Surface production operations. Design of oil handling systems and facilities /
The latest edition of this best-selling title is updated and expanded for easier use by engineers. New to this edition is a section on the fundamentals of surface production operations taking up topics from the oilfield as originally planned by the authors in the first edition. This information is n...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Amsterdam ; Boston : Burlington, MA :
Elsevier ; GPP,
©2008.
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| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Series | Surface production operations ;
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780080555072 0080555071 0750678534 9780750678537 1281055670 9781281055675 9786611055677 6611055673 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Surface Production Operations; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments to the Third Edition; About the Book; Preface to the Third Edition; Chapter 1 The Production Facility; Introduction; Making the Equipment Work; Facility Types; Chapter 2 Process Selection; Introduction; Controlling the Process; Operation of a Control Valve; Pressure Control; Level Control; Temperature Control; Flow Control; Basic System Configuration; Wellhead and Manifold; Separation; Initial Separation Pressure; Stage Separation; Selection of Stages; Fields with Different Flowing Tubing Pressures.
- Determining Separator Operating PressuresTwo-Phase vs. Three-Phase Separators; Process Flowsheet; Oil Treating and Storage; Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT); Pumps; Water Treating; Compressors; Gas Dehydration; Well Testing; Gas Lift; Offshore Platform Considerations; Overview; Modular Construction; Equipment Arrangement; Chapter 3 Basic Principles; Introduction; Basic Oil-Field Chemistry; Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures; Atomic and Molecular Weights; Hydrocarbon Nomenclature; Paraffin Series: (CnH2n+2); Paraffin Compounds; Acids and Bases; Fluid Analysis; Physical Properties.
- Molecular Weight and Apparent Molecular WeightExample 3-1: Molecular weight calculation; Example 3-2: Determine the apparent molecular weight of dry air, which is a gas mixture consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and small amounts of Argon; Gas Specific Gravity and Density; Example 3-3: Calculate the specific gravity of a natural gas with the following composition; Nonideal Gas Equations of State; Reduced Properties; Example 3-4: Calculate the pseudo-critical temperature and pressure for the following natural gas stream composition.
- Example 3-5: Calculate the volume of 1 lb mole of the natural gas stream given in the previous example at 120°F and 1500 psiaExample 3-6: A sour natural gas has the following composition. Determine the compressibility factor for the gas at 100°F and 1000 psia; Liquid Density and Specific Gravity; Viscosity; Gas Viscosity; Liquid Viscosity; Oil-Water Mixture Viscosity; Phase Behavior; System Components; Single-Component Systems; Multicomponent Systems; Lean Gas Systems; Rich Gas Systems; Retrograde Systems; Application of Phase Envelopes; Black Oil Reservoir; Phase Diagram Characteristics.
- Field CharacteristicsLaboratory Analysis; Volatile Oil Reservoir; Phase Diagram Characteristics; Field Characteristics; Laboratory Analysis; Retrograde Gas Reservoir; Phase Diagram Characteristics; Field Characteristics; Laboratory Analysis; Wet Gas Reservoir; Phase Diagram Characteristics; Field Characteristics; Dry Gas Reservoir; Phase Diagram Characteristics; Information Required for Design; Flash Calculations; Characterizing the Flow Stream; Molecular Weight of Gas; Gas Flow Rate; Liquid Molecular Weight; Specific Gravity of Liquid; Liquid Flow Rate; The Flow Stream.