
| Petroleum Engineering ebooks Ludwig's Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Volume 1, Fourth Edition By A. Kayode Coker Ph.D. * Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing * Number Of Pages: 1024 * Publication Date: 2007-01-25 * ISBN / ASIN: 075067766X Book Description: This complete revision of Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Volume 1 builds upon Ernest E. Ludwigs classic text to further enhance its use as a chemical engineering process design manual of methods and proven fundamentals. This new edition includes important supplemental mechanical and related data, nomographs and charts. Also included within are improved techniques and fundamental methodologies, to guide the engineer in designing process equipment and applying chemical processes to properly detailed equipment. All three volumes of Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants serve the practicing engineer by providing organized design procedures, details on the equipment suitable for application selection, and charts in readily usable form. Process engineers, designers, and operators will find more chemical petrochemical plant design data in: Volume 2, Third Edition, which covers distillation and packed towers as well as material on azeotropes and ideal/non-ideal systems. Volume 3, Third Edition, which covers heat transfer, refrigeration systems, compression surge drums, and mechanical drivers. A. Kayode Coker, is Chairman of Chemical & Process Engineering Technology department at Jubail Industrial College in Saudi Arabia. Hes both a chartered scientist and a chartered chemical engineer for more than 15 years. and an author of Fortran Programs for Chemical Process Design, Analysis and Simulation, Gulf Publishing Co., and Modeling of Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, Butterworth- Heinemann. *Provides improved design manuals for methods and proven fundamentals of process design with related data and charts *Covers a complete range of basic day-to-day petrochemical operation topics with new material on significant industry changes since 1995. *Website includes computer applications along with Excel spreadsheets and concise applied process design flow charts ~~~ The Properties of Petroleum Fluids By William D., Jr. McCain * Publisher: Pennwell Books * Number Of Pages: 596 * Publication Date: 1990-04 * ISBN / ASIN: 0878143351 ~~~ Petroleum Geology of the South Caspian Basin Summary In this information-packed volume, the authors present mathematical models and analyses for evaluating, assessing, and describing the petroleum geology of the oil-rich South Caspian Sea Basin, including eastern Azerbaijan and western Turkmenistan. Their mathematical models include descriptions of the development and structure of the surrounding geological systems and traps. Details the petrophysical properties and interrelationship with reservoir and source rocks Describes how new technology has made it possible to profitably produce off previously useless wells A valuable resource for exploration companies in the area of the South Caspian Basin ~~~ Environmental Control in Petroleum Engineering Summary The petroleum industry must minimize the environmental impact of its various operations. This extensively researched book assembles a tremendous amount of practical information to help reduce and control the environmental consequences of producing and processing petroleum and natural gas The best way to treat pollution is not to create it in the first place. This book shows you how to plan and manage production activities to minimize and even eliminate some environmental problems without severely disrupting operations. It focuses on ways to treat drilling and production wastes to reduce toxicity and/or volume before their ultimate disposal. You'll also find methods for safely transporting toxic materials from the upstream petroleum industry away from their release sites. For those sites already contaminated with petroleum wastes, this book reviews the remedial technologies available. Other topics include United States federal environmental regulations, sensitive habitats, major U.S. chemical waste exchanges, and offshore releases of oil Environmental Control in Petroleum Engineering is essential for industry personnel with little or no training in environmental issues as well as petroleum engineering students ~~~ Petroleum Refining: Technology and Economics Author: James H. Gary Glenn Handwerk ISBN: 0824704827 Publisher: CRC Publication Date: 2001-02-15 ~~~ Petroleum Refining Processes (Chemical Industries) ISBN: 0824705998 Publisher: CRC Publication Date: 2001-10-15 Number Of Pages: 728 This work highlights contemporary approaches to resource utilization and provides comprehensive coverage of technological advances in residuum conversion. It illustrates state-of-the-art engineering methods for the refinement of heavy oils, bitumen, and other high-sulphur feed stocks Petroleum Reservoir Simulations: A Basic Approach (+ CD Companion) Author: M. R. Islam S. M. Farouq Ali J. H. Abou Kassem Jamal H. Abou-kassem Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company ; Bk&CD-Rom edition (October 15, 2005) Publication Date: 2005-10-15 Number Of Pages: 445 ISBN: 0976511363 Petroleum Reservoir Simulations is one of the best tools that the reservoir engineer has at his disposal, allowing the engineers and geologist to create the most efficient and cost effective plan possible for drilling and production. If your simulation is faulty, too general or inaccurate in any way, this can affect the production, cost and time spent at the site, which affects the bottom line. Any