Petroleum can exist as either a liquid or a gas, either in the reservoir or on the trip to the surface. These properties are the basis for the chemistry of petroleum. This long-awaited new edition to William D. McCain’s acclaimed text expands on the various compounds of this essential hydrocarbon. It includes new chapters on petroleum gas condensates and volatile oils, while the discussion on oilfield waters is extended. A vital resource for petroleum engineering students, The Properties of Petroleum Fluids, third edition, is equally useful as a reference for practicing engineers.
New Features:
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Two new chapters on gas condensates
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A new chapter on volatile oils
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A simplified explanation of phase behavior and an extended discussion of oilfield waters
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An expanded review of the components of petroleum and the methods of determining its composition
Preface
Chapter 1 : A Brief Review of Organic Chemistry
Chapter 2 : Petroleum
Chapter 3 : Phase Behavior
Chapter 4 : The Five Reservoir Fluids
Chapter 5 : Properties of Gases : Ideal Gas and Real Gas Equations of State
Chapter 6 : Properties of Dry Gases
Chapter 7 : Properties of Wet Gases
Chapter 8 : Properties of Gas Condensates : Reservoir Fluid Studies
Chapter 9 : Properties of Gas Condensates : Application of Reservoir Fluid Studies
Chapter 10 : Properties of Black Oils : Definitions
Chapter 11 : Properties of Black Oils : Reservoir Fluid Studies
Chapter 12 : Properties of Black Oils : Application of Reservoir Fluid Studies
Chapter 13 : Properties of Black Oils : Field Data for Use in Correlations
Chapter 14 : Properties of Black Oils : Correlations
Chapter 15 : Volatile Oils
Chapter 16 : Properties of Oilfield Waters
Chapter 17 : Clathrate Hydrates of Petroleum
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index
