Mining technology and engineering Books
Fonthill Media Ltd Pit to Power Station: A Personal Recollection of
Book SynopsisFocusing on the 1990s as a decade of change, all of the collieries and most of the coal fired power stations of that era have now gone. During that decade I made a point of photographing the collieries and power stations, and the trains that moved the coal, and so amassed a large collection of photographs. Being Worksop-based through my railway career, I am able to describe a potted history of Worksop Depot which opened in 1991, commencing with a brief look at the area in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. The run-up to the privatisation of the railways is followed by the new freight companies which brought changes in coal operations, before the wholesale decline in coal production. There are images taken in the Nott's, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire coalfields. Brief descriptions of each colliery and power station illustrated are given, with maps to show their location, along with power station track diagrams, tables, and coal plans to show where power station coal originated. The book concludes with a few instances of locations that Worksop-based drivers served.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Worksop in the 1980s and 1990s: The Decades of Change; 2 Declining UK Coal Production; 3 Nottinghamshire Area Collieries; 4 Derbyshire Area Collieries; 5 Yorkshire Area Collieries; 6 Leicestershire and Staffordshire Area Collieries; 7 Power Stations; 8 Three Days at Worksop; Bibliography.
£17.00
Rider-French Consulting Limited The Geological Interpretation of Well Logs
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£47.50
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Gold Panner's Manual
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£13.59
Reaktion Books Mining in World History
Book SynopsisMining in World History deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present day, drawing out, in an engaging and fast-paced fashion, the interplay of personalities, politics and technology which have together shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years. Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before the year 1453, of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copper, an event that revived the rich copper-silver mines of central Europe and the ruling ambitions of the Habsburg emperors who owned them. The author shows how the flood of silver from Spain's newly-conquered American colonies brought about the demise of these mines, and goes on to examine the far-reaching changes brought to mining and smelting by the steam engine and the Industrial Revolution. The book then looks at the era of the gold rushes and the comprehensive developments in mineral extraction and technology that took place in the United States and South Africa at the end of the nineteenth century, and describes the spread of mass metal-production techniques across the world amid the violent struggles of the twentieth century and the energy crises of the 1970s. Written by an author vastly experienced in the field, Mining in World History is the first book to provide an account of how and why change and advance in this global industry have taken place in different eras and locations around the world. As such it will appeal to the industry specialist as well as to the general reader who wants to know more about a field that has been fundamental to the construction of industrial civilization.Trade Review'This is quite simply the best history ever published on the role of mining in shaping world events. It performs the huge task of making sense of a complex range of industries that took many forms and produced many products, over centuries of change and development across every continent on earth. It does so in just 350 pages of succinct but comprehensive prose, remarkably free of errors of both fact and judgment ...Martin Lynch has managed to present the big picture of mining.' -Historic Environment 'This is quite simply the best history ever published on the role of mining in shaping world events. It performs the huge task of making sense of a complex range of industries that took many forms and produced many products, over centuries of change and development across every continent on earth. It does so in just 350 pages of succinct but comprehensive prose, remarkably free of errors of both fact and judgment ... Martin Lynch has managed to present the big picture of mining.' - Historic Environment 'A very profound book about a very profound subject. It can, and will, be used as a reference work, yet it is a splendid story well told. The reader with an interest in history, politics, and economics will find the book rewarding indeed ... The reader with a background in mining history will find the book a joy from beginning to end. The book builds momentum, the farther along the reader progresses, the more exciting the narrative becomes.' - Anthracite History Journal
£23.70
The University of Chicago Press The Eyes of the World Mining the Digital Age in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Eyes of the World is a groundbreaking, brilliantly written book about Congo’s place in the global economy. Smith places artisanal miners of coltan at the center of his study. Contrary to most popular views of the Congolese as victims of global corporations and brutal state authorities, miners recognize their value as experienced workers who often can protect their interests. . . . Smith deftly weaves insights drawn from an array of anthropological theory with gripping, moving case studies of individual miners and mining sites. . . . Strikingly, Smith shows how Western efforts to crack down on 'blood diamonds' end up, in actuality, to be a tool to weaken the leverage of artisanal miners and allow wily state authorities to cash in on their ability to selectively enforce their will on Congolese workers. This book should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the Democratic Republic of Congo today." * Choice *"Chock-full of fascinating details on the people and communities that have lived off mining in the chaos of the wars in Congo." * Foreign Affairs *"Beautiful and evocative. . . . Smith produces one of the richest and most thought-provoking ethnographies I have read in a very long time. The Eyes of the World is likely to become an anthropological classic." * Reviews in Anthropology *“Blood minerals: a global cause ‘intended to do one thing, but under the surface, invisible to many, . . . doing something else.’ Smith offers a whirlwind of research on the varied actors who extract coltan—often in the ruins of colonial concessions—making it available to international markets. The Eyes of the World skillfully cuts through metropolitan stereotypes, drawing readers instead into the astounding vortex of the mines.” * Anna Tsing, coeditor of Feral Atlas: The More-than-Human Anthropocene *“A riveting, wonderful potpourri of story, theory, and history. The Eyes of the World hugs closely to people’s lives, words, and theories, vividly unpacking multiple dimensions of movement in the mining of those digital minerals that end up in global devices. One of the most brilliant, important, and utterly teachable ethnographies to appear on Congo in a long time.” * Nancy Rose Hunt, author of A Nervous State: Violence, Reveries, and Remedies in Colonial Congo *“Smith gives us a rare glimpse into the complex dynamics of otherwise largely invisible local worlds that do nonetheless matter on a global scale. A great observer and talented narrator, he convincingly argues how, in the vortex of these Congolese mining worlds, destructive forms of extra-statecraft undid existing socio-cultural assemblages while generating the basis for new transformative orders.” * Filip De Boeck, author of Suturing the City: Living Together in Congo’s Urban Worlds *"Smith’s book is bound to become a classic in the anthropology of mining and the conflict minerals literature. . . . This book is an absolute joy to read and sets the bar very high for future researchers working on the issue of conflict minerals. This is mining anthropology at its very best." * The Journal of Development Studies *Table of ContentsPart One: Orientations Prologue: An Introduction to the Personal, Methodological, and Spatiotemporal Scales of the Project 1. The Eyes of the World: Themes of Movement, Visualization, and (Dis)embodiment in Congolese Digital Minerals Extraction (an Introduction) Part Two: Mining Worlds 2. War Stories: Seeing the World through War 3. The Magic Chain: Interdimensional Movement in the Supply Chain for the “Black Minerals” 4. Mining Futures in the Ruins Part Three: The Eyes of the World on Bisie and the Game of Tags 5. Bisie during the Time of Movement 6. Insects of the Forest 7. The Battle of Bisie 8. Closure 9. Game of Tags: Supply Chain Auditing as Purification Project Conclusion: Chains, Holes, and Wormholes Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£25.65