of these problems can happen when a simulation is generated from a program that is outdated, an unproven method. ~~~ Probability in Petroleum And Environmmental Engineering Author: George V. Chilingar Leonid F., Ph.D. Khilyuk Herman H. Rieke Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company (April 30, 2005) Publication Date: 2005-04-30 Number Of Pages: 275 ISBN: 0976511304 Written by three of the world’s most renowned petroleum and environmental engineers, Probability in Petroleum and Environmental Engineering is the first book to offer the practicing engineer and engineering student new cutting-edge techniques for prediction and forecasting in petroleum engineering and environmental management. The authors combine a rigorous, yet easy-to-understand, approach to probability and how it is applied to petroleum and environmental engineering to solve multiple problems that engineers or geologists face every day ~~~ Petroleum Engineering ebooks ~~~ Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing Author: Publisher: Springer Publication Date: 2006-01-06 Number Of Pages: 866 ISBN: 0387258116 Want to know how to make ULSD? Formulate a lube base stock? Clean up an oil spill? Optimize an entire refinery? From oil production to product blending, Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing provides general overviews and in-depth reference material on these topics and scores of others. When you want information on the chemistry and technology of oil refining, look here first. Even if you don't find what you need in this book, most likely it will lead you to the answer you need; our 50 contributors from 8 different countries in North America, Europe and Asia have provided hundreds of useful references. They represent oil companies, universities, catalyst vendors, process licensors, consultants and engineering contractors. The breadth of this two-volume book is unique. It covers areas seldom found in other works on petroleum processing. These include refinery economics, model-predictive control, process modeling, online optimization, safety, and environmental protection ~~~ Handbook of Petroleum Processing Author: by David S J Jones (Editor), Peter P. Pujadó (Editor) Publisher: Springer ; 1 edition (February 1, 2006) Publication Date: 2006-02-01 Number Of Pages: 1353 ISBN: 1402028199 This reference work targets researchers who have chosen a career in this complex but essential industry as well as people who are new in the industry and are looking for easy references to the work in which they are involved. This book is an essential addition to the libraries of universities which contain a chemical engineering faculty as well as to the libraries of engineering construction companies, and oil refineries. This Handbook describes and discusses the features that make up the petroleum refining industry. It begins with a description of the crude oils and their nature. It continues with the saleable products from the refining processes, with a review of the modern day environmental impact. There is a complete overview of the processes that make up the refinery with a brief history of the processes. It also describes design technique, operation, and, in the case of catalytic units, the chemistry of the reaction routes. These discussions are supported by calculation procedures and examples, sufficient to enable good input to modern computer simulation packages ~~~ Handbook of Petroleum Analysis By: James G. Speight ISBN: 0471361674 Publisher: Wiley-Interscience - 2001-04-04 Hardcover | 1 Edition | 512 Pages 20,320Mo Description Petroleum exhibits a wide range of physical properties. Numerous tests have been and continue to be developed to provide an indication of the means by which a particular feedstock should be processed. An initial inspection of the nature of petroleum provides deductions about the most logical means of refining and classifying. Handbook of Petroleum Analysis is a single, comprehensive source that describes the application and interpretation of data resulting from various test methods for petroleum feedstocks and products. The need for the application of analytical techniques to petroleum has increased over the past three decades due to changes in feedstock composition. Handbook of Petroleum Analysis deals with the various aspects of petroleum analysis while providing a detailed explanation of the necessary standard tests and procedures that are applicable to feedstocks. The material also reviews the application of new methods for determining instability and incompatibility, focusing on the analytical methods related to environmental regulations. Most importantly, the book provides details of the meanings of the various test results and how they might be applied to predict feedstock behavior. Where pertinent, new tests that are not yet accepted as standardized are described. Topics covered in Handbook of Petroleum Analysis include: - Chemical composition - Physical, thermal, electrical, and optical property testing methods - Spectroscopic, chemical, fractionation, and chromatographic methods - Molecular weight - Use of the data i.e., mapping and predictability Handbook of Petroleum Analysis promotes a better understanding of the criteria affecting the quality of petroleum and petroleum products and is a valuable resource for chemists and engineers in the refining industry. ~~~ Handbook of Petroleum Product Analysis Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications By: James G. Speight ISBN: 0471203467 Publisher: Wiley-Interscience - 2002-10-02 Hardcover | 409 Pages 2,708Mo Description An increasing variety of petroleum feedstocks has produced