Fossil fuel technologies

This book explains the modelling and simulation of thermal power plants, and introduces readers to the equations needed to model a wide range of industrial energy processes.

Formation Evaluation with Pre-Digital Well Logs covers the practical use of legacy materials for formation evaluation using wireline logging equipment from 1927 until the introduction of digital logging in the 1960s and '70s.

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

This SpringerBrief critically examines the latest experimental and non-experimental approaches used for the fast and reliable characterization and determination of CO2-reservoir oil miscibility in terms of the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP).

A forceful reckoning with the relationship between energy and power through the history of what was once East Asia's largest coal mine.

This book presents the authors' research findings on the dynamics of oil migration, research methodologies, insights and applications in petroliferous basins.

Practical Engineering Management of Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms delivers the first must-have content to the multiple engineering managers and clients devoted to the design, equipment, and operations of offshore oil and gas platforms.

Unconventional Petroleum Geology, Second Edition presents the latest research results of global conventional and unconventional petroleum exploration and production.

Provides a holistic approach that looks at changing process conditions, possible process design changes, and process technology upgrades Includes process integration techniques for improving process designs and for applying optimization techniques for improving operations focusing on hydroprocessing units.

As unconventional reservoir activity grows in demand, reservoir engineers relying on history matching are challenged with this time-consuming task in order to characterize hydraulic fracture and reservoir properties, which are expensive and difficult to obtain.

Corrosion is a naturally occurring cost, worth billions in the oil and gas sector.

Petroleum Rock Mechanics: Drilling Operations and Well Design, Second Edition, keeps petroleum and drilling engineers centrally focused on the basic fundamentals surrounding geomechanics, while also keeping them up-to-speed on the latest issues and practical problems.

Low-Rank Coals for Power Generation, Fuel and Chemical Production provides a thorough introduction to lignite (brown coal) and subbituminous coals and explores how they can be used efficiently and economically in place of hard coal.

This Brief offers a comprehensive study covering the different aspects of gas allocation optimization in petroleum engineering.

Offshore Projects and Engineering Management delivers a critical training tool for engineers on how to prepare cost estimates and understand the most recent management methods.

Die aktuelle gesellschaftliche Debatte um die kommerzielle Suche und Förderung von Erdöl und Erdgas in Niedersachsen gibt Anlass, die Entwicklung dieses Industriezweiges und seiner Vorläufer im historischen Umfeld zu betrachten.

Sandstone Petroleum Reservoirs presents an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to the geology of sandstone oil and gas reservoirs.

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

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The second edition of this book updates some of the progress in clean energy and climate tech that has been made since the initial publication in 2022 and adds new material that was not available earlier, including information on energy from hydrogen, recent developments in geothermal technology, and progress on carbon dioxide removal.

Advances in Hydrogen Production, Storage and Distribution reviews recent developments in this key component of the emerging "e;hydrogen economy,"e; an energy infrastructure based on hydrogen.

Gas hydrates, or clathrate hydrates, are crystalline solids resembling ice, in which small (guest) molecules, typically gases, are trapped inside cavities formed by hydrogen-bonded water (host) molecules.

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of recent analytical developments on multi-outlets pipe flow hydraulics and alternative hydraulic design concepts.

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is a technology aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels during industrial and energy-related processes.

This book presents the basics of flame propagation, emphasizing the combustion of ethanol, hydrogen, and ammonia, which are fuels that could make combustion sustainable.

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This book presents a comprehensive assessment of clastic sedimentology and its application to reservoir geology.

Working Guide to Reservoir Engineering provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of reservoir engineering.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Quantitative Methods in Reservoir Engineering, Second Edition, brings together the critical aspects of the industry to create more accurate models and better financial forecasts for oil and gas assets.

This book presents the recent research on the separation, purification and downstream utilization of CO2 and other flue gases.

This monograph covers different aspects related to utilization of alternative fuels in internal combustion (IC) engines with a focus on biodiesel, dimethyl ether, alcohols, biogas, etc.

This book addresses energy research from four distinct International Political Economy perspectives: energy security, governance, legal and developmental areas.

This book gives practical advice and ready to use tips on the design and construction of subsurface reservoir models.

Gas hydrates collect and store both thermogenic and biogenic methane generated in deep ocean sediments that, over geologic time, forms vast methane repositories.

This book presents the essential principles and applications of seismic oil-exploration techniques.

The energy transition is underway to low carbon, and energy companies need a guide to navigate through the uncertainties while maintaining an agile workforce.

This book presents the fundamental principles of drilling en- gineering, with the primary objective of making a good well using data that can be properly evaluated through geology, reservoir engineering, and management.

This book presents dynamic response, vibration characteristics, and nonlinear behavior of complex oil and gas well string by using a combination of theoretical methods, numerical simulation, and experimental analysis.

This book presents articles from the International Conference on Improved Oil Recovery, CIOR 2017, held in Bandung, Indonesia.

The Fossil Fuel Revolution: Shale Gas and Tight Oil describes the remarkable new energy resources being obtained from shale gas and tight oil through a combination of directional drilling and staged hydraulic fracturing, opening up substantial new energy reserves for the 21st Century.

PETROLEUM REFINING The third volume of a multi-volume set of the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the advances of petroleum refining designs and applications, written by one of the world s most well-known process engineers, this is a must-have for any chemical, process, or petroleum engineer.

The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Coal Supply Chains, Volume One, Second Edition presents a comprehensive analysis of the latest technology and practices.

This is a comprehensive synthesis of state-of-the-art information on vitally important hydrocarbon habitats for advanced geology students and researchers, exploration geoscientists, and petroleum managers.

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There have been many books on the topic of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) over the last 100 years.

Low Salinity and Engineered Water Injection for Sandstone and Carbonate Reservoirs provides a first of its kind review of the low salinity and engineered water injection (LSWI/EWI) techniques for today's more complex enhanced oil recovery methods.

Up-to-date strategies for tackling real-world fuel-related problemsThis fully revised guide shows, step-by-step, how to effectively solve fuel problems you might face in the field.

This 2006 book controversially argues that fossil fuels will play a key role in a sustainable energy system.

This book covers the exchange of greenhouse gases in various ecosystems, biomes and climatic zones, and discusses the measurement, modelling and processes involved in these exchange dynamics.