Petroleum Engineering Handbook
Subtitle: Sustainable Operations
Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company, USA
Published: 2009
Place of publication: USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781933762128
Description: The main objective of this book is to lay out sustainability in the petroleum sectors pertaining to environmental, technological and management aspects. The book examines the present status of petroleum operations with respect to waste generation, improper resource management, and the usage of toxic compounds in the overall lifecycle. This book analyzes the sustainability of petroleum operations based on the newly developed sustainability model by the authors. It studies environmental dimensions, company policy, operations, and technology in the context of oil and gas exploration, development and marketing. To achieve true sustainability, some innovative models and technologies are presented. They include achievement of zero emissions, zero waste of resources, zero waste in activities, zero use of toxics, and zero waste in product life-cycle. Finally, this book discusses the environmental and technological problems of the petroleum sector and provides guidelines to achieve overall sustainability in oil company activities.
Table of contents: title: Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Sustainable Exploration Operations; Chapter 3. Drilling Operations; Chapter 4. Drilling and Production Operations; Chapter 5. Sustainable Waste Management; Chapter 6. Reservoir Engineering and EOR Operations; Chapter 7. Transportation, Processing and Refining Operations; Chapter 8. Decommissioning of Drilling and Production Facilities; Chapter 9. Conclusion; Chapter 10. References; Index.