Rules of Thumb for Petroleum Engineers

Rules of Thumb for Petroleum Engineers
Author: James G. Speight
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 718
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119403634

The most comprehensive and thorough reference work available for petroleum engineers of all levels. Finally, there is a one-stop reference book for the petroleum engineer which offers practical, easy-to-understand responses to complicated technical questions. This is a must-have for any engineer or non-engineer working in the petroleum industry, anyone studying petroleum engineering, or any reference library. Written by one of the most well-known and prolific petroleum engineering writers who has ever lived, this modern classic is sure to become a staple of any engineer's library and a handy reference in the field. Whether open on your desk, on the hood of your truck at the well, or on an offshore platform, this is the only book available that covers the petroleum engineer's rules of thumb that have been compiled over decades. Some of these "rules," until now, have been "unspoken but everyone knows," while others are meant to help guide the engineer through some of the more recent breakthroughs in the industry's technology, such as hydraulic fracturing and enhanced oil recovery. The book covers every aspect of crude oil, natural gas, refining, recovery, and any other area of petroleum engineering that is useful for the engineer to know or to be able to refer to, offering practical solutions to everyday engineering problems and a comprehensive reference work that will stand the test of time and provide aid to its readers. If there is only one reference work you buy in petroleum engineering, this is it.

Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers

Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers
Author: Stephen M Hall
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2011-03-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080456448

This new edition of the most complete handbook for chemical and process engineers incorporates the latest information for engineers and practitioners who depend on it as a working tool. New material explores the recent trends and updates of gas treating and fractionator computer solutions analysis. Substantial additions to this edition include a new section on gasification that reflects the many new trends and techniques in the field and a treatment on compressible fluid flow.This convenient volume provides engineers with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts, and calculations to quickly and accurately solve day-to-day design, operations, and equipment problems. Here, in a compact, easy-to-use format, are practical tips, handy formulas, correlations, curves, charts, tables, and shortcut methods that will save engineers valuable time and effort. - The standard handbook for chemical and process engineers - All new material on pinch point analysis on networks of heat exchangers and updates on gas treating in process design and heat transfer - Hundreds of common sense techniques and calculations

Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers

Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers
Author: Carl Branan
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2002
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780750675673

Fractionators, separators and accumulators, cooling towers, gas treating, blending, troubleshooting field cases, gas solubility, and density of irregular solids * Hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts, and calculations.

Imperial College Lectures In Petroleum Engineering, The - Volume 5: Fluid Flow In Porous Media

Imperial College Lectures In Petroleum Engineering, The - Volume 5: Fluid Flow In Porous Media
Author: Robert W Zimmerman
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2018-03-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1786345013

This book presents, in a self-contained form, the equations of fluid flow in porous media, with a focus on topics and issues that are relevant to petroleum reservoir engineering. No prior knowledge of the field is assumed on the part of the reader, and particular care is given to careful mathematical and conceptual development of the governing equations, and solutions for important reservoir flow problems. Fluid Flow in Porous Media starts with a discussion of permeability and Darcy's law, then moves on to a careful derivation of the pressure diffusion equation. Solutions are developed and discussed for flow to a vertical well in an infinite reservoir, in reservoirs containing faults, in bounded reservoirs, and to hydraulically fractured wells. Special topics such as the dual-porosity model for fractured reservoirs, and fluid flow in gas reservoirs, are also covered. The book includes twenty problems, along with detailed solutions.As part of the Imperial College Lectures in Petroleum Engineering, and based on a lecture series on the same topic, this book provides the introductory information needed for students of the petroleum engineering and hydrology.

Rules of Thumb for Mechanical Engineers

Rules of Thumb for Mechanical Engineers
Author: J. Edward Pope
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 417
Release: 1997
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0884157903

Fluids -- Heat transfer -- Thermodynamics -- Mechanical seals -- Pumps and compressors -- Drivers -- Gears -- Bearings -- Piping and pressure vessels -- Tribology -- Vibration -- Materials -- Stress and strain -- Fatigue -- Instrumentation -- Engineering economics.

HVAC

HVAC
Author: Arthur A. Bell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 792
Release: 2000
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

The ultimate reference book on the most frequently used HVAC data, chock-full of equations, data, and rules of thumb--a necessary addition to any library for mechanical, architectural, and electrical engineers, HVAC contractors and technicians, and others. Features over 216 equations for everything from air change rates to swimming pools to steel pipes. Includes both ASME and ASHRAE code information, and follows the CSI MasterFormat "TM."

Geophysics for Petroleum Engineers

Geophysics for Petroleum Engineers
Author: Fred Aminzadeh
Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2013-12-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128076828

Accurate reservoir characterization is a key step in developing, monitoring, and managing a reservoir and optimizing production. To achieve accuracy and to ensure that all the information available at any given time is incorporated in the reservoirmodel, reservoir characterizationmust be dynamic. To achieve this goal, however, one starts with a simple model of the reservoir at a given time point (a static model). As new petrophysical, seismic, and production data become available, the reservoir model is updated to account for the changes in the reservoir. The updated model would be a better representative of the current status of the reservoir. Both static reservoir properties, such as porosity, permeability, and facies type; and dynamic reservoir properties, such as pressure, fluid saturation, and temperature, needs to be updated as more field data become available. Characterizing a reservoir by updating of both static and dynamic reservoir properties during the life of the field is referred to as dynamic reservoir characterization. Dynamic reservoir characterization is discussed in , dealing with time lapse or 4D geophysical data and reservoir monitoring. This chapter, however, focuses on static reservoir characterization.

Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook

Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook
Author: E.W. McAllister
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 762
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080949436

This classic reference has built a reputation as the "go to" book to solve even the most vexing pipeline problems. Now in its seventh edition, Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook continues to set the standard by which all others are judged. The 7th edition features over 30% new and updated sections, reflecting the exponential changes in the codes, construction and equipment since the sixth edition. The seventh edition includes: recommended drill sizes for self-tapping screws, new ASTM standard reinforcing bars, calculations for calculating grounding resistance, national Electrical Code tables, Corilis meters, pump seals, progressive cavity pumps and accumulators for lubricating systems. * Shortcuts for pipeline construction, design, and engineering * Calculations methods and handy formulas * Turnkey solutions to the most vexing pipeline problems