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Handbook of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations
- 1st Edition - October 10, 2014
- Author: James G. Speight
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 6 1 7 - 5 5 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 7 8 1 9 - 5
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, producti… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHandbook 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.
- Quickly become familiar with the oil and gas offshore industry, including deepwater operations
- Understand the full spectrum of the business, including environmental impacts and future challenges
- Gain knowledge and exposure on critical standards and real-world case studies
Petroleum engineers, Drilling engineers, Reservoir engineers, Subsea engineers, Geologists/geophysicists
- About the Author
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Occurrence and Formation of Crude Oil and Natural Gas
- Abstract
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Offshore oil and gas
- 1.3. Formation and accumulation
- 1.4. Definition of oil and gas
- Chapter 2: Offshore Geology and Operations
- Abstract
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Strata, sediments, and basins
- 2.3. The crust
- 2.4. Basins
- 2.5. Geochemistry and mineralogy
- 2.6. Drilling and recovery
- 2.7. Offshore drilling and production
- Chapter 3: Offshore Platforms
- Abstract
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Drilling operations and drilling platforms
- 3.3. Offshore production platforms
- 3.4. Platform maintenance
- Chapter 4: Exploration
- Abstract
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Methods
- 4.3. Exploration vessels
- Chapter 5: Drilling Technology and Well Completion
- Abstract
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Drilling
- 5.3. Salt deposits
- 5.4. Well completion
- Chapter 6: Production
- Abstract
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Subsea production
- 6.3. Recovery
- 6.4. Risks and environmental effects
- 6.5. Crude oil and natural gas treatment
- Chapter 7: Transportation
- Abstract
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Pipelines
- 7.3. Tankers
- Chapter 8: Corrosion
- Abstract
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Offshore corrosion
- 8.3. Corrosion control
- 8.4. Corrosion monitoring
- 8.5. Monitoring methods
- 8.6. Corrosion control and inhibition
- 8.7. Assessment of damage remaining life
- Chapter 9: Environmental Impact
- Abstract
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Pollution
- 9.3. Oil spills
- 9.4. Impact of oil on the ocean
- 9.5. Impact of natural gas on the ocean
- 9.6. Atmospheric emissions
- 9.7. Environmental management
- 9.8. Present trends
- Chapter 10: Legislation and The Future
- Abstract
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Environmental regulations
- 10.3. The law of the sea
- 10.4. Coastal zone management
- 10.5. The future
- Appendix A: World Offshore Oil and Gas Projects
- Appendix B: Deepwater Natural Gas and Oil Qualified Fields
- Conversion Factors
- Glossary
- Index
- No. of pages: 444
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 10, 2014
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Hardback ISBN: 9781856175586
- eBook ISBN: 9780080878195
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James G. Speight
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.
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