Description
Book SynopsisMany oil production processes present a significant challenge to the oil and gas field processing facilities and equipment design. The optimization of the sequential operations of handling the oilgas mixture can be a major factor in increasing oil and gas production rates and reducing operating costs.
Petroleum and Gas Field Processing provides an all-inclusive guide to surface petroleum operations and solves these and other problems encountered in the field processing of oil and gas. Fully revised and updated to reflect major changes over the past decade or so, this second edition builds on the success attained in the first edition. It delivers an expanded and updated treatment that covers the principles and procedures related to the processing of reservoir fluids for the separation, handling, treatment, and production of quality petroleum oil and gas products.
With five new chapters, this second edition covers additional subjects, in particular natural ga
Table of Contents
BACKGROUND. Oil and Gas from Formation to Production. Principal Field Processing Operations: A Preview. Composition, Types of Crude Oil, and Oil Products. Composition and Characteristics of Natural Gas. Role of Economics in Oil and Gas Field Operations. SEPARATION OF PRODUCED FLUIDS. Two-Phase Gas–Oil Separation. Three-Phase Oil–Water–Gas Separators. CRUDE OIL TREATMENT. Emulsion Treatment and Dehydration of Crude Oil. Desalting of Crude Oil. Stabilization and Sweetening of Crude Oil. Other Treatment Options. GAS HANDLING AND TREATMENT. Sour Gas Treatment. Gas Dehydration. Separation and Production of Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs). SURFACE PRODUCTION FACILITIES. Produced Water Management and Disposal. Oil Field Chemicals (OFC). Piping and Pumps. Appendix A: Conversion Tables. Appendix B: Values for Gas Constant.
