Petroleum production engineering : a computer-assisted approach /

Petroleum Production Engineering, A Computer-Assisted Approach provides handy guidelines to designing, analyzing and optimizing petroleum production systems. Broken into four parts, this book covers the full scope of petroleum production engineering, featuring stepwise calculations and computer-base...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guo, Boyun
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Lyons, William C., Ghalambor, Ali
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA : Gulf Professional Pub., [2007]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Symbols
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Part I: Petroleum Production Engineering Fundamentals:
  • Chapter 1: Petroleum Production System
  • Chapter 2: Properties of Oil and Natural Gas
  • Chapter 3: Reservoir Deliverability
  • Chapter 4: Wellbore Performance
  • Chapter 5: Choke Performance
  • Chapter 6: Well Deliverability
  • Chapter 7: Forecast of Well Production
  • Chapter 8: Production Decline Analysis
  • Part II: Equipment Design and Selection
  • Chapter 9: Well Tubing
  • Chapter 10: Separation Systems
  • Chapter 11: Transportation Systems
  • Part III: Artificial Lift Methods
  • Chapter 12: Sucker Rod Pumping
  • Chapter 13: Gas Lift
  • Chapter 14: Other Artificial Lift Methods
  • Part IV: Production Enhancement
  • Chapter 15: Well Problem Identification
  • Chapter 16: Matrix Acidizing
  • Chapter 17: Hydraulic Fracturing
  • Chapter 18: Production Optimization
  • Appendix A: Unit Conversion Factors
  • Appendix B: The Minimum Performance Properties of API Tubing.