Petroleum Production Systems

The Definitive Guide to Petroleum Production Systems–Now Fully Updated With the Industry’s Most Valuable New TechniquesPetroleum Production Systems, Second Edition, is the comprehensive source for clear and fundamental methods for about modern petroleum production engineering practice. Written by four leading experts, it thoroughly introduces modern principles of petroleum production systems design and operation, fully considering the combined behavior of reservoirs, surface equipment, pipeline systems, and storage facilities. Long considered the definitive text for production engineers, this edition adds extensive new coverage of hydraulic fracturing, with emphasis on well productivity optimization. It presents new chapters on horizontal wells and well performance evaluation, including production data analysis and sand management.This edition featuresA structured approach spanning classical production engineering, well testing, production logging, artificial lift, and matrix and hydraulic fracture stimulationRevisions throughout to reflect recent innovations and extensive feedback from both students and colleaguesDetailed coverage of modern best practices and their rationalesUnconventional oil and gas well designMany new examples and problemsDetailed data sets for three characteristic reservoir types: an undersaturated oil reservoir, a saturated oil reservoir, and a gas reservoir Read more