The University of Chicago Press The Eyes of the World Mining the Digital Age in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Eyes of the World is a groundbreaking, brilliantly written book about Congo’s place in the global economy. Smith places artisanal miners of coltan at the center of his study. Contrary to most popular views of the Congolese as victims of global corporations and brutal state authorities, miners recognize their value as experienced workers who often can protect their interests. . . . Smith deftly weaves insights drawn from an array of anthropological theory with gripping, moving case studies of individual miners and mining sites. . . . Strikingly, Smith shows how Western efforts to crack down on 'blood diamonds' end up, in actuality, to be a tool to weaken the leverage of artisanal miners and allow wily state authorities to cash in on their ability to selectively enforce their will on Congolese workers. This book should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the Democratic Republic of Congo today." * Choice *"Chock-full of fascinating details on the people and communities that have lived off mining in the chaos of the wars in Congo." * Foreign Affairs *"Beautiful and evocative. . . . Smith produces one of the richest and most thought-provoking ethnographies I have read in a very long time. The Eyes of the World is likely to become an anthropological classic." * Reviews in Anthropology *“Blood minerals: a global cause ‘intended to do one thing, but under the surface, invisible to many, . . . doing something else.’ Smith offers a whirlwind of research on the varied actors who extract coltan—often in the ruins of colonial concessions—making it available to international markets. The Eyes of the World skillfully cuts through metropolitan stereotypes, drawing readers instead into the astounding vortex of the mines.” * Anna Tsing, coeditor of Feral Atlas: The More-than-Human Anthropocene *“A riveting, wonderful potpourri of story, theory, and history. The Eyes of the World hugs closely to people’s lives, words, and theories, vividly unpacking multiple dimensions of movement in the mining of those digital minerals that end up in global devices. One of the most brilliant, important, and utterly teachable ethnographies to appear on Congo in a long time.” * Nancy Rose Hunt, author of A Nervous State: Violence, Reveries, and Remedies in Colonial Congo *“Smith gives us a rare glimpse into the complex dynamics of otherwise largely invisible local worlds that do nonetheless matter on a global scale. A great observer and talented narrator, he convincingly argues how, in the vortex of these Congolese mining worlds, destructive forms of extra-statecraft undid existing socio-cultural assemblages while generating the basis for new transformative orders.” * Filip De Boeck, author of Suturing the City: Living Together in Congo’s Urban Worlds *"Smith’s book is bound to become a classic in the anthropology of mining and the conflict minerals literature. . . . This book is an absolute joy to read and sets the bar very high for future researchers working on the issue of conflict minerals. This is mining anthropology at its very best." * The Journal of Development Studies *Table of ContentsPart One: Orientations Prologue: An Introduction to the Personal, Methodological, and Spatiotemporal Scales of the Project 1. The Eyes of the World: Themes of Movement, Visualization, and (Dis)embodiment in Congolese Digital Minerals Extraction (an Introduction) Part Two: Mining Worlds 2. War Stories: Seeing the World through War 3. The Magic Chain: Interdimensional Movement in the Supply Chain for the “Black Minerals” 4. Mining Futures in the Ruins Part Three: The Eyes of the World on Bisie and the Game of Tags 5. Bisie during the Time of Movement 6. Insects of the Forest 7. The Battle of Bisie 8. Closure 9. Game of Tags: Supply Chain Auditing as Purification Project Conclusion: Chains, Holes, and Wormholes Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£72.20
University of Washington Press Gardens of Gold
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This excellent book joins a raft of ethnographic publications from the cohort of contemporaries who all did their first fieldwork from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s in the mining areas of Papua New Guinea, returning frequently up to the present. Perhaps not since the 1960s has there been such a surge of reflection, from different angles, on connected topics in Papua New Guinea." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] truly modern, and highly participatory, ethnography." * Pacific Affairs *
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University of Washington Press Gardens of Gold
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This excellent book joins a raft of ethnographic publications from the cohort of contemporaries who all did their first fieldwork from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s in the mining areas of Papua New Guinea, returning frequently up to the present. Perhaps not since the 1960s has there been such a surge of reflection, from different angles, on connected topics in Papua New Guinea." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] truly modern, and highly participatory, ethnography." * Pacific Affairs *
£77.35
Taylor & Francis Ltd Coal Cultures
Book SynopsisCoal is the commodity that powered the technologies that made the modern world. It also brought about unique communities marked by a high degree of social solidarity and self-help. Mining was central to working class life, drawing rural populations into industrial labour, but it often took place in picturesque landscapes, so that its black spoil heaps became a central symbol of the degradation of pastoral life by the demands of an extractive industry. Throughout Europe and the USA photographers have pictured the characteristic landscapes of the industry, and continue to do so as strip mining devastates huge areas of land. Not only landscape photography but also documentary, portraiture, photojournalism and art photography have been used in order to portray mines and miners. This book presents three interlinked strands of investigation. The first is the way in which the production of coal created paradigmatic communities grounded in particular landscapes. The second concerns the role ofTrade Review"Coal Cultures is ambitious in its scope, interesting in its detail and very enjoyable to read. Derrick Price brings his formidable scholarship to explore the sophisticated dynamics of the cultures in and around that seemingly most basic of all commodities, coal. To do so within a complex global context is impressive." --National Museum Wales - Paul Cabuts, Honorary Research Fellow at Amguedffa Cymru"In Coal Cultures, Derrick Price tracks the long history of visual culture around coal production, livelihoods and impacts, starting with 16th century woodprints of mining technology. ... This is a comprehensive survey of visual approaches to finding meaning in coal landscapes and lifestyles: from othering to humanising its people, and from seeing ruin to order in its landscapes. ... Price digs nicely into gender issues here, including photos of women miners and the exploring the persistence of sexualisation and sexism they faced."--Visual Studies"Coal Cultures offers a valuable overview of the intersections between mining and visual culture, illustrating how our understanding of the industry and its impact has been shaped by its depiction. In going beyond the work ofmining itself to explore the communities and landscapes shaped by that labour, Price demonstrates that photography and visual culture can be useful means to establish how labour, society and the environment are interlinked. The book assembles a considerable range of material that will appeal to those with interests in both mining and visual culture, as well as their relationship to heritage and the environment."--History of Photography"Price has most definitely succeeded in providing a fascinating and highly stimulating cultural-history analysis of the various representations (both photographic/visual and metaphorical) of the coal industry, its environmental legacy, coalfield communities, and its industrial heritage. It deserves to be widely read."--History Workshop JournalTable of ContentsTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction 1. Degradation and regeneration2. Images of miners3. Mining communities4. Fog, smog and pollution5. Strikes and conflict6. The new landscape of coal7. Heritage, memory and nostalgia ConclusionIndex
£36.09
John Wiley & Sons Inc Applied HydroAeromechanics in Oil and Gas
