• Overview of Surface Production Facility - Presents overview of surface production and examines components of production system.
• Well as a Producing Entity - Examines principal elements of a well, presents inflow performance analysis and explores effect of reservoir characteristics on well performance.
• Gas and Oil Properties - Examines key properties of gas and oil, discusses equations of state and presents key correlations for property estimation (viscosity, FVF, GOR, etc.).
• Phase Behavior Calculation - Presents key concepts of fluid phase behavior and discusses the calculation of bubble, dew point and liquid dropout.
• Oil and Gas Separation - Examines the basic theory of settling, reviews fundamentals of oil and gas separation, examines a typical separator train. Also focuses on design of liquid-gas separators and stage separation optimization and emphasizes importance of phase behavior on separation.
• Oil Field Emulsions and Treatment - Presents theory of emulsions and examines field treatment options (electrical, chemical, thermal, etc.).
• Gas Pipeline Design - Presents the general pressure loss equation and compares and contrasts common design equations (AGA, Weymouth, Panhandle, etc.).
• Introduction to Gas Metering - Describes basic concepts in gas metrology and examines common metering technology (orifice meters, turbine meters, ultrasonic meters, etc.).

Outline

Chapter 1: Overview of Surface Production Facility

• 1.1 Overview of Surface Product Facility
• 1.2 Components of a Typical Production System

Chapter 2: The Well as a Producing Entity

• 2.1 Principal Elements of a Well
• 2.2 Inflow Performance Analysis
• 2.3 Effect of Reservoir on Well Performance

Chapter 3: Gas Properties

• 3.1 Properties of Natural Gas
• 3.2 Ideal Gases
• 3.3 Real Gases
• 3.4 Some Important Gas Properties

Chapter 4: Properties of Oil

• 4.1 Oil Density and Gravity
• 4.2 Isothermal Compressibility
• 4.3 Formation Volume Factor (FVF)
• 4.4 Oil FVF Correlations
• 4.5 Solution GOR for Saturated Oils
• 4.6 Oil Viscosity Correlation

Chapter 5: Phase Equilibria Calculations

• 5.1 Flash Calculations
• 5.2 Bubble and Dew Point Calculations

Chapter 6: Basic Theory of Settling

• 6.1 Theory of Gravity Settling-Separations Application
• 6.2 Centrifugal-Actions Separation

Chapter 7: Oil & Gas Separation

• 7.1 Fundamentals of Oil and Gas Separation
• 7.2 A Typical Separator Train
• 7.3 Designing Liquid-Gas Separators
• 7.4 Stage Separation Optimization
• 7.5 Stage Separation Optimization using Flash Calculation

Chapter 8: Oil Field Emulsions and Treatment

• 8.1 Theory of Emulsions
• 8.2 Electrical Treatment
• 8.3 Chemical Treatment
• 8.4 Heat Treatment

Chapter 9: Gas Pipeline Design

• 9.1 General Pressure Loss Equation
• 9.2 The Commonly Used Design Equations
• 9.3 Summary of Common Gas Pipeline Design Equations

Chapter 10: Gas Metering

• 10.1 Introduction to Gas Metering
• 10.2 Orifice Meters
• 10.3 Turbine Meters
• 10.4 Sonic Nozzles and Venturis (Critical Flow Provers)
• 10.5 Ultrasonic Meters
• 10.6 Other types of Meters