By
Boyun Guo, PhD, Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
William C. Lyons, Ph.D., P.E., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA
Ali Ghalambor
Description
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.
Audience:
Pipeline Engineering, Petroleum engineering