Book SynopsisAn all-in-one reference combining hydrodynamic theory with drilling applications for the design, planning, and optimization of drilling operations Hydromechanical processes underlie the majority of technology operations in drilling and present a crucial concern as the pace and depth of drilling increasesin today''s energy-hungry world. Applied Hydro-aeromechanics in Oil and Gas Drilling offers a unique resource for properly modeling and understanding the hydro-dynamic forces affecting a drilling site. Combining hydrodynamic theory with specific drilling applications, this coverage provides readers with a comprehensive reference for designing, planning, and optimizing drilling operations. Featuring the latest technologies and developments affecting the field, Applied Hydro-aeromechanics in Oil and Gas Drilling covers topics including: The physics of hydro-aeromechanical phenomena in drilling processes Calculation methodsTable of ContentsPreface. Notation. 1 Main results and development lines in hydro-aeromechanics of drilling processes. 2 Basic problems of hydro-aeromechanics in drilling processes. 3 Multiphase media in drilling processes. 4 Hydro- aeromechanic equations in drilling processes. 4.1 Mass conservation equation. 4.2 Momentum (motion) equation. 4.3 Thermodynamic equations of state. 4.4 Rheological equations of state. 4.5 Equation of concentrations. 4.6 Formulation of hydro-aerodynamic problems for drilling processes. 5 Hydrostatics of single-phase fluids and two-phase mixtures in gravity field. 5.1 Hydrostatics of single-phase fluids. 5.2 Hydrostatics of incompressible fluid at τw = 0. 5.3 Hydrostatics of single-phase compressible fluid (gas) at τw = 0. 5.4 Hydrostatics of slightly compressible fluid τw = 0. 5.5 Hydrostatics of a fluid with dynamic shear stress (τw‡0). 5.6 Hydrostatics of two-phase fluids. 6 Stationary flow of fluids in elements of well circulation system. 6.1 Equations for stationary flows of homogeneous incompressible fluids. 6.2 Calculation of pressure in laminar flows of viscous incompressible fluids in circular slots, pipes and annular channels. 6.3 Calculation of pressure in laminar flow of viscous-plastic fluids in circular slots, pipes and annular channels. 6.4 Calculation of pressure in laminar flow of power incompressible fluids in circular slots, pipes and annular channels. 6.5 Calculation of pressure in turbulent flow in circular pipes and annular channels. 6.6 Transition of laminar flow of viscous, viscous-plastic and power fluids into turbulent one. 6.7 Calculation of pressure in eccentric annulus. Formation of stagnation zones. 6.8 Effect of internal pipe rotation on pressure in annulus. 6.9 Pressure drop in local resistances of circulation system. 7 Equilibrium and motion of rigid particles in fluid, gas and gas-liquid mixture. 7.1 Washing of the well bottom. 7.2 Levitation of rigid particles in fluid, gas and gas-liquid flows. 7.3 Flow rate of fluid, gas and gas-liquid mixture needed for removal of cutting from well bore. 7.4 Calculation of ball drop time in descending flow of washing fluid in a column of pipes. 7.5 Hydraulic calculation of a circulation system in drilling with incompressible washing fluid. 8 Stationary flow of gas and gas-cutting mixture in elements of well circulation system. 8.1 Pressure distribution in ascending flow of gas and gas-cutting mixture in annular channel of a well. 8.2 Pressure distribution in descending flow of gas in pipes. 8.3 Pressure losses in bit heads and pipe joints. 8.4 Calculation procedure of pump capacity and compressor pressure in drilling with blasting. 9 Stationary flows of gas-liquid mixtures in a well. 9.1 Equations of gas-liquid mixture flow. 9.2 Laminar ascending flow of gas-liquid mixtures in pipes and annular channels. 9.3 Calculation of pressure in pipes and annular space in ascending vertical turbulent flows of gas-liquid mixtures. 9.4 Pressure drop in bit heads in flow of gas-liquid mixture. 9.5 Pressure drop in turbo-drills. 9.6 Calculation of pressure in pipes in descending vertical turbulent flow of gas-liquid mixture. 9.7 Method of calculation of delivery and pressure of pumps and compressors in drilling with aerated fluid washing. 9.8 Effect of gas solubility in fluid on pressure of a mixture in a well. 10 Non-stationary flows of single-phase fluids in a well. 10.1 Equations for non-stationary single-phase flows. 10.2 Non-stationary flows of incompressible fluid in round trip operations. 10.3 Hydrodynamic pressure in round trip operation in a well filled by viscous fluid. 10.4 Hydrodynamic pressure generated by drill-stem descent in a well filled by viscous-plastic fluid. 10.5 Examples of pressure calculations in round trip operations. 10.6 Non-stationary fluid flow in a well as wave process. 10.7. Pressure calculation in deterioration of the safety bypass. 10.8 Calculation of pressure in recovery of circulation in a well. 10.9 Calculation of pressure in a well in settling of ball cage on a seat (thrust ring) in drill-stem. 10.10 Calculation of pressure in round trip of a drill-stem as wave process. 11 Flows of formation fluids and rock solids. 11.1 Basic equations of fluid and rock solid flows. 11.2 Stationary laminar flows of incompressible and compressible fluids and gases. 11.3 Nonstationary laminar flows of incompressible and compressible fluids and gases. 11.4 Flows of formation fluids and rock solids at regimes different from laminar. 12 Nonstationary flow of gas-liquid mixtures in well-formation system. 12.1 Estimation of bottom-hole decompression in removal of gas bench from a well. 12.2 Recognition of gas outburst and selection of regimes of its liquidation. 12.3 Calculation of amount, density and delivery of fluid needed to kill the open gas blowout. 12.4 Calculation of pressure at the well mouth in blowout killing by direct pumping of killing fluid into the well. 13 Nonstationary flows of fluid mixtures in well-formation system Calculation of fluid-gas blowout killing. 14 Distribution of concentration and pressure in displacement of Newtonian and viscous-plastic fluids from circular pipes and annular channels. Hydraulic calculation of cementation regime. 14.1 Main reasons of incompletely displacement of fluids. 14.2 Distribution of concentrations in displacement of one fluid by another fluid. 14.3 Taking into account needed displacement completeness in calculations of cementing. 14.4 Method of hydraulic calculation of cementing regimes with regard to given concentration in channel cross-section. 14.5 Calculation of single-stage well cementation. Method and calculation of cementation with foam-cement slurry. 15 Sedimentation of rigid phase in drilling fluid after deadlock of mixing. 15.1 One-dimensional equation for hydraulic pressure in sedimentation of rigid phase of suspension. 15.2 Lowering of hydraulic pressure in a well after deadlock of solution circulation. 16 Experimental determination of rheological characteristics. 16.1 Determination of rheological characteristics with rotary viscometer. 16.2 Determination of rheological characteristics with capillary viscometer. 16.3 Determination of rheological characteristics of rock solids. 16.4 Examples of application of rheological characteristics. References. Author index. Subject index. About the Authors.
£114.26
John Wiley & Sons Inc Practical Formation Evaluation
Book SynopsisThis book is on oil and natural gas well logging, and is based on the author's lectures at the University of Southern California. The first seven chapters discuss logging techniques and devices: spontaneous potential, gamma rays, resistivity, density, neutron logs, and acoustic logs.Table of ContentsSome Reasons for Logging Wells. The Spontaneous Potential. The Gamma Ray Log. Resistivity Measurements. The Density Log. The Neutron Log. The Acoustic Log. Introduction to Crossplots. A Look at Formation Factor and Saturation Theory. Development of a Dual-Water Logic. Clay Types and Mineral Distributions. Characteristics of Invasion and Resistivity Profiles. Organic Matter in Source Rocks. Saturations, and Thin Beds. A Method for Calculating Pore Pressures from Well Logs. Secondary Porosity. Pulsed-Neutron Capture Cross-Section Logs. Temperature Surveys. Appendices. Index.
£316.76
John Wiley & Sons Inc Surface Complexation Modeling
Book SynopsisProvides a description of the thermodynamic model, data treatment procedures and the thermodynamic constants for hydrous ferric oxide. Includes detailed coverage of the model and the parameter extraction procedure.Table of ContentsThe Generalized Two-Layer Model. Experimental Data. Data Compilation and Treatment Methods. Properties of Hydrous Ferric Oxide, Cation Sorption on HydrousFerric Oxide. Anion Sorption on Hydrous Ferric Oxide. Use of the Model and Data Base. The Coulombic Effect. Coherence and Extrapolation of Results. References. Appendices. Author Index. Subject Index.
