The petroleum engineering handbook : sustainable operations / / M. Ibrahim Khan and M.R. Islam

• Record Nr.: UNISA996205197203316
• Autore: Khan M. Ibrahim
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Houston, TX : , : Gulf Pub., , [2007]; ©2007
• ISBN: 0-12-799983-3; 1-60119-627-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): IslamRafiqul <1959->
• Disciplina: 665.5
• Soggetti: Petroleum engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Statement of responsibility from cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-452) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; The Petroleum Engineering Handbook: Sustainable Operations; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Nomenclature; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The New Management Guidelines; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Current Practices of Petroleum Operations; 2.3 Problems of Current Operations; 2.4 Sustainability in Petroleum Operations; 2.5 Tools Needed for Sustainable Petroleum Operations; 2.6 How the Green Supply Chain Model Leads to Sustainability; 2.7 Benefits of the New Model; Chapter 3. Exploration Operations; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Current Practices of Exploration Operations3.3 Exploration Techniques; 3.4 Problems with Current Exploration Techniques; 3.5 Sustainability of Current Exploration Techniques; 3.6 Accuracy and Uncertainty of Explorations; 3.7 Special Measures for Sustainable Exploration Technology; Chapter 4. Drilling and Production Operations; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Current Practices of Drilling and Production; 4.3 Production; 4.4 Problems with Current Practices; 4.5 Operations in the Ecologically Sensitive Areas; 4.6 Emerging Technologies and Future Potential; 4.7 Sonic While Drilling; 4.8 Knowledge-based Optimization of a Rotary Drilling System for the Oil and Gas Industry4.9 Future Research in Production Operations; 4.10 Benefit of Sustainable Drilling and Productions; Chapter 5. Sustainable Waste Management; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Drilling and Production ; Wastes; 5.3 Waste Estimation; 5.4 Environmental Fate of Petroleum Wastes; 5.5 Current Practices of Waste Management; 5.6 Evaluation of Current Waste Management Technologies; 5.7 Alternative Waste Management; 5.8 Sustainability of Waste Management; Chapter 6. Reservoir Engineering and Secondary Recovery; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Well Test Analysis6.3 Current Practice in Well Logging; 6.4 Current Practices of Core Analysis; 6.5 Practical Guidelines; Chapter 7. Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Operations; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Contributions of Different Disciplines; 7.3 Different EOR Techniques; 7.4 Gas Injection; 7.5 Chemical EOR; 7.6 Microbial EOR; 7.7 EOR in Marginal Reservoirs; 7.8 Scaling of EOR Schemes; 7.9 Environmental Consideration in EOR Operations; 7.10 Alternative Technologies for EOR; 7.11 CO2 EOR Technology; 7.12 Electromagnetic Heating for EOR; Chapter 8. Transportation, Processing, and Refining Operations8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Pipelines and Risk Management; 8.3 Natural Gas Supply and Processing; 8.4 Oil Refining; 8.5 Sustainable Oil Refining Model; 8.6 Corrosion in Petroleum Structures; 8.7 Hydrate Problems and Some Suggestions; Chapter 9. Decommissioning of Drilling and Production Facilities; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Historical Analysis; 9.3 Type of Oil Platforms/Platform Structures; 9.4 Environmental Issues in Decommissioning; 9.5 Toxicity and Degradation of Waste Generation; 9.6 Decommissioning Regulations; 9.7 Current Practices of Decommissioning
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first book in the petroleum sector that sheds light on the real obstacles to sustainable developmentand provides solutions to each problem encountered. Each solution is complete with an economic analysisthat clarifies why petroleum operations can continue with even greater profit than before while ensuring thatthe negative environmental impact is diminished. The new screening tools and models proposed in this bookwill provide one with proper guidelines to achieve true sustainability in both technology development andmanagement of the petroleum sector.