Handbook of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-85617-558-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 780 g

Handbook of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations is an authoritative source providing extensive up-to-date coverage of the technology used in the exploration, drilling, production, and operations in an offshore setting. Offshore oil and gas activity is growing at an expansive rate and this must-have training guide covers the full spectrum including geology, types of platforms, exploration methods, production and enhanced recovery methods, pipelines, and envinronmental managment and impact, specifically worldwide advances in study, control, and prevention of the industry's impact on the marine environment and its living resources. In addition, this book provides a go-to glossary for quick reference.  Handbook of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations empowers oil and gas engineers and managers to understand and capture on one of the fastest growing markets in the energy sector today.

Zielgruppe

Petroleum engineers, Drilling engineers, Reservoir engineers, Subsea engineers, Geologists/geophysicists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Speight, James G.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Wirtschaftsgeologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Meerestechnik, ablandige Plattformen
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Ölförderung, Gasförderung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Occurrence and Formation of Crude Oil and Natural Gas2. Offshore Geology and Operations3. Offshore Platforms4. Exploration5. Drilling and Well Completion6. Production7. Transportation8. Corrosion9. Environmental Impact10. Legislation and The FutureGlossaryIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Speight, James G.
Dr. Speight has more than fifty years of experience in areas associated with the properties and processing of conventional and synthetic fuels. He has participated in, as well as led, significant research in defining the use of chemistry of tar sand bitumen, heavy oil, conventional petroleum, natural gas, coal, oil shale, and biomass as well as work related to corrosion and corrosion prevention. He has founded and/or edited several international journals, most recently the Proceedings of the Oil Gas Scientific Research Project Institute, Azerbaijan, and Petroleum Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis, until 2020). Dr. Speight is an author/editor of several databases and encyclopedic works. He has also authored more than 95 books as well as more than 400 publications, reports, and presentations detailing these research activities, and has taught more than eighty related courses.