£287.06
Richard Hill Opportunities Challenges Rewards
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£33.25
Princeton University Press Extraction Ecologies and the Literature of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the Stansky Prize, North American Conference on British Studies""Honorable Mention for the Ecocriticism Book Award, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""This is a major book that will invite scholars of the period to think in new ways about “extractivism,” while also showing how vital historical interpretation is to the environmental and energy humanities, fields that have predominantly focused on contemporary culture."---Benjamin Morgan, Critical Inquiry"[A] well-research work. . . . Miller’s groundbreaking study of 'extractive fictions' sets the stage for more research on how literature reflects the perils and short-sightedness of an age." * Choice Reviews *"A rich and moving contribution. . . . [Miller’s] book will become essential reading for scholars of the very long nineteenth century and an invaluable resource for those seeking new ways to teach that literature to students whose lives are taking shape in the inescapable context of accelerating climate change."---Iain Crawford, Dickens Quarterly"“Brilliantly thought out, wonderfully well written, and extremely well executed. . . . Extraction Ecologies is a much-needed panoramic tour of the long nineteenth century’s large-scale industrial extraction that digs into the historical roots of our current ecological calamities. It should be a major reference for students and scholars in Victorian studies, energy humanities, and ecocriticism in years to come.” —Sebastian Egholm Lund, Victorian Review """Important and illuminating. . . . Extraction Ecologies contributes a compelling new framework for understanding how the environmental crises we grapple with today cannot adequately be understood without attending to their Victorian origins.” –Jayne Hildebrand, Nineteenth-Century Literature ""“Miller argues that the extractive industries of metal, mineral and coal mining altered literary genre and form and vice versa, showing ‘how culture, language, and discourse mediate environmental history’ . . . She works through literary and scientific texts to build an image of a shift in understanding of the British Empire, one which increasingly relied on and feared the limits of extractive industry.”—Indigo Gray, Green Letters ""“Miller shows how the idea of extraction came to structure certain genres of the nineteenth century, and how those forms have made it easier for us to accept the world’s continued inertia regarding the extractive and environmental crises of today.”—Kent Linthicum, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment ""“The Victorians may have set us firmly on the path toward fossil fuel dependence, but they also bequeathed us alternative futures, paths not taken or scarcely followed. Their realist and speculative fictions were discursive realms where they explored these tensions. Miller has provided the definitive account of this literary landscape in a rich work that illuminates both nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century fiction and our current ecological condition.” —Chris Otter, Victorian Studies "
£70.40
Princeton University Press Extraction Ecologies and the Literature of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the Stansky Prize, North American Conference on British Studies""Honorable Mention for the Ecocriticism Book Award, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""This is a major book that will invite scholars of the period to think in new ways about “extractivism,” while also showing how vital historical interpretation is to the environmental and energy humanities, fields that have predominantly focused on contemporary culture."---Benjamin Morgan, Critical Inquiry"[A] well-research work. . . . Miller’s groundbreaking study of 'extractive fictions' sets the stage for more research on how literature reflects the perils and short-sightedness of an age." * Choice Reviews *"A rich and moving contribution. . . . [Miller’s] book will become essential reading for scholars of the very long nineteenth century and an invaluable resource for those seeking new ways to teach that literature to students whose lives are taking shape in the inescapable context of accelerating climate change."---Iain Crawford, Dickens Quarterly"“Brilliantly thought out, wonderfully well written, and extremely well executed. . . . Extraction Ecologies is a much-needed panoramic tour of the long nineteenth century’s large-scale industrial extraction that digs into the historical roots of our current ecological calamities. It should be a major reference for students and scholars in Victorian studies, energy humanities, and ecocriticism in years to come.” —Sebastian Egholm Lund, Victorian Review """Important and illuminating. . . . Extraction Ecologies contributes a compelling new framework for understanding how the environmental crises we grapple with today cannot adequately be understood without attending to their Victorian origins.” –Jayne Hildebrand, Nineteenth-Century Literature ""“Miller argues that the extractive industries of metal, mineral and coal mining altered literary genre and form and vice versa, showing ‘how culture, language, and discourse mediate environmental history’ . . . She works through literary and scientific texts to build an image of a shift in understanding of the British Empire, one which increasingly relied on and feared the limits of extractive industry.”—Indigo Gray, Green Letters ""“Miller shows how the idea of extraction came to structure certain genres of the nineteenth century, and how those forms have made it easier for us to accept the world’s continued inertia regarding the extractive and environmental crises of today.”—Kent Linthicum, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment ""“The Victorians may have set us firmly on the path toward fossil fuel dependence, but they also bequeathed us alternative futures, paths not taken or scarcely followed. Their realist and speculative fictions were discursive realms where they explored these tensions. Miller has provided the definitive account of this literary landscape in a rich work that illuminates both nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century fiction and our current ecological condition.” —Chris Otter, Victorian Studies "
£27.00
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Mine to Mill History of the Great Lakes Iron
Book SynopsisThe history of the iron ore trade on the Great Lakes, from 1900 to 1980, is perhaps best related in visual form. Historians and enthusiasts alike can now learn about this important part of our country''s industrial heritage in nearly 300 views of the mines, railroads, loading docks, and ships of the Great Lakes. Through the medium of the picture postcard, discover the underground and huge open-pit mines on the iron ranges in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, and ride the rails as the iron is moved from the mines to the giant loading docks at the Upper Lake ports. In calm seas and stormy weather, travel from these ports to the international locks at Sault Ste. Marie, in Michigan and Ontario. The accurate descriptions and comprehensive deltiological information will appeal to postcard collectors, rail and nautical enthusiasts, industrial archeologists, and lovers of Great Lakes history.
£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Mine to Mill History of the Great Lakes Iron
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Antique Mining Equipment and Collectibles
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University of British Columbia Press When Coal Was King
Book SynopsisThe first scholarly history of the Ladysmith miners, the Great Strike of 1912-1914, and the coalmining industry on Vancouver Island.Trade ReviewJohn R. Hinde has written an engaged, subtle, and provocative account of coal miners on Vancouver Island. His study focuses on the 1898-1913 and on the mines in the vicinity of Ladysmith, but it includes context that illuminates the history of the industry throughout the island. -- Alan McCullough * Western Historical Quarterly, Summer 2005 *John R. Hinde’s rather understated title seems to imply that his book is simply as study of Vancouver Island’s coal industry as viewed through one community: Ladysmith. But his book is much more, for Hinde has a number of points to make about such topics as class-consciousness, radicalism, and militancy. In fact, this book is meant to be corrective. Throughout the text, he challenges interpretations other historians have developed while studying the area’s coal mines. Canadian labour historians will find the book interesting reading. -- David A. Wolff, Black Hills State University * Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Spring 2005 *Hinde’s community study is well researched and well grounded in Canadian working-class historiography. -- Sean T. Cadigan * Canadian Literature 184, Spring 2005 *The author provides a thorough and sensitive post-mortem of Ladysmith’s most troubled days. Well-researched, lucid, and supplemented with almost two dozen photographs, When Coal was King will appeal to a variety of readers. -- Chris Morier, University of Victoria * Scientia Canadensis, Vol. 28, 2005 *This history of coal-mining in and around Ladysmith on Vancouver Island from the 1850s to the First World War is scholarly and well research, sympathetic to the coal miners and their families and aware of the context and the times of their rough lives. -- Patricia Marchak * University of Toronto Quarterly, vol. 75, no. 1, Winter 2006 *Table of ContentsIllustrationsIntroduction1 A Selfish Millionaire2 A Town of Merry Hearts3 Down in the Dark and Gloomy Dungeons4 Death’s Cold Hand5 From Pillar to Post6 The Great Strike7 No Ordinary RiotConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
£23.39
American Society of Civil Engineers Spar Platforms Technology and Analysis Methods
Book SynopsisSponsored by the Ocean and Offshore Engineering Committee of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE. Spar Platforms: Technology and Analysis Methodsexamines the design, analysis, and use of spar platforms for offshore oil production. Since the first spar platform, the Oryx Neptune, was installed in the Gulf of Mexico in 1996, spars have evolved into a proven, reliable technology for oil drilling and production in deep and remote areas. Three spar concepts are in use today: the classic spar, the truss spar, and the cell spar. Although the technology and analysis methods are considered mature, technical challenges remain, including understanding and suppressing vortex-induced motion and improving survivability in category 4 and 5 hurricanes. This volume surveys the history of spar development and presents detailed design modeling aspects of spar hull, mooring, and anchoring systems. Two methodologiesthe diffraction method and the Morrison formulathat can be used to
£85.50
American Society of Mechanical Engineers,U.S. Companion Guide to the ASME Boiler and Pressure
Book SynopsisThis fully updated and revised fifth edition of this classic reference work is current to the latest ASME BPV Code release. It is available in a convenient two-volume format that focuses on all twelve sections of the ASME Code, as well as relevant piping codes. Several chapters have new authors and are entirely new, while others have been extensively re-written for this edition.
