Download or read book Hydrostatic and Hydro Testing in the Oil and Gas Field written by Khosrow M. Hadipour and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-12-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introductory reference guide to hydro-testing and hydrostatic pressure testing in the oil and gas field. The book examines the common techniques of pressure testing the oil and gas tubing and casing string to ensure its quality and mechanical integrity. The author introduces the reader to the tools, equipment, and application methods of hydro-testing and hydrostatic pressure testing. It also talks about the safety precautions one must take during the process. This work may appeal to readers who are interested in oil and gas field techniques.
Download or read book Hydro Testing Handbook Principles Practices Applications Formulas and Common Q A written by Chetan Singh and published by Chetan Singh. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Hydro Testing Handbook" is an essential guide for anyone involved in the hydrostatic testing of pressure systems. This comprehensive book covers all aspects of the hydrostatic testing process, including principles, practices, applications, formulas, and common Q&A. The Hydrostatic test book provides a detailed explanation of the hydro testing process, outlining the steps involved in planning, preparation, and execution, as well as the interpretation of results. It also covers the best practices to ensure that hydro testing is carried out safely and effectively. Readers will learn how to determine critical parameters such as test pressure, hold times, and test volumes using the formulas and calculations provided in the book. This information is essential to the accurate and successful execution of hydro testing. The handbook also includes a comprehensive list of common Q&A, addressing frequently asked questions and common challenges that may arise during the testing process. This section is particularly useful for those new to hydro testing or for those who need a quick reference guide to common issues. Overall, the "Hydro Testing Handbook" is an indispensable resource for anyone involved in hydrostatic testing of pressure systems, from novice to experienced professionals.
Download or read book Oil and Gas Production Handbook An Introduction to Oil and Gas Production written by Havard Devold and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gas Pipeline Hydraulics written by Shashi Menon and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with the steady state hydraulics of natural gas and other compressible fluids being transported through pipelines. Our main approach is to determine the flow rate possible and compressor station horsepower required within the limitations of pipe strength, based on the pipe materials and grade. It addresses the scenarios where one or more compressors may be required depending on the gas flow rate and if discharge cooling is needed to limit the gas temperatures. The book is the result of over 38 years of the authors' experience on pipelines in North and South America while working for major energy companies such as ARCO, El Paso Energy, etc.
Download or read book Oil and Gas Artificial Fluid Lifting Techniques written by Khosrow M. Hadipour and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introductory reference guide to artificial lifting technology in the oil and gas field. The book examines the common techniques of artificial lifting in the oil field. The author introduces the reader to the tools, equipment, and application methods of artificial lift. It also talks about the safety precautions one must take during the process. This work may appeal to readers who are interested in oil and gas field techniques.
Download or read book Production Chemicals for the Oil and Gas Industry written by Malcolm A. Kelland and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text discusses a wide variety of production chemicals used by the oil and gas industry for down-hole and topside applications both onshore and offshore. It reviews all past and present classes of production chemicals, providing numerous difficult-to-obtain references. Unlike other texts that focus on how products perform in the field, this book focuses on the specific structures of chemicals that are known to deliver the required or desired performance. Where known, it also details the environmental aspects of the chemicals discussed and their success in the field.
Download or read book Handbook of Polyethylene Pipe written by and published by Plastics Pipe Institute. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI), the Handbook describes how polyethylene piping systems continue to provide utilities with a cost-effective solution to rehabilitate the underground infrastructure. The book will assist in designing and installing PE piping systems that can protect utilities and other end users from corrosion, earthquake damage and water loss due to leaky and corroded pipes and joints.
Download or read book Liquid Pipeline Hydraulics written by E. Shashi Menon Ph.D. P.E and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers liquid pipeline hydraulics as it applies to transportation of liquids through pipelines in a single phase steady state environment. It will serve as a practical handbook for engineers, technicians and others involved in design and operation of pipelines transporting liquids. Currently, existing books on the subject are mathematically rigorous, theoretical and lack practical applications. Using this book, engineers can better understand and apply the principles of hydraulics to their daily work in the pipeline industry without resorting to complicated formulas and theorems. Numerous examples from the author’s real life experience are included to illustrate application of pipeline hydraulics.
Download or read book Practical Onshore Gas Field Engineering written by David Simpson and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Onshore Gas Field Engineering delivers the necessary framework to help engineers understand the needs of the reservoir, including sections on early transmission and during the life of the well. Written from a reservoir perspective, this reference includes methods and equipment from gas reservoirs, covering the gathering stage at the gas facility for transportation and processing. Loaded with real-world case studies and examples, the book offers a variety of different types of gas fields that demonstrate how surface systems can work through each scenario. Users will gain an increased understanding of today's gas system aspects, along with tactics on how to optimize bottom line revenue. As reservoir and production engineers face many challenges in getting gas from the reservoir to the final sales point, especially as a result of the shale boom, a new demand for more facility engineers now exists in the market. This book addresses new challenges in the market and brings new tactics to the forefront. - Presents the full lifecycle of the gas surface facility, from reservoir to gathering and transmission - Helps users gain experience through case studies that explain successes and failures on a variety of gas fields, including unconventional and shale - Teaches how the surface gas facility system and equipment work individually, and as an integrated system
Download or read book A Practical Guide to Piping and Valves for the Oil and Gas Industry written by Karan Sotoodeh and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical Guide to Piping and Valves for the Oil and Gas Industry covers how to select, test and maintain the right oil and gas valve. Each chapter focuses on a specific type of valve with a built-in structured table on valve selection. Covering both onshore and offshore projects, the book also gives an introduction to the most common types of corrosion in the oil and gas industry, including CO2, H2S, pitting, crevice, and more. A model to evaluate CO2 corrosion rate on carbon steel piping is introduced, along with discussions on bulk piping components, including fittings, gaskets, piping and flanges. Rounding out with chapters devoted to valve preservation to protect against harmful environments and factory acceptance testing, this book gives engineers and managers a much-needed tool to better understand today's valve technology. - Presents oil and gas examples and challenges relating to valves, including many illustrations from valves in different stages of projects - Helps readers understand valve materials, testing, actuation, packing and preservation, also including a new model to evaluate CO2 corrosion rates on carbon steel piping - Presents structured valve selection tables in each chapter to help readers pick the right valve for the right project
Download or read book Corrosion Inhibitors in the Oil and Gas Industry written by Viswanathan S. Saji and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides comprehensive coverage of corrosion inhibitors in the oil and gas industries Considering the high importance of corrosion inhibitor development for the oil and gas sectors, this book provides a thorough overview of the most recent advancements in this field. It systematically addresses corrosion inhibitors for various applications in the oil and gas value chain, as well as the fundamentals of corrosion inhibition and interference of inhibitors with co-additives. Corrosion Inhibitors in the Oil and Gas Industries is presented in three parts. The first part on Fundamentals and Approaches focuses on principles and processes in the oil and gas industry, the types of corrosion encountered and their control methods, environmental factors affecting inhibition, material selection strategies, and economic aspects of corrosion. The second part on Choice of Inhibitors examines corrosion inhibitors for acidizing processes, inhibitors for sweet and sour corrosion, inhibitors in refinery operations, high-temperature corrosion inhibitors, inhibitors for challenging corrosive environments, inhibitors for microbiologically influenced corrosion, polymeric inhibitors, vapor phase inhibitors, and smart controlled release inhibitor systems. The last part on Interaction with Co-additives looks at industrial co-additives and their interference with corrosion inhibitors such as antiscalants, hydrate inhibitors, and sulfide scavengers. -Presents a well-structured and systematic overview of the fundamentals and factors affecting corrosion -Acts as a handy reference tool for scientists and engineers working with corrosion inhibitors for the oil and gas industries -Collectively presents all the information available on the development and application of corrosion inhibitors for the oil and gas industries -Offers a unique and specific focus on the oil and gas industries Corrosion Inhibitors in the Oil and Gas Industries is an excellent resource for scientists in industry as well as in academia working in the field of corrosion protection for the oil and gas sectors, and will appeal to materials scientists, electrochemists, chemists, and chemical engineers.
Download or read book Pipeline Planning and Construction Field Manual written by E. Shashi Menon and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1978-06-26 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pipeline Planning and Construction Field Manual aims to guide engineers and technicians in the processes of planning, designing, and construction of a pipeline system, as well as to provide the necessary tools for cost estimations, specifications, and field maintenance. The text includes understandable pipeline schematics, tables, and DIY checklists. This source is a collaborative work of a team of experts with over 180 years of combined experience throughout the United States and other countries in pipeline planning and construction. Comprised of 21 chapters, the book walks readers through the steps of pipeline construction and management. The comprehensive guide that this source provides enables engineers and technicians to manage routine auditing of technical work output relative to technical input and established expectations and standards, and to assess and estimate the work, including design integrity and product requirements, from its research to completion. Design, piping, civil, mechanical, petroleum, chemical, project production and project reservoir engineers, including novices and students, will find this book invaluable for their engineering practices. - Back-of-the envelope calculations - Checklists for maintenance operations - Checklists for environmental compliance - Simulations, modeling tools and equipment design - Guide for pump and pumping station placement
Download or read book Geochemistry of oilfield waters written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geochemistry of oilfield waters
Download or read book Proceedings of the 6th International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainable Energy and Advanced Materials written by Ubaidillah Sabino and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers the proceedings of the 6th International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainable Energy and Advanced Materials (ICE-SEAM 2019), held on 16–17 October 2019 in Surakarta, Indonesia. It focuses on two relatively broad areas – advanced materials and sustainable energy – and a diverse range of subtopics: Advanced Materials and Related Technologies: Liquid Crystals, Semiconductors, Superconductors, Optics, Lasers, Sensors, Mesoporous Materials, Nanomaterials, Smart Ferrous Materials, Amorphous Materials, Crystalline Materials, Biomaterials, Metamaterials, Composites, Polymers, Design, Analysis, Development, Manufacturing, Processing and Testing for Advanced Materials. Sustainable Energy and Related Technologies: Energy Management, Storage, Conservation, Industrial Energy Efficiency, Energy-Efficient Buildings, Energy-Efficient Traffic Systems, Energy Distribution, Energy Modeling, Hybrid and Integrated Energy Systems, Fossil Energy, Nuclear Energy, Bioenergy, Biogas, Biomass Geothermal Power, Non-Fossil Energies, Wind Energy, Hydropower, Solar Photovoltaic, Fuel Cells, Electrification, and Electrical Power Systems and Controls.
Download or read book Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells written by Mahmoud Khalifeh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book offers a timely guide to challenges and current practices to permanently plug and abandon hydrocarbon wells. With a focus on offshore North Sea, it analyzes the process of plug and abandonment of hydrocarbon wells through the establishment of permanent well barriers. It provides the reader with extensive knowledge on the type of barriers, their functioning and verification. It then discusses plug and abandonment methodologies, analyzing different types of permanent plugging materials. Last, it describes some tests for verifying the integrity and functionality of installed permanent barriers. The book offers a comprehensive reference guide to well plugging and abandonment (P&A) and well integrity testing. The book also presents new technologies that have been proposed to be used in plugging and abandoning of wells, which might be game-changing technologies, but they are still in laboratory or testing level. Given its scope, it addresses students and researchers in both academia and industry. It also provides information for engineers who work in petroleum industry and should be familiarized with P&A of hydrocarbon wells to reduce the time of P&A by considering it during well planning and construction.
Download or read book Offshore Pipelines written by Boyun Guo and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-04-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offshore Pipelines covers the full scope of pipeline development from pipeline designing, installing, and testing to operating. It gathers the authors' experiences gained through years of designing, installing, testing, and operating submarine pipelines. The aim is to provide engineers and management personnel a guideline to achieve cost-effective management in their offshore and deepwater pipeline development and operations. The book is organized into three parts. Part I presents design practices used in developing submarine oil and gas pipelines and risers. Contents of this part include selection of pipe size, coating, and insulation. Part II provides guidelines for pipeline installations. It focuses on controlling bending stresses and pipe stability during laying pipelines. Part III deals with problems that occur during pipeline operations. Topics covered include pipeline testing and commissioning, flow assurance engineering, and pigging operations. This book is written primarily for new and experienced engineers and management personnel who work on oil and gas pipelines in offshore and deepwater. It can also be used as a reference for college students of undergraduate and graduate levels in Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering.* Pipeline design engineers will learn how to design low-cost pipelines allowing long-term operability and safety.* Pipeline operation engineers and management personnel will learn how to operate their pipeline systems in a cost effective manner.* Deepwater pipelining is a new technology developed in the past ten years and growing quickly.
Download or read book Understanding Oil and Gas Shows and Seals in the Search for Hydrocarbons written by John Dolson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains in detail how to use oil and gas show information to find hydrocarbons. It covers the basics of exploration methodologies, drilling and mud systems, cuttings and mud gas show evaluation, fundamental log analysis, the pitfalls of log-calculated water saturations, and a complete overview of the use of pressures to understand traps and migration, hydrodynamics, and seal and reservoir quantification using capillary pressure. Also included are techniques for quickly generating pseudo-capillary pressure curves from simple porosity/permeability data, with examples of how to build spreadsheets in Excel, and a complete treatment of fluid inclusion analysis and fluid inclusion stratigraphy to map migration pathways. In addition, petroleum systems modeling and fundamental source rock geochemistry are discussed in depth, particularly in the context of unconventional source rock evaluation and screening tools for entering new plays. The book is heavily illustrated with numerous examples and case histories from the author’s 37 years of exploration experience. The topics covered in this book will give any young geoscientist a quick start on a successful career and serve as a refresher for the more experienced explorer.
