Petroleum Production Engineering, A Computer-Assisted Approach provides handy guidelines to designing, analyzing and optimizing petroleum production systems. Broken into four parts, this book covers the full scope of petroleum production engineering, featuring stepwise calculations and computer-based spreadsheet programs. Part one contains discussions of petroleum production engineering fundamentals, empirical models for production decline analysis, and the performance of oil and natural gas wells. Part two presents principles of designing and selecting the main components of petroleum production systems including: well tubing, separation and dehydration systems, liquid pumps, gas compressors, and pipelines for oil and gas transportation. Part three introduces artificial lift methods, including sucker rod pumping systems, gas lift technology, electrical submersible pumps and other artificial lift systems. Part four is comprised of production enhancement techniques including, identifying well problems, designing acidizing jobs, guidelines to hydraulic fracturing and job evaluation techniques, and production optimization techniques.

PrefaceList of SymbolsList of TablesList of FiguresPart I: Petroleum Production Engineering Fundamentals:Chapter 1: Petroleum Production System Chapter 2: Properties of Oil and Natural Gas Chapter 3: Reservoir Deliverability Chapter 4: Wellbore Performance Chapter 5: Choke Performance Chapter 6: Well Deliverability Chapter 7: Forecast of Well Production Chapter 8: Production Decline Analysis Part II: Equipment Design and SelectionChapter 9: Well Tubing Chapter 10: Separation Systems Chapter 11: Transportation SystemsPart III: Artificial Lift MethodsChapter 12: Sucker Rod Pumping Chapter 13: Gas Lift Chapter 14: Other Artificial Lift Methods Part IV: Production EnhancementChapter 15: Well Problem Identification Chapter 16: Matrix Acidizing Chapter 17: Hydraulic Fracturing Chapter 18: Production Optimization Appendix A: Unit Conversion FactorsAppendix B: The Minimum Performance Properties of API Tubing