Description
This book describes oilfield processing and handling of natural gas in a direct, easy-to-follow format. Process descriptions, design methods, operating procedures and troubleshooting are covered in detail. This hands-on reference will be useful to field practitioners and is an ideal training text. Petroleum engineers will gain a better understanding of surface operations between the wellhead and the point of custody transfer or transport from the production facilities.
Contents
- Characterization of natural gas and its products
- Phase behavior of natural gas
- Water-hydrocarbon phase behavior
- Field processing of natural gas
- Prevention of hydrate formation
- Gas sweetening
- Gas dehydration using glycol
- Gas dehydration using solid desiccants, LTX, CaCl
- Compression
- Gas measurement
- Heat and cooling
- Transportation
- Natural gas liquids recovery
- Glossary
- Material balances
- Energy balances
- OPSIM: conversion of units
- Physical properties
Details
Type: Softcover
Size: 8 x 11 inches
Pages: 408
Published: 1991
ISBN: 9780878143436