£323.00
John Wiley & Sons Deep Enough
Book SynopsisFrank Crampton's autobiography of mining runs the gamut of experience, from bindle-stiff, to hard-rock miner, to mining engineer, as he works his way from Cripple Creek through almost every mining camp of importance in the West of the USA from 1900 to 1920.
£18.86
John Wiley & Sons Idahos Bunker Hill The Rise and Fall of a Great Mining Company 18851981
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Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Sme Mining Engineering Handbook
Book SynopsisDistils the body of knowledge that characterizes mining engineering as a disciplinary field and has subsequently helped to inspire and inform generations of mining professionals. Virtually all of the information is original content, representing the latest information from more than 250 internationally recognised mining industry experts.Trade ReviewThis comprehensive reference work distills the entire body of knowledge that characterizes mining engineering as a disciplinary field. While it may serve as a textbook for advanced students, its primary function is to provide professional practitioners with an authoritative reference and design source. The book also serves mining nonprofessionals who seek technical knowledge of the industry. The handbook devotes attention to all branches of mining- metal, coal, and nonmetal- and to all locates of mining- surface, underground, and hybrid. Although the main emphasis is US mining, numerous references are made to international practice.""- Publisher Comments;""Practical rather than theoretical, international in approach and examples, expansive in scope yet not encyclopedic- this reference continues the legacy of its predecessors as the handbook of choice among mining engineers. The original reference was published in 1918, by John Wiley & Sons, which, after a couple of editions, ceded publication to the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. First and second editions were published by SME in 1973 and 1992. This third edition occupies two volumes and covers market economics, exploration, deposit assessment, mining method selection, ground mechanics, surface extraction, underground development, and health and safety, among other topics; concluding chapters cover (for the first time) social and environmental issues, including how to mitigate and manage negative impact. UK-based editor Peter Darling has had a 30-year career first as a mining engineer and then as a technical writer specializing in mining issues.""- Book News Inc. Portland, OR
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MP-SMM Society for Mining Sampling and Monitoring for the Mine Life Cycle
Book SynopsisProvides an overview of sampling for environmental purposes and monitoring of environmentally relevant variables at mining sites. The book focuses on environmental sampling and monitoring of surface water, and also considers groundwater, process water streams, rock, soil, and other media including air and biological organisms.
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MP-SMM Society for Mining Challenges and Opportunities in Coal Preparation
Book SynopsisIt is important for coal preparation engineers and practitioners to be aware of advances in technology to improve plant efficiency and productivity in cost-effective ways. This book provides both a domestic and international perspective on these new technologies and includes papers from industry leaders in the US, Australia and South Africa.
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MP-SMM Society for Mining Rise of the Mining Royalty Companies
Book SynopsisThe modern public mining royalty and streaming industry began in 1986 and has since grown to approximately $66 billion in market capitalization. This entertaining book shows readers what the founders were thinking about the industry at the time of their corporate formation and the innovative methods that kept the market active.Table of Contents Overview of the Industry Franco-Nevada Corporation Royal Gold Wheaton Precious Metals Altius Minerals Corporation International Royalty Corporation Sandstorm Gold Osisko Gold Royalties Metalla Royalty & Streaming Gold Royalty Corporation Maverix Metals Triple Flag Precious Metals Junior and Mid-Tier Companies
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MP-NEV University of Nevada Calaveras Gold The Impact of Mining on a Mother
Book SynopsisThis work offers a detailed history of mining and its economic impact in Calaveras County in the central Sierra from the first discoveries in the 1840s. It examines the roles of race, gender, and class in this frontier society, and the generation and distribution of capital.
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MP-PEN PennWell Books Drilling Technology in Nontechnical Language
Book SynopsisIdeal for non-engineer industry professionals and freshmen-level petroleum engineering students. Devereux introduces the reader to both onshore and offshore drilling operations and technology by covering the entire drilling process from basic geology to managing drilling operations.
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Newcastle Libraries & Information Service Echoes of the North East Miners Some last traces
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Underground Ventilation
Book SynopsisUnderground Ventilation contains the proceedings of the 19th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium held at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (South Dakota Mines) in Rapid City, South Dakota, June 17-22, 2023. South Dakota Mines organized this symposium in collaboration with the Underground Ventilation Committee (UVC) of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME). The Mine Ventilation Symposium series has always been a premier forum for ventilation experts, practitioners, educators, students, regulators, and suppliers from around the world to exchange knowledge, ideas, and opinions. Underground Ventilation features sixty-seven selected technical papers in a wide range of ventilation topics including: auxiliary and primary systems, mine fans, case studies, computational fluid dynamics applications, diesel particulate control, electric machinery, mine cooling and refrigeration, mine dust monitoring and contTable of ContentsAuxiliary VentilationCase Studies of Mine VentilationComputational Fluid Dynamics Applications in Mine VentilationDiesel Particulate ControlElectric Machinery in Mine VentilationMine Cooling and RefrigerationMine Dust Monitoring and ControlMine FansMine Fires and Explosion PreventionMine GasesMine HeatMine Ventilation and AutomationOccupational Health and Safety in Mine VentilationRenewable/Alternative Energy in Mine VentilationVentilation Monitoring and MeasurementVentilation Network Analysis and OptimizationVentilation Planning and DesignIndex
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Cambridge University Press Energy Supply and Demand
Book SynopsisFocusing on trends in energy supply and demand, this text provides students with a comprehensive account of the subject and an understanding of how to use data analysis and modeling to make future projections and study climate impacts. Developments in technology and policy are discussed in depth, including the role of coal, the fracking revolutions for oil and gas, the electricity grid, wind and solar power, battery storage, and biofuels. Trends in demand are also detailed, with analysis of industrial demands such as LEDs, air conditioning, heat pumps, and information technology, and the transportation demands of railroads, ships, and cars (including electric vehicles). The environmental impacts of the energy industry are considered throughout, and a full chapter is dedicated to climate change. Real-life case studies and examples add context, and over 400 full-color figures illustrate key concepts. Accompanied by a package of online resources including solutions, video examples, sampleTrade Review'Filled with relevant facts, this book gives a unique insight into the many feedback mechanisms in the global energy balance. The connection to historical events and specific technological milestones, such as the invention of oral contraceptives, is eye-opening. Clear and no-nonsense data analysis teaches the reader a critical and quantitative approach to understanding energy supply and demand, and brings the topic to a personal level.' Zoya Popovic, University of Colorado, Boulder'Rutledge's book provides a thorough coverage of developments in technology, trends in demand, and the environmental impacts of the energy industry. Unlike traditional texts, topics are explained with real-life case studies and remarkable details of history. Amazingly illustrated with photos and pictures, this is the most comprehensive textbook that I know.' Birce Dikici, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida'The historical background that is given in Energy: Supply and Demand is interesting and provides insight into how our energy industry has developed. This adds important context to the excellent quantitative and analytic approach to energy found throughout the book. I highly recommend Energy: Supply and Demand.' Michael Elmore, State University of New York at Binghamton'Profusely illustrated with charts, photographs, and maps, David B. Rutledge's book is a delightful exposition of the technical, social, political, and environmental aspects of energy supply and demand. Interspersing historical data, biographical vignettes, and the elements of statistical analysis and engineering concepts, it takes the reader on a journey that details how we have utilized energy and exploited our natural resources over the last two centuries.' Joe Shepherd, California Institute of Technology'Energy: Supply and Demand is a fascinating journey across time, space, and energy resources. Chapter by chapter, Professor Rutledge grasps the students' and the general readers' attention with historical perspectives and then takes them through fundamental physics, engineering, and economics arguments. A modern guide to navigating a changing energy world where supply and demand will no longer be what they used to.' Pierluigi Mancarella, University of Manchester and University of MelbourneTable of Contents1. Preliminaries; 2. Horses, whales, and wood; 3. Models; 4. Coal; 5. Hydrocarbons; 6. Farming and fishing; 7. Electricity and the alternatives; 8. Stationary demand; 9. Transportation demand; 10. Climate change.
