Reflecting the many changes in the technology of the oil and gas industry since its last publication in 1984, this new edition of Modern Petroleum Technology is the most authoritative and thoroughly up-to-date review of technical expertise employed across the whole of the international oil and gas industry.

Written by leading international experts from industry and academia, all entries have been updated and many new entries have been added for this 6th edition.

The work consists of two volumes:

1. Upstream
2. Downstream

Volume 1: Upstream examines the different stages of the exploration and production processes involved in the location and extraction of raw materials, including the latest applications employed in modern seismic technology and the production of heavy oils.

Volume 2: Downstream covers the process of refining the raw material, and producing and supplying the end product, from refineries to service stations. Both volumes deal with all aspects of their area of petroleum technology, from the innovations in technology to the environmental issues surrounding its practical application.

Modern Petroleum Technology considers the current challenges and opportunities presented by new technology, enabling everyone in the industry, from the busy chief executive to the petroleum engineer, to stay in touch with developments outside their own area of expertise.

This 2 Volume Set is a concise and comprehensive overview that is of special value to analysts, strategists, lecturers and students, oil and gas consultants, and legal and financial service providers.

Contents

Volume 1

1. Introduction
2. New Technological Developments
3. Fundamentals of Exploration and Production
4. Geoscience
5. Petroleum Geochemistry
6. Geophysics
7. Dilling Operations
8. Petrophysics
9. Reservoir Engineering
10. Production Engineering
11. Natural Gas
12. Transportation
13. Heavy Oil and Viscous Oil

Index

Volume 2

1. Introduction
2. The Oil Refinery: Types, Structure and Configuration
3. Crude Oil
4. Crude Oil Processing
5. Catalytic Cracking
6. Hydrocracking: Hydrogen Processing
7. Thermal Cracking, Visbreaking and Coking
8. Solvent Deasphalting
9. Gasification by Non-Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Refinery Residues
10. Gasoline Processes
11. Kerosine and Gasoil Manufacture
12. Base Oil Processes
13. Bitumen Manufacture
14. The Petrochemical Interface
15. Etherification
16. Refinery Utilities
17. Control and Optimization
18. Environmental Protection
19. An Introduction to Fuels Technology
20. Gasoline and Related Fuels
21. Automotive Gas Oil
22. Distillates and Residual Fuels for Heating and Engines
23. Aviation Turbine Fuels
24. Liquefied Petroleum Gas
25. General Elements of Lubricant Technology
26. Base Oil Quality
27. Gasoline Engine Lubricants
28. Diesel Engine Oils
29. Industrial Lubricants
30. Gas Engine Lubricants
31. White Mineral Oil
32. Grease
33. Bitumen
34. Wax
35. Marketing Operations: Storage and Distribution
36. Standards, Specification, Test Methods and Codes of Practice

Index

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