Surface operations in petroleum production /
edited by George V. Chilingar [and] Carrol M. Beeson.
- xiv, 397 pages. illustrations. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies.
Preface, by L. L. Handy.--Introduction to surface production equipment, by K. M. Sasseen and A. H. Tompkins.--Separation of gas and oil, by G. V. Chilingar and C. M. Beeson.--Oil field emulsions and their electrical resolution, by L. C. Waterman and R. L. Pettefer.--Chemical resolution of petroleum emulsions, by L. T. Monson.--Vapor recovery, by W. G. Hein, J. L. Johnson, and G. V. Chilingar.--Natural gas and natural gas liquids, by B. A. Eckerson and A. L. Johnson.--Gas measurements: orifice metering, by L. J. Kemp.--Fundamentals of corrosion, by G. V. Chilingar and C. M. Beeson.--Water quality for subsurface injection, by C. C. Wright.--Thermal recovery: steam injection, by A. J. Bogart.--An outline of fundamentals of gas lift without flow valves, by G. V. Chilingar and C. M. Beeson.--Free piston lift: plunger lift, by C. M. Beeson and D. G. Knox.--Technical services: wire-line services, by A. J. Bogart and W. E. Woodruff.--Oil field automation, by J. D. Walsh.--Appendices (p. 349-359):--A. Hydrocarbons: composition of crude oil and petroleum products, by G. V. Chilingar.--B. Sample plant flow problems, by C. M. Beeson and G. V. Chilingar.--C. General energy equation and derivation of formula for flow through orifice meter, by G. V. Chilingar.--D. Sample questions and problems, by C. M. Beeson and G. V. Chilingar.