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Cambridge University Press Multiphase Flow in Permeable Media
Book SynopsisThis book provides a fundamental description of multiphase flow through porous rock, with an emphasis on the understanding of displacement processes at the pore, or micron, scale. The treatment is pedagogical, making it an excellent reference for hydrology and environmental engineering students, as well as for industry professionals.Trade Review'This brilliant and original textbook integrates the most up-to-date understanding of the physics of fluid transport through porous media with recent advances in digital rock physics. The result provides fresh insight into multiphase fluid flow and transport to benefit students and researchers alike.' Anthony Kovscek, Stanford University, California'This beautifully written and elegantly illustrated book uses the latest theoretical and experimental insights to provide the most comprehensive review of the fundamental physical and chemical processes that occur at the pore-scale during multi-phase flow in permeable media … a much needed contribution that will impact geoscientists and engineers from both academia and industry, for years to come.' Sebastian Geiger, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh'This book quickly has become one of my all-time favorite textbooks .… the mix of original papers, classic works, review papers, and textbooks, together with an expansive and up-to-date collection of current literature, is one of the strongest points of the book. The reference list alone is worth the cost of this volume … This is one of those rare books that hits the fine balance between superficial and too much detail … I highly recommend Multiphase Flow in Permeable Media (Blunt 2017) to anyone interested in the flow of immiscible fluids in the subsurface.' Benjamin J. Rostron, Groundwater'This first-edition book is available in electronic and hardcover formats and is well illustrated with figures. It is a well-organized volume.' Amit Padhi, The Leading EdgeTable of ContentsList of symbols; Preface; 1. Interfacial curvature and contact angle; 2. Porous media and fluid displacement; 3. Primary drainage; 4. Imbibition and trapping; 5. Wettability and displacement paths; 6. Navier–Stokes equations, Darcy's law and multiphase flow; 7. Relative permeability; 8. Three-phase flow; 9. Solutions to equations for multiphase flow; Appendix A. Exercises; References; Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Wave Propagation in Drilling Well Logging and
Book SynopsisWave propagation is central to all areas of petroleum engineering, e.g.Table of ContentsPreface xxi Acknowledgements xxiii 1 Overview and Fundamental Ideas 1 1.1 The Classical Wave Equation 2 1.2 Fundamental Representation 7 1.3 Separation of Variables and Eigenfunction Expansions 8 1.4 Standing Versus Propagating Waves 16 1.5 Laplace Transforms 20 1.6 Fourier Transforms 26 1.7 External Forces Versus Boundary Conditions 30 1.8 Point Force and Dipole Wave Excitation 42 1.9 First-Order Partial Differential Equations 46 1.10 References 49 2 Kinematic Wave Theory 50 2.1 Whitham's Theory in Nondissipative Media 51 2.2 Simple Attenuation Modeling 57 2.3 KWT in Homogeneous Dissipative Media 60 2.4 High-Order Kinematic Wave Th eory 64 2.5 Effect of Low-Order Nonuniformities 70 2.6 Three-Dimensional Kinematic Wave Theory 76 2.7 References 80 3 Examples from Classical Mechanics 82 3.1 Example 3-1. Lateral Vibration of Simple Beams 82 3.2 Example 3-2. Acoustic Waves in Waveguides 85 3.3 Example 3-3. Gravity-Capillary Waves in Deep Water 96 3.4 Example 3-4. Fluid-Solid Interaction – Waves on Elastic Membranes 100 3.5 Example 3-5. Problems in Hydrodynamic Stability 104 3.6 References 106 4 Drillstring Vibrations: Classic Ideas and Modern Approaches 109 4.1 Typical Downhole Vibration Environment 110 4.2 Axial Vibrations 123 4.3 Lateral Bending Vibrations 184 4.4 Torsional and Whirling Vibrations 216 4.5 Coupled Axial, Torsional and Lateral Vibrations 227 4.6 References 248 5 Mud Acoustics in Modern Drilling 257 5.1 Governing Lagrangian Equations 258 5.2 Governing Eulerian Equations 267 5.3 Transient Finite Diff erencing Modeling 272 5.4 Swab-Surge Modeling 275 5.5 MWD Mud Pulse Telemetry 278 5.6 Recent MWD Developments 294 5.7 References 303 6 Geophysical Ray Tracing 306 6.1 Classical Wave Modeling – Eikonal Methods and Ray Tracing 307 6.2 Fermat’s Principal of Least Time (via Calculus of Variations) 310 6.3 Fermat’s Principle Revisited Via Kinematic Wave Th eory 312 6.4 Modeling Wave Dissipation 313 6.5 Ray Tracing Over Large Space-Time Scales 317 6.6 Subtle High-Order Eff ects 320 6.7 Travel-Time Modeling 324 6.8 References 329 7 Wave and Current Interaction in the Ocean 331 7.1 Wave Kinematics and Energy Summary 331 7.2 Sources of Hydrodynamic Loading 334 7.3 Instabilities Due to Heterogeneity 334 7.4 References 337 8 Borehole Electromagnetics - Diffusive and Propagation Transients 338 8.1 Induction and Propagation Resistivity 339 8.2 Conductive Mud Eff ects in Wireline and MWD Logging 344 8.3 Longitudinal Magnetic Fields 346 8.4 Apparent Anisotropic Resistivities for Electromagnetic Logging Tools in Horizontal Wells 349 8.5 Borehole Eff ects – Invasion and Eccentricity 356 8.6 References 357 9 Reservoir Engineering – Steady, Diff usive and Propagation Models 358 9.1 Buckley-Leverett Multiphase Flow 358 9.2 References 366 10 Borehole Acoustics - New Approaches to Old Problems 367 10.1 Stoneley Waves in Permeable Wells - Background 368 10.2 Stoneley Wave Kinematics and Dynamics 372 10.3 Eff ects of Borehole Eccentricity 384 10.4 References 391 Cumulative References 394 Index 410 About the Author 419
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Supercharge Invasion and Mudcake Growth in
Book SynopsisMysterious supercharge effects, encountered in formation testing pressure transient analysis, and reservoir invasion, mudcake growth, dynamic filtration, stuck-pipe remediation, and so on, are often discussed in contrasting petrophysical versus drilling contexts. However, these effects are physically coupled and intricately related. The authors focus on a comprehensive formulation, provide solutions for different specialized limits, and develop applications that illustrate how the central ideas can be used in seemingly unrelated disciplines. This approach contributes to a firm understanding of logging and drilling principles. Fortran source code, furnished where applicable, is listed together with recently developed software applications and conveniently summarized throughout the book. In addition, common (incorrect) methods used in the industry are re-analyzed and replaced with more accurate models, which are then used to address challenging field objectives. Sophisticated mathematTable of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgements xvii 1 Pressure Transient Analysis and Sampling in Formation Testing 1 Pressure transient analysis challenges 1 Background development 3 1.1 Conventional Formation Testing Concepts 5 1.2 Prototypes, Tools and Systems 6 1.2.1 Enhanced Formation Dynamic Tester (EFDT®) 9 1.2.2 Basic Reservoir Characteristic Tester (BASIC-RCT™) 13 1.2.3 Enhancing and enabling technologies 15 Stuck tool alleviation 16 Field facilities 17 1.3 Recent Formation Testing Developments 17 1.4 References 20 