Oil & Gas Production in Nontechnical Language, 2nd Edition

This nontechnical treatment of oil and gas production is an excellent introduction for anyone from petroleum engineers and geologists new to their careers to financial, marketing, legal, and other professionals and their staffs interested in the industry. E&P service company personnel will find it particularly beneficial in understanding the roles played by their clients. Not only does it cover production fundamentals, but it backs up to give the necessary upstream background—geology, origins of oil and gas, and ownership and land rights—as well as surface operations and even production company strategy development.

• A comprehensive view of the entire E&P function
• Geology and the origins of petroleum
• Reservoir characteristics and behavior
• Expanded coverage of drilling and hydraulic fracturing
• Conventional and not-so-conventional (oil sands plus shale oil and gas) producing operations
• Production problems and solutions
• The different types of companies and jobs in the oil patch and how they interact

Foreword
Preface
List of Illustrations

Chapter 1 : How Did We Get Here? The History of Production
Chapter 2 : The Container : The Reservoir
Chapter 3 : What's in The Container? The Prize
Chapter 4 : Yours, Mine, or Theirs? Ownership
Chapter 5 : Getting There : Drilling
Chapter 6 : What Have We Found? Logging and Testing
Chapter 7 : Getting It Ready - Completions
Chapter 8 : Behavior : Hydrocarbon Activity in The Reservoir
Chapter 9 : Here It Comes : Production
Chapter 10 : Making It Marketable : Field Processing
Chapter 11 : Fixing Things : Remedial Operations and Workovers
Chapter 12 : Who's Involved : The Players
Chapter 13 : What Should We Do : Strategy

Index