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Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production, Second Edition is a comprehensive and current introduction to the upstream industry, drawing together the many inter-disciplinary links within the industry. It presents all the major stages in the life of an oil or gas field, from gaining access to opportunity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jahn, Frank
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Cook, Mark, Graham, Mark
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Developments in petroleum science ; 55.
Subjects:
Petroleum > Prospecting.
Oil fields > Production methods.
Pétrole > Prospection.
Gisements pétrolifères > Production > Méthodes.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mining.
Oil fields > Production methods
Petroleum > Prospecting
Erdgasgewinnung
Erdgaslagerstätte
Erdölgewinnung
Erdöllagerstätte
Prospektion
Technologie
Technology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. 1. The field life cycle. 2. Petroleum agreements and bidding. 3. Exploration. 4. Drilling engineering. 5. Safety and the environment. 6. Reservoir description. 7. Volumetric estimation. 8. Field appraisal. 9. Reservoir dynamic behaviour. 10. Well dynamic behaviour. 11. Surface facilities. 12. Production operations and maintenance. 13. Project and contract management. 14. Petroleum economics. 15. Risk analysis. 16. Managing the producing field. 17. Managing decline. 18. Decommissioning. Selected bibliography. Index.