an ever diversifying array of petroleum products. Consequently, new analytical techniques are constantly being developed in order to determine the appropriate applications for these new products. The Handbook of Petroleum Product Analysis provides detailed explanations of the necessary standard tests and procedures that are applicable to these products in order to determine the predictability of their behavior. A companion to James G. Speight’s Handbook of Petroleum Analysis, this book describes the application of methods for determining the instability and incompatibility of petroleum products. More importantly, the Handbook provides details of the meaning of various test results and how they might be applied to predict product behavior. Written in a readable, conversational style that makes the book easy to use, Dr. Speight’s text does not compete with the Annual Book of ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Standards; instead, the Handbook complements it by explaining the raison d’être of various testing methods, making a case for standardizing protocols across international boundaries. Chapters include: -Naphtha -Aviation Fuel -Kerosene -Distillate Fuel Oil -Asphalt Chemists and engineers in the refining industry, as well as students, will find Dr. Speight’s Handbook to be an accessible, invaluable guide to understanding the methods for analyzing petroleum products. ~~~ Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Second Edition By: Ph.D. P.E. William C. Lyons BS Gary J Plisga ISBN: 0750677856 Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing - 2004-10-01 Hardcover | 2 Edition | 1568 Pages 25,780Mo Editorial Reviews This new edition of the Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering provides you with the best, state-of-the-art coverage for every aspect of petroleum and natural gas engineering. With thousands of illustrations and 1,600 information-packed pages, this text is a handy and valuable reference. Written by over a dozen leading industry experts and academics, the Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering provides the best, most comprehensive source of petroleum engineering information available. Now in an easy-to-use single volume format, this classic is one of the true "must haves" in any petroleum or natural gas engineer's library. * A classic for the oil and gas industry for over 65 years! * A comprehensive source for the newest developments, advances, and procedures in the petrochemical industry, covering everything from drilling and production to the economics of the oil patch. * Everything you need all the facts, data, equipment, performance, and principles of petroleum engineering, information not found anywhere else. * A desktop reference for all kinds of calculations, tables, and equations that engineers need on the rig or in the office. * A time and money saver on procedural and equipment alternatives, application techniques, and new approaches to problems. ~~~ Petroleum Engineering ebooks ~~~ Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes By: Robert A. Meyers - Editor ISBN: 0070417962 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing - 1996-08-01 Hardcover | 2nd Edition | 848 Pages 9,50MO Editorial Reviews Thoroughly revised and expanded by 50%, this edition of this handbook offers petroleum and chemical engineers a comprehensive guide to all aspects of petroleum refining processes. The book features new chapters from Chevron, Mobil, Shell, Exxon, UOP, and Texaco which define technology, pollution-control, and economic aspects of 60 petroleum refining processes. Each chapter covers the process chemistry and thermodynamics, product and by-product specification of all plants. Also presented are estimates of capital and operating costs, and information on the design of additions to existing refineries and construction of new ones. ~~~ Petroleum and Gas Field Processing - Chemical Industries By: H.K. Abdel-Aal Mohamed Aggour M.A. Fahim ISBN: 0824709624 Publisher: CRC - 2003-07-03 Hardcover | 368 Pages 6,157Mo Editorial Reviews This reference analyzes principles and procedures related to the processing of reservoir fluids for the separation, handling, treatment, and production of quality petroleum oil and gas products. It details strategies in equipment selection and system design, field development and operation, and process simulation and control that will increase plant productivity and safety and avoid losses during purification, treatment, storage, and export. Petroleum and Gas Field Processing features solved design examples that demonstrate the application of developed design equations and review problems and exercises for cementing key engineering concepts in petroleum field development and operation ~~~ Petroleum Refining: Technology and Economics By: James H. Gary Glenn E. Handwerk ISBN: 0824704827 Publisher: CRC - 2001-02-15 Hardcover | 4 Edition | 456 Pages 20,153Mo Editorial Reviews Continuing the high standards set by earlier editions, Petroleum Refining, Fourth Edition summarizes recent developments in oil refining processes, addressing topics ranging from basic applications to the implementation of viable operations that meet environmental and economic requirements. The authors maintain the clear, systematic style that made previous editions so popular. This edition reviews petroleum-refining technology and refining processes, incorporates recent statistics on utility data, investment, and operating costs, and considers environmental factors, the place of reformulated fuels in product distribution, and uses for heavier crude oils and those with higher sulfur and metal |