Many 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 oil–gas mixture can be a major factor in increasing oil and gas production rates and reducing operating costs.
Petroleum and Gas Field Processing providesan 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 gas, economics and profitability, oil field chemicals, and piping and pumps. The book also contains worked-out examples and case studies from a variety of oil field operations.
Preface
Authors
Introduction
Section I : Background
Chapter 1 : Oil and Gas from Formation to Production Chapter 2 : Principal Field Processing Operations: A Preview Chapter 3 : Composition, Types of Crude Oil, and Oil Products Chapter 4 : Composition and Characteristics of Natural Gas Chapter 5 : Role of Economics in Oil and Gas Field Operations
Section II : Separation of Produced Fluids
Chapter 6 : Two-Phase Gas–Oil Separation Chapter 7 : Three-Phase Oil–Water–Gas Separators
Section III : Crude Oil Treatment
Chapter 8 : Emulsion Treatment and Dehydration of Crude Oil Chapter 9 : Desalting of Crude Oil Chapter 10 : Stabilization and Sweetening of Crude Oil Chapter 11 : Other Treatment Options
Section IV : Gas Handling and Treatment
Chapter 12 : Sour Gas Treatment Chapter 13 : Gas Dehydration Chapter 14 : Separation and Production of Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs)
Section V : Surface Production Facilities
Chapter 15 : Produced Water Management and Disposal Chapter 16 : Field Storage Tanks, Vapor Recovery System (VRS), and Tank Blanketing Chapter 17 : Oil Field Chemicals (OFC) Chapter 18 : Piping and Pumps
Appendix A : Conversion Tables
Appendix B : Values for Gas Constant
References
Index
