Petroleum Production Systems

Petroleum Production Systems, Second Edition, is the definitive, comprehensive source for clear, reliable information about modern petroleum production engineering. Written by four leading experts, it thoroughly introduces modern principles of petroleum production systems development and operation, fully considering the combined behavior of reservoirs, surface equipment, pipeline systems, and storage facilities. Long considered the field�� definitive text, this edition adds extensive new coverage of hydraulic fracturing, including advanced high permeability fracturing techniques. It presents new approaches to sand and water management; new coverage of digital reservoirs and self-learning techniques; new skin correlations and HW flow techniques; and a brand-new chapter on production analysis.

This edition features

• A structured approach spanning classical production engineering, well testing, production logging, artificial lift, and matrix and hydraulic fracture stimulation
• Revisions throughout to reflect the field�� latest innovations, as well as extensive feedback from both students and colleagues
• Detailed coverage of modern best practices and their rationales
• Full coverage of the exploitation of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs
• Up-to-date coverage of system optimization for diverse production schedules using queuing theory and both linear and dynamic programming
• Hundreds of new drawings, many in 3D
• Many new examples and problems using Microsoft Excel
• Detailed data sets for three characteristic reservoir types: an undersaturated oil reservoir, a saturated oil reservoir, and a gas reservoir