Oil and gas production handbook ed1x7a - ABB

OIL AND GAS. production . handbook . An introduction to oil and gas production H vard Devold ABB. ISBN 978-82-997886-0-1. PREFACE. This handbook is has been compiled to give readers with an interest in the oil and gas production industry an overview of the main processes and equipment. When we searched for a suitable introduction to be used for new engineers, I discovered that much of the equipment is described in standards, equipment manuals and project documentation. But little material was found to quickly give the reader an overview of the entire upstream area, while still preserving enough detail to let the engineer get an appreciation of the main characteristics and design issues. This book is by no means a comprehensive description on the detailed design of any part of this process, and many details have been omitted in the interest of overview.

of tales of eternal fires where oil and gas seeps would ignite and burn. One example 1000 B.C. is the site where the famous oracle of Delphi would be built. 500 B.C. Chinese were using natural gas to boil water. But it was not until 1859 that "Colonel" Edwin Drake drilled the first successful oil well, for the sole purpose of finding oil.

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