Fossil fuel technologies

The 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 book provides a clear and basic understanding of the concept of reservoir engineering to professionals and students in the oil and gas industry.

Gasification involves the conversion of carbon sources without combustion to syngas, which can be used as a fuel itself or further processed to synthetic fuels.

This Third Edition of Elements of Petroleum Geology is completely updated and revised to reflect the vast changes in the field since publication of the Second Edition.

The most complete manual of its kind, this handy book gives you all the formulas and calculations you are likely to need in drilling operations.

Climate change is a huge challenge to humanity in the 21th century.

Despite ongoing efforts to find alternatives, oil is still one of the most critical-and valuable-commodities on earth.

Contamination Control in the Natural Gas Industry delivers the separation fundamentals and technology applications utilized by natural gas producers and processors.

Hoy en día la industria petrolera se enfrenta a grandes desafíos, y por ello requiere de personal altamente cualificado que esté dotado de un conocimiento profundo y una clara comprensión de los principios que gobiernan el movimiento de los fluidos, desde la formación hasta la cabeza del pozo.

This book incorporates original and review articles on several aspects of petroleum geosciences from Indian terrains, both onshore and offshore, and includes diverse geological (tectonic, sedimentological, organic geochemical, paleontological, stratigraphic, modelling and various others), geophysical methods and policy aspects.

This book presents an unbiased, comprehensive examination of the state of knowledge for life cycle assessments (LCAs) of natural gas-fired electricity, covering a suite of environmental impact categories.

Written by an internationally-recognized team of natural gas industry experts, the fourth edition of Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing is a unique, well-researched, and comprehensive work on the design and operation aspects of natural gas transmission and processing.

This book addresses the need for deeper understanding of regulatory and policy regimes around the world in relation to the use of water for the production of 'unconventional' hydrocarbons, including shale gas, coal bed methane and tight oil, through hydraulic fracturing.

The mooring system is a vital component of various floating facilities in the oil, gas, and renewables industries.

This book is a result of a career spent developing and applying computer techniques for the geosciences.

Transport in Shale Reservoirs fills the need for a necessary, integrative approach on shale reservoirs.

Oil and Gas Chemistry Management Series brings an all-inclusive suite of tools to cover all the sectors of oil and gas chemicals from drilling, completion to production, processing, storage, and transportation.

This book discusses all aspects of advanced engine technologies, and describes the role of alternative fuels and solution-based modeling studies in meeting the increasingly higher standards of the automotive industry.

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

This book focuses on oilfield performance analysis and development adjustment by integrating geology, applied mathematics, and other relevant theories.

This book discusses the recent advances in combustion strategies and engine technologies, with specific reference to the automotive sector.

The world's dependence on fossil fuels is widely acknowledged to be a major cause of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

This book details the major artificial lift methods that can be applied to hydrocarbon reservoirs with declining pressure.

According to NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers), the total annual cost of corrosion in petroleum refining takes up $3.

What happens when natural gas drilling moves into an urban area: how communities in North Texas responded to the environmental and health threats of fracking.

This book concisely describes the architecture of the oil and gas pipelines in the Black-Caspian Seas Region and analyzes the status quo and perspectives of oil and gas production in this region.

Thermodynamic treatment of mineral equilibria, a topic central to mineralogical thermodynamics, can be traced back to the tum of the century, when J.

Discusses the formation, composition, properties and processing of the principal fossil and biofuels, ideal for graduate students and professionals.

All living things contain carbon in some form, as it is the primary component of macromolecules including proteins, lipids, nucleic acids (RNA and DNA), and carbohydrates.

Gasification is one of the most important advancements that has ever occurred in energy production.

A concise guide to the origins and prediction of subsurface fluid pressures, emphasizing the interactions with geological processes.

Bioethanol is one of the main biofuels currently used as a petroleum-substitute in transport applications.

This handbook is vital for understanding the origin of deep-water sandstones, emphasizing sandy-mass transport deposits (SMTDs) and bottom-current reworked sands (BCRSs) in petroleum reservoirs.

As the case for Climate Change mitigation becomes ever more pressing, hydrogen has the potential to play a major role in a low-carbon energy future.

Reservoir Formation Damage: Fundamentals, Modeling, Assessment, and Mitigation, Fourth Edition gives engineers a structured layout to predict and improve productivity, providing strategies, recent developments and methods for more successful operations.

According to NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers), the total annual cost of corrosion in petroleum refining takes up $3.

The Definitive Guide to Petroleum Reservoir Engineering-Now Fully Updated to Reflect New Technologies and Easier Calculation Methods Craft and Hawkins' classic introduction to petroleum reservoir engineering is now fully updated for new technologies and methods, preparing students and practitioners to succeed in the modern industry.

This volume contains peer-reviewed manuscripts describing the scientific and technological advances presented at the 6th Natural Gas Conversion Sumposium held in Alaska in June 2001.

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.

Introduces the reader to the production of the products in a refinery Introduces the reader to the types of test methods applied to petroleum products, including the need for specifications Provides detailed explanations for accurately analyzing and characterizing modern petroleum products Rewritten to include new and evolving test methods Updates on the evolving test methods and new test methods as well as the various environmental regulations are presented

This volume discusses how plant and algae organisms play a pivotal role in the transformation of solar energy to essential metabolites, and explores the numerous beneficial roles these metabolites have at an industrial level.

This book presents a thermodynamic and economic analysis of gas-gas systems in power plants, including combined heat and power systems, combined cooling, heat and power systems, hydrogen production facilities and compressed energy storage system.

Master all the modern project scheduling and cost control techniques you need, in one focused tutorial!

This book provides climate students with the basic scientific background to climate change management.

The reliance on fossil fuels for energy is unsustainable and has released an unprecedentedamount of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.

Fine Reservoir Description: Techniques, Current Status, Challenges and Solutions presents studies on fine oil and gas reservoirs, covering aspects of current status and progress, content and methods/techniques, as well as challenges and solutions through literature review and case studies of reservoirs, including volcanic rocks in the Songliao Basin, glutenite at the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin, and sandstone in the Liaohe Basin, China.

Understanding the properties of a reservoir's fluids and creating a successful model based on lab data and calculation are required for every reservoir engineer in oil and gas today, and with reservoirs becoming more complex, engineers and managers are back to reinforcing the fundamentals.

The development of oil and gas fields offshore requires specialized pipeline equipment.

This significantly updated edition looks at each stage in the life cycle of petroleum products, from exploration to end use, examining the environmental pressures on the oil industry and its response.

This book presents the accumulated data and current state of geological knowledge on China's main shale gas fields.