Page 397 - Standard Handbook Petroleum Natural Gas Engineering VOLUME2

Production Engineering

Michael Economides, Ph.D. Floyd Preston, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University University of Kansas
College Station, Texas Lawrence, Kansas
Kazimien Glmcki, Ph.D. Chris S. Russell, P.E.
Consultant Consultant
Energy and Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineering
Krakow, Poland Las Cruces, New Mexico
Reza G. Kashmiri Oleg Salzberg
International Lubrication and Fuel, Inc. Consultant
Rio Rancho, New Mexico Corrosion Engineering
Houston, Texas
Joseph V. LaBlanc
Consultant, Petroleum Engineering Ardeshir K. Shahraki, Ph.D.
Conroe, Texas Dwight's Energy Data, Inc.
Richardson, Texas
Julius P. Langlinais, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University Pudji Permadi, Ph.D.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Institut Teknologi Bandung
Bandung, Indonesia
Charles Nathan, Ph.D., P.E.
Consultant
Corrosion Engineering
Houston, Texas
Properties of Hydrocarbon Mixtures................................................. ... 365
Compressibility Factor and Phase Behavior 365. Classification of Hydrocarbon Fluids 372.
Reservoir Conditions Phase Behavior 374. Sampling Process and Laboratory Measurements 380.
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium by Equation of State 413.
Flow of Fluids ....................................................................................... 426
Basic Parameters of Multiphase Flow 432. Stratified Flow Regime 449. Annular Flow Regime 471.
Slug Flow Regime 478. Bubbly Flow Regime 481. Correction for Acceleration Effects 483.
Limitation 484. Semismpirical Methods 488.
Natural Flow Performance .................................................................... 533
Oil Flow Performances 534. Gas Flow Performances 544. TmPhase Flow Performance 561.
Artificial Lift Methods .......................................................................... 594
Sucker Rod Pumping 594. Gas Lift 642. Oil Well Jet Pumps 658. Electrical Submersible Pumps 662.
Stimulation and Remedial Operations ................................................. 664

Fracturing 665. Matrix Stimulation 696.
Surface Oil Production Systems ........................................................... 702
Nomenclature of Separating Vessels 702. Storage Classification 705. Phase Separation 705.
Separator Design and Construction 709. Cas-Oil-Water Separation 722. TwoStage Separation
Systems 731. Crude Oil Treating Systems 733.
Gas Production Engineering ................................................................ 754
Gas-Water Systems and Dehydration Methods 754. Gas Flow Measurement 799. Compressor
Stations 847. Gas Piping System 868. Gas Cooling 871.

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