Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling & Production
eBook - ePub

Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling & Production

  1. 724 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling & Production

About this book

In this popular text that has trained thousands in the petroleum industry for years, Dr. Norman Hyne takes readers through upstream operations--from how oil and gas are formed; how to find commercial quantities; how to drill, evaluate, and complete a well--all the way through production and improved oil recovery. He uses lots of pictures, graphs, and illustrations to aid readers in understanding topics and to provide necessary visuals. Read it cover-to-cover as a complete primer, read it a section at a time as it comes up in your profession, and keep it handy as a quick reference. New to this edition: • A chapter on unconventional oil and gas (including gas shales) • Modern tools used in well logging • Modern drilling rig methods and equipment • Expanded glossary includes 1, 500 new terms • More figures and plates • Up-to-date statistics

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 - The Nature of Gas and Oil 
  8. 2 - The Earth's Crust— Where We Find It 
  9. 3 - Identification of Common Rocks and Minerals
  10. 4 - Geological Time
  11. 5 - Deformation of Sedimentary Rocks
  12. 6 - Ocean Environment and Plate Tectonics
  13. 7 - Sedimentary Rock Distribution
  14. 8 - Mapping
  15. 9 - Source Rocks, Generation, Migration, and Accumulation of Petroleum
  16. 10 - Reservoir Rocks
  17. 11 - Petroleum Traps
  18. 12 - Petroleum Exploration—Geological and Geochemical
  19. 13 - Petroleum Exploration— Geophysical
  20. 14 - Drilling Preliminaries
  21. 15 - Drilling a Well—The Mechanics
  22. 16 - Drilling Problems
  23. 17 - Drilling Techniques
  24. 18 - Testing a Well
  25. 19 - Completing a Well
  26. 20 - Surface Treatment and Storage
  27. 21 - Offshore Drilling and Completion
  28. 22 - Workover
  29. 23 - Reservoir Mechanics
  30. 24 - Petroleum Production
  31. 25 - Reserves
  32. 26 - Improved Oil Recovery
  33. 27 - Unconventional Oil and Gas 
  34. Glossary
  35. Figure References
  36. Unit Conversions
  37. Oil and Gas Records
  38. Index