Description

Oilfield chemical demand has risen 4.3% annually through 2011. Gains are driven by a rise in rig counts, more use of well stimulation and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods, and more deepwater drilling and production. Petroleum Engineer’s Guide to Oil Field Chemicals and Fluids is a guide to the benefits and trade-offs of numerous oil field chemicals used in the petroleum and natural gas industry today.

Oil field chemicals are gaining increasing importance, as the resources of crude oil are decreasing. An increasing demand of more sophisticated methods in the exploitation of the natural resources emerges for this reason. Petroleum Engineer’s