2. Spherical Source Models for Forward and Inverse Formulations 21 2.1 Basic Approaches, Interpretation Issues and Modeling Hierarchies 23 Early steady flow model 23 Simple drawdown-buildup models 23 Analytical drawdown-buildup solution 25 Phase delay analysis 26 Modeling hierarchies 28 2.2 Basic Single-Phase Flow Forward and Inverse Algorithms 36 2.2.1 Module FT-00 36 2.2.2 Module FT-01 37 2.2.3 Module FT-03 38 2.2.4 Forward model application, Module FT-00 39 2.2.5 Inverse model application, Module FT-01 41 2.2.6 Effects of dip angle 43 2.2.7 Inverse “pulse interaction” approach using FT-00 46 2.2.8 FT-03 model overcomes source-sink limitations 49 2.2.9 Module FT-04, phase delay analysis, introductory for now 52 2.2.10 Drawdown-buildup, Module FT-PTA-DDBU 55 2.2.11 Real pumping, Module FT-06 59 2.3 Advanced Forward and Inverse Algorithms 61 2.3.1 Advanced drawdown and buildup methods Basic steady model 61 Validating our method 63 2.3.2 Calibration results and transient pressure curves 65 2.3.3 Mobility and pore pressure using first drawdown data 67 2.3.3.1 Run No. 1. Flowline volume 200 cc 68 2.3.3.2 Run No. 2. Flowline volume 500 cc 69 2.3.3.3 Run No. 3. Flowline volume 1,000 cc 71 2.3.3.4 Run No. 4. Flowline volume 2,000 cc 73 2.3.4 Mobility and pore pressure from last buildup data 74 2.3.4.1 Run No. 5. Flowline volume 200 cc 74 2.3.4.2 Run No. 6. Flowline volume 500 cc 76 2.3.4.3 Run No. 7. Flowline volume 1,000 cc 77 2.3.4.4 Run No. 8. Flowline volume 2,000 cc 78 2.3.4.5 Run No. 9. Time-varying flowline volume inputs from FT-07 79 2.3.5 Phase delay and amplitude attenuation, anisotropic media with dip – detailed theory, model and numerical results 81 2.3.5.1 Basic mathematical results 82 Isotropic model 82 Anisotropic extensions 82 Vertical well limit 83 Horizontal well limit 83 Formulas for vertical and horizontal wells 83 Deviated well equations 84 Deviated well interpretation for both kh and kv 85 Two-observation-probe models 86 2.3.5.2 Numerical examples and typical results 88 Example 1. Parameter estimates 89 Example 2. Surface plots 90 Example 3. Sinusoidal excitation 91 Example 4. Rectangular wave excitation 94 Example 5. Permeability prediction at general dip angles 96 Example 6. Solution for a random input 98 2.3.5.3 Layered model formulation 99 2.3.5.4 Phase delay software interface 100 2.3.5.5 Detailed phase delay results in layered anisotropic media 103 2.3.6 Supercharging and formation invasion introduction, with review of analytical forward and inverse models 110 2.3.6.1 Development perspectives 111 2.3.6.2 Review of forward and inverse models 113 FT-00 model 113 FT-01 model 117 FT-02 model 118 FT-06 and FT-07 models 119 FT–PTA–DDBU model 122 Classic inversion model 123 Supercharge forward and inverse models 123 Multiple drawdown and buildup inverse models 129 Multiphase invasion, clean-up and contamination 133 System integration and closing remarks 138 2.3.6.3 Supercharging summaries – advanced forward and inverse models explored 139 Supercharge math model development 139 Conventional zero supercharge model 141 Supercharge extension 142 2.3.6.4 Drawdown only applications 144 Example DD-1. High overbalance 144 Example DD-2. High overbalance 150 Example DD-3. High overbalance 154 Example DD-4. Qualitative pressure trends 158 Example DD-5. Qualitative pressure trends 161 Example DD-6. “Drawdown-only” data with multiple inverse scenarios for 1 md/cp application 163 Example DD-7. “Drawdown-only” data with multiple inverse scenarios for 0.1 md/cp application 168 2.3.6.5 Drawdown – buildup applications 173 Example DDBU-1. Drawdown-buildup, high overbalance 173 Example DDBU-2. Drawdown-buildup, high overbalance 177 Example DDBU-3. Drawdown-buildup, high overbalance 180 Example DDBU-4. Drawdown-buildup, 1 md/cp calculations 184 Example DDBU-5. Drawdown-buildup, 0.1md/cp calculations 188 2.3.7 Advanced multiple drawdown – buildup (or, “MDDBU”) forward and inverse models 193 2.3.7.1 Software description 193 2.3.7.2 Validation of PTA-App-11 inverse model 200 2.3.8 Multiphase flow with inertial effects –Applications to borehole invasion, supercharging, clean-up and contamination analysis 217 2.3.8.1 Mudcake dynamics 217 2.3.8.2 Multiphase modeling in boreholes 220 2.3.8.3 Pressure and concentration displays 222 Example 1. Single probe, infinite anisotropic media 223 Example 2. Single probe, three layer medium 228 Example 3. Dual probe pumping, three layer medium 230 Example 4. Straddle packer pumping 231 Example 5. Formation fluid viscosity imaging 233 Example 6. Contamination modeling 234 Example 7. Multi-rate pumping simulation 234 2.4 References 236 3 Practical Applications Examples 237 3.1 Non-constant Flow Rate Effects 238 3.1.1 Constant flow rate, idealized pumping, inverse method 239 3.1.2 Slow ramp up/down flow rate 245 3.1.3 Impulsive start/stop flow rate 250 Closing remarks 255 3.2 Supercharging – Effects of Nonuniform Initial Pressure 256 Conventional zero supercharge model 256 Supercharge “Fast Forward” solver 258 3.3 Dual Probe Anisotropy Inverse Analysis 264 3.4 Multiprobe “DOI,” Inverse and Barrier Analysis 273 3.5 Rapid Batch Analysis for History Matching 281 3.6 Supercharge, Contamination Depth and Mudcake Growth in “Large Boreholes” – Lineal Flow 289 Mudcake growth and filtrate invasion 289 Time-dependent pressure distributions 292 3.7 Supercharge, Contamination Depth and Mudcake Growth in Slimholes or “Clogged Wells” – Radial Flow 292 3.8 References 294 4 Supercharge, Pressure Change, Fluid Invasion and Mudcake Growth 295 Conventional zero supercharge model 295 Supercharge model 296 Relevance to formation tester job planning 298 Refined models for supercharge invasion 299 4.1 Governing equations and moving interface modeling 300 Single-phase flow pressure equations 300 Problem formulation 303 Eulerian versus Lagrangian description 303 Constant density versus compressible flow 304 Steady versus unsteady flow 305 Incorrect use of Darcy’s law 305 Moving fronts and interfaces 306 Use of effective properties 308 4.2 Static and dynamic filtration 310 4.2.1 Simple flows without mudcake 310 Homogeneous liquid in a uniform linear core 311 Homogeneous liquid in a uniform radial flow 313 Homogeneous liquid in uniform spherical domain 314 Gas flow in a uniform linear core 315 Flow from a plane fracture 317 4.2.2 Flows with moving boundaries 318 Lineal mudcake buildup on filter paper 318 Plug flow of two liquids in linear core without cake 321 4.3 Coupled Dynamical Problems: Mudcake and Formation Interaction 323 Simultaneous mudcake buildup and filtrate invasion in a linear core (liquid flows) 323 Simultaneous mudcake buildup and filtrate invasion in a radial geometry (liquid flows) 327 Hole plugging and stuck pipe 330 Fluid compressibility 331 Formation invasion at equilibrium mudcake thickness 335 4.4 Inverse Models in Time Lapse Logging 336 Experimental model validation 336 Static filtration test procedure 337 Dynamic filtration testing 337 Measurement of mudcake properties 338 Formation evaluation from invasion data 338 Field applications 339 Characterizing mudcake properties 340 Simple extrapolation of mudcake properties 341 Radial mudcake growth on cylindrical filter paper 342 4.5 Porosity, Permeability, Oil Viscosity and Pore Pressure Determination 345 Simple porosity determination 345 Radial invasion without mudcake 346 Problem 1 348 Problem 2 350 Time lapse analysis using general muds 351 Problem 1 352 Problem 2 353 4.6 Examples of Time Lapse Analysis 354 Formation permeability and hydrocarbon viscosity 355 Pore pressure, rock permeability and fluid viscosity 357 4.7 References 360 5 Numerical Supercharge, Pressure, Displacement and Multiphase Flow Models 363 5.1 Finite Difference Solutions 364 Basic formulas 364 Model constant density flow analysis 366 Transient compressible flow modeling 369 Numerical stability 371 Convergence 371 Multiple physical time and space scales 372 Example 5-1. Lineal liquid displacement without mudcake 373 Example 5-2. Cylindrical radial liquid displacement without cake 380 Example 5-3. Spherical radial liquid displacement without cake 383 Example 5-4. Lineal liquid displacement without mudcake, including compressible flow transients 385 Example 5-5. Von Neumann stability of implicit time schemes 388 Example 5-6. Gas displacement by liquid in lineal core without mudcake, including compressible flow transients 390 Incompressible problem 391 Transient, compressible problem 392 Example 5-7. Simultaneous mudcake buildup and displacement front motion for incompressible liquid flows 396 Matching conditions at displacement front 399 Matching conditions at the cake-to-rock interface 399 Coding modifications 400 Modeling formation heterogeneities 403 Mudcake compaction and compressibility 404 Modeling borehole activity 405 5.2 Forward and Inverse Multiphase Flow Modeling 405 Problem hierarchies 406 5.2.1 Immiscible Buckley-Leverett lineal flows without capillary pressure 407 Example boundary value problems 409 General initial value problem 410 General boundary value problem for infinite core 411 Variable q(t) 411 Mudcake-dominated invasion 412 Shock velocity 412 Pressure solution 414 5.2.2 Molecular diffusion in fluid flows 415 Exact lineal flow solutions 416 Numerical analysis 417 Diffusion in cake-dominated flows 419 Resistivity migration 419 Lineal diffusion and “un-diffusion” examples 420 Radial diffusion and “un-diffusion” examples 423 5.2.3 Immiscible radial flows with capillary pressure and prescribed mudcake growth 425 Governing saturation equation 426 Numerical analysis 427 Fortran implementation 429 Typical calculations 429 Mudcake dominated flows 435 “Un-shocking” a saturation discontinuity 438 5.2.4 Immiscible flows with capillary pressure and dynamically coupled mudcake growth 441 Flows without mudcakes 441 Modeling mudcake coupling 450 Unchanging mudcake thickness 451 Transient mudcake growth 453 General immiscible flow model 457 5.3 Closing Remarks 458 5.4 References 464 Cumulative References 467 Index 481 About the Authors 498
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Handbook of Petroleum Geoscience
Book SynopsisHANDBOOK OF PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE This reference brings together the latest industrial updates and research advances in regional tectonics and geomechanics. Each chapter is based upon an in-depth case study from a particular region, highlighting core concepts and themes as well as regional variations. Key topics discussed in the book are: Drilling solutions from the Kutch offshore basin Geophysical studies from a gas field in Bangladesh Exploring Himalayan terrain in India Tectonics and exploration of the Persian Gulf basin Unconventional gas reservoirs in the Bohemian Massif This book is an invaluable industry resource for professionals and academics working in and studying the fields of petroleum geoscience and tectonics.Table of ContentsList of Contributors xvii Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction to "Handbook of Petroleum Geoscience: Exploration, Characterization, and Exploitation of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs" 1Soumyajit Mukherjee, Swagato Dasgupta, Chandan Majumdar, Subhadip Mandal, and Troyee Dasgupta 1 Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for Petroleum Reservoir Characterization 6Soumi Chaki, Aurobinda Routray, and William K. Mohanty 2 Petrophysical Predictions Using Regression and Advanced Machine Learning Algorithm 21Shubham Singh and Abhijeet Bhardwaj 3 A Modified Guided Filter to Denoise Seismic Attributes 50Soumi Chaki, S.L. Happy, Aurobinda Routray, and William K. Mohanty 4 Geomechanics: A Basic Requirement for Wells at Every Operational Stage 66Chandreyi Chatterjee, Chandan Majumdar, Lenin Mora Guerrero, and Juan Carlos Rabanal Chavez 5 In Situ Stresses from Log Measurements 89Kuppili Meenakshi Sundaram 6 3D Inversion of Ultra-Deep Azimuthal Electromagnetic Logging-While-Drilling Data 101Nigel Clegg and Karol Riofrio Rodriguez 7 Solving the Puzzle: Seven Effective Habits of Geosteering Team Members 115Bronwyn Djefel 8 Driving Technology for Geosteering Decisions: Halliburton Geosteering 123Bronwyn Djefel and Nigel Clegg 9 Rock Strength Estimation from Petrophysical Logs Through Core Data Calibration in Low Porosity and Low Permeability Carbonate Rocks 137Sankhajit Saha and Vikram Vishal 10 Review on Organic Porosity in Shale Reservoirs 151Deependra Pratap Singh, Bodhisatwa Hazra, Vivek Singh, and Pradeep K. Singh 11 Experimental Understanding of Pore Structure and Wettability of the Unconventional Reservoir 172Md Golam Kibria and Qinhong Hu 12 Analysis of Pore Characteristics of Select Indian Shale Samples and Assessment of Pore Connectivity by Conformance Correction of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry Results 198Tuli Bakshi, Venkata Yasaswy Turlapati, Vikram Vishal, B.K Prusty, and Khanindra Pathak 13 Geochemical Modeling of Diagenetic Reactions in the Eocene Sediment-Gravity-Flow Deposit Reservoirs Influenced by Salt Tectonics: The Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil 212Marcos Antonio Klunk, Sudipta Dasgupta, Mohuli Das, Renzo D’souza, Soyane Juceli Siqueira Xavier, and Paulo Roberto Wander 14 Stratigraphic Boundary Detection Using UDWT and Edge-Detection on Well Log Data 219Somali Roy, Biplab Kumar Mukherjee, and Sudipta Dasgupta 15 Source Rock Geochemistry for Shale Characterization 233Devleena Mani, Nihar Ranjan Kar, and M.S. Kalpana 16 A GIS-Based Approach to Explore the Possibility of N--S Gondwana Rift in the South-Eastern Part of India 254Subhobroto Mazumder, Ravi Prakash, and D.S. Mitra 17 The Upper Assam Basin, Its Evolution, and Modification: A Review 280Devojit Bezbaruah, Tapos Kumar Goswami, and Ranjan Kumar Sarmah 18 Basement Tectonics in the Assam Shelf and Its Implications in Hydrocarbon Exploration -- A Remote-Sensing and GIS-Based Perspective 300Subhobroto Mazumder, Blecy Tep, D.S. Mitra, and K.K.S. Pangtey 19 Taphonomy, Petrophysics, and the Relationship of Dense Shell-Accumulation with Reservoir Quality 341Rodrigo Scalise Horodyski, Guilherme Furlan Chinelatto, Hugo Schmidt-Neto, Eduardo Guareschi, and Sudipta Dasgupta 20 Tectonic Evolution of Jaisalmer Basin (Rajasthan, India) 374Rajesh Pandey 21 Improving Insights Into Petrophysics using Geophysical Data for the Habiganj Structure, Surma Basin, Bangladesh 394Kamruzzaman, Delwar Hossain, Mizanur Rahman Sarker, Mahmuda Khatun, and Md. Upal Shahriar 22 Assessment of Efficacy of "b" Value as a Seismic Precursor for Select Major Seismic Events 413Deepali Gadkari and Soumyajit Mukherjee Acknowledgments 428 References 428 Web References 434
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