.

The book introduces procedures for simulating migration and entrapment of oil in three dimensions in sequences of sandstones and shales.

Sequence Stratigraphy, presently one of the most rapidly growing areas in geology, is concerned with the documentation and prediction of how sandstones (potential hydrocarbon reservoirs) and shales (potential source rocks) are distributed in time and space within sedimentary basins.

The wealth of petroleum has made the Middle East one of the most actively explored regions of the world.

For the practitioner, this volume is a valuable tool for predicting reservoir flow in the most efficient and profitable manner possible, using quantitative methods rather than anecdotal and outdated methods.

The oil price shocks of the mid-1980s and their aftermath created radical changes in the petroleum industry, and underlined the need for reliable information on petroleum resources.

This book on PVT and Phase Behaviour Of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids is volume 47 in the Developments in Petroleum Science series.

Libya has the largest petroleum reserves of any country in Africa and since production began in 1961 over 20 billion barrels of oil have been produced.

This conference was arranged by the Norwegian Petroleum Society in order to commemorate the first 25 years of exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

The applications of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to petroleum exploration and production have become more and more important in recent years.

This book examines the underlying mechanics of creating a fracture from vertical or deviated wellbores and the propagation of a hydraulic fracture in the reservoir.

Integrated Flow Modeling presents the formulation, development and application of an integrated flow simulator (IFLO).

Learning by experience is both a part of the daily life and the exploration life.

The symposium on Hydrotreatment and Hydrocracking of Oil Fractions aims to provide a global perspective and an inspection of the state-of-the-art of these processes.

In January 1996 a total of 270 conference participants gathered for 3 days in Trondheim, Norway, to focus on and to discuss the complex topic of hydrocarbon seals particularly related to deformation zones and to caprocks.

This reference provides engineers with values for thermal conductivity as a function of temperature for the major organic compounds.

Most geoscientists are aware of recent IT developments, but cannot spend time on obscure technicalities.

The Murzuq Basin is a large intracratonic sag basin located in southwestern Libya.

Casing design has followed an evolutionary trend and most improvements have been made due to the advancement of technology.

Carbonate Reservoirs: Porosity, Evolution and Diagenesis in a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework

This second volume on carbonate reservoirs completes the two-volume treatise on this important topic for petroleum engineers and geologists.

The purpose of Applied Geothermics for Petroleum Engineers is to present in a clear and concise form methods of utilizing the data of temperature surveys in deep boreholes as well as the results of field, laboratory and analytical investigations in geothermics to a wide audience.

Now in its sixth edition, Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook has been and continues to be the standard resource for any professional in the pipeline industry.

Besides covering topics like catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, and alkylation, this volume has chapters on waste water treatment and the economics of managing or commissioning the design of a petroleum refinery.

This revised edition puts the most current information about gas-handling systems and facilities at your fingertips.

Here is the latest edition of a compact reference that has been a real treasure for materials personnel for more than 15 years.

In this information-packed volume, the authors present mathematical models and analyses for evaluating, assessing, and describing the petroleum geology of the oil-rich South Caspian Sea Basin, including eastern Azerbaijan and western Turkmenistan.

Fifty years ago, in November 1947, Brown & Root helped Kerr-McGee build the first out-of-sight-land offshore platform that produced oil.

This is the most exhaustive study to date on natural gas hydrates.

The latest methods for troubleshooting and maintaining process equipmentThis extensively revised and updated practical resource fully explains how to diagnose, troubleshoot, and correct problems across a broad range of industries all without complex equations and without ever losing sight of the importance of direct field measurements and observations.