Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry Primer

Acquire and master the expertise to identify opportunities and solve problems quickly. The perfect companion for anyone who is entering the industry or needs to acquire new skills quickly, Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry Primer demystifies critical equipment, exploration techniques, processes and terminology used throughout the exploration and production value stream. The book’s eight chapters follows a chronological sequence of activities performed in the upstream oil and gas value stream, beginning with exploration and surveying of prospective oil and gas fields, to drilling, commissioning of platforms, to production, to preliminary processing to transportation to the refinery.

Packed with useful illustrations, charts, tables and diagrams, Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry Primer’s introduces readers to the most common mechanical equipment in order of their importance in the petroleum exploration and production value stream. Each piece of equipment is follow by a data sheet which is design to facilitate ease of use and memory retention. In addition, the author includes a chapter on Non Conventional Sources of Oil & Gas. With this book in hand, new employees will find a valuable guide to: exploration techniques, crude oil classification of crude oil, oil & gas production process, equipments and components inside and outside the well, oil and gas facilities types and operation, as well as terms and nomenclatures used in Oil & Gas Industry.