The immediate product extracted from oil and gas wells consists of mixtures of oil, gas, and water that is difficult to transport, requiring a certain amount of field processing. This reference analyzes principles and procedures related to the processing of reservoir fluids for the separation, handling, treatment, and production of quality petroleum oil and gas products. It details strategies in equipment selection and system design, field development and operation, and process simulation and control to increase plant productivity and safety and avoid losses during purification, treatment, storage, and export. Providing guidelines for developing efficient and economical treatment systems, the book features solved design examples that demonstrate the application of developed design equations as well as review problems and exercises of key engineering concepts in petroleum field development and operation.
Preface
Introduction
Part I : Background
Chapter 1 : Oil and Gas : From Formation to Production
Chapter 2 : Composition and Characteristics of Crude Petroleum : A Brief Review
Part II : Separation of Produced Fluids
Chapter 3 : Two-Phase Gas-Oil Separation
Chapter 4 : Three-Phase Oil-Water-Gas Separation
Part III : Treatment of Produced Fluids : Crude Oil and Water
Chapter 5 : Emulsion Treatment and Dehydration of Crude Oil
Chapter 6 : Desalting of Crude Oil
Chapter 7 : Crude Oil Stabilization and Sweetening
Chapter 8 : Storage Tanks and Other Field Facilities
Chapter 9 : Produced Water Treatment
Part IV : Field Processing and Treatment of Natural Gas
Chapter 10 : Overview of Gas Field Processing
Chapter 11 : Sour Gas Treating
Chapter 12 : Gas Dehydration
Chapter 13 : Recovery, Separation, and Fractionation of Natual Gas Liquids
Index
