Fossil fuel technologies

Biocatalysis in Oil Refining focuses on petroleum refining bioprocesses, establishing a connection between science and technology.

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

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

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

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flow in the most efficient and profitable manner possible, using quantitative methods rather than anecdotal and outdated methods.

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.

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.

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.

To stay profitable while complying with environmental regulations requires that the coal industry not only improve fine coal recovery but also finds better ways for its utilization.

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

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.

Over the past decade, extensive research has been conducted on the subject of coal as one of the world's leading energy sources.

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.

Without sensors most electronic applications would not exist-sensors perform a vital function, namely providing an interface to the real world.

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.

This comprehensive guide describes the various aspects of shale shaker design, applications, and improvements for maximizing efficiency.

There is a tendency to make flow measurement a highly theoretical and technical subject but what most influences quality measurement is the practical application of meters, metering principles, and metering equipment and the use of quality equipment that can continue to function through the years with proper maintenance have the most influence in obtaining quality measurement.

This thoroughly updated edition of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Handbook provides practical information on the design, operation, troubleshooting, and optimization of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) facilities.

This new edition is expanded to include 26 new man-hour tables on compressors, dryers, dampers, filters, coolers, and heaters.

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.

Geologists, engineers, and petrophysicists concerned with hydrocarbon production from naturally fractured reservoirs will find this book a valuable tool for obtaining pertinent rock data to evaluate reserves and optimize well location and performance.

In Chemistry of Petrochemical Processes, readers find a handy and valuable source of information containing insights into petrochemical reactions and products, process technology, and polymer synthesis.

The petroleum geologist and engineer must have a working knowledge of petrophysics in order to find oil reservoirs, devise the best plan for getting it out of the ground, then start drilling.

Oil field chemicals are gaining increasing importance, as the resources of crude oil are decreasing.

Advanced Reservoir Engineering offers the practicing engineer and engineering student a full description, with worked examples, of all of the kinds of reservoir engineering topics that the engineer will use in day-to-day activities.

The Hydrogen Energy Transition addresses the key issues and actions that need to be taken to achieve a changeover to hydrogen power as it relates to vehicles and transportation, and explores whether such a transition is likely, or even possible.

This new edition of the Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering provides you with the best, state-of-the-art coverage for every aspect of petroleum and natural gas engineering.

Reservoir engineering is the design and evaluation of field development and exploitation processes and programs.

Oil Well Testing Handbook is a valuable addition to any reservoir engineer's library, containing the basics of well testing methods as well as all of the latest developments in the field.

This book provides an excellent overview of current technologies for the gasification of coal, oil, gas, biomass and waste feedstocks.

No other book on the market offers such a turnkey solution to the problem of liquid interference in gas wells.

Written by the Shale Shaker Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, originally of the American Association of Drilling Engineers, the authors of this book are some of the most well-respected names in the world for drilling.

Coal is currently a major energy source in the United States as well as throughout the world, especially among many developing countries, and will continue to be so for many years.

This complete revision of Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Volume 1 builds upon Ernest E.

Hydrogen is an almost ideal fuel and its wider use will result in an improvement in the environment due to factors including decreased air pollution.

Reservoir Formation Damage, Second edition is a comprehensive treatise of the theory and modeling of common formation damage problems and is an important guide for research and development, laboratory testing for diagnosis and effective treatment, and tailor-fit- design of optimal strategies for mitigation of reservoir formation damage.

Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing gives engineers and managers complete coverage of natural gas transmission and processing in the most rapidly growing sector to the petroleum industry.

The first strand involves a critical overview of the design of experimental methods used for examining the thermal behaviour of solid fuels [pyrolysis, liquefaction and gasification], while the second will emphasise chemical structures and molecular mass distributions of coal derived tars, extracts and pitches, petroleum-derived asphaltenes, and biomass derived heavy hydrocarbon liquids.

Design Aspects of Used Lubricating Oil Re-Refining presents a feasible and comprehensive technology for recycling of used lubricating oils.

This book discusses the progress that is being made through innovations in instrumental measurements of geologic and geochemical systems and their study using modern mathematical modeling.