Petroleum Production Engineering. A Computer-Assisted Approach

✍ Scribed by Boyun Guo, William C. Lyons, Ali Ghalambor

• Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 287
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Petroleum Production Engineering, A Computer-Assisted Approach provides handy guidelines to designing, analyzing and optimizing petroleum production systems. Broken into four parts, this book covers the full scope of petroleum production engineering, featuring stepwise calculations and computer-based spreadsheet programs. Part one contains discussions of petroleum production engineering fundamentals, empirical models for production decline analysis, and the performance of oil and natural gas wells. Part two presents principles of designing and selecting the main components of petroleum production systems including: well tubing, separation and dehydration systems, liquid pumps, gas compressors, and pipelines for oil and gas transportation. Part three introduces artificial lift methods, including sucker rod pumping systems, gas lift technology, electrical submersible pumps and other artificial lift systems. Part four is comprised of production enhancement techniques including, identifying well problems, designing acidizing jobs, guidelines to hydraulic fracturing and job evaluation techniques, and production optimization techniques.

Provides complete coverage of the latest techniques used for designing and analyzing petroleum production systems

Increases efficiency and addresses common problems by utilizing the computer-based solutions discussed within the book

* Presents principles of designing and selecting the main components of petroleum production systems

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Preface, Page ix
List of symbols, Pages xi-xiv
List of tables, Pages xv-xvi
List of figures, Pages xvii-xix
Petroleum production engineering fundamentals, Page 1
1 - Petroleum Production System, Pages 3-17
2 - Properties of Oil and Natural Gas, Pages 19-27
3 - Reservoir Deliverability, Pages 29-43
4 - Wellbore Performance, Pages 45-58
5 - Choke Performance, Pages 59-67
6 - Well Deliverability, Pages 69-86
7 - Forecast of Well Production, Pages 87-96
8 - Production Decline Analysis, Pages 97-105
Equipment Design and Selection, Page 107
9 - Well Tubing, Pages 109-115
10 - Separation Systems, Pages 117-132
11 - Transportation Systems, Pages 133-158
Artificial Lift Methods, Page 159
12 - Sucker Rod Pumping, Pages 161-180
13 - Gas Lift, Pages 181-206
14 - Other Artificial Lift Methods, Pages 207-223
Production Enhancement, Page 225
15 - Well Problem Identification, Pages 227-242
16 - Matrix Acidizing, Pages 243-249
17 - Hydraulic Fracturing, Pages 251-265
18 - Production Optimization, Pages 267-280
Appendix A - Unit Conversion Factors, Page 282
Appendix B - The Minimum Performance Properties of API Tubing, Pages 283-284
Index, Pages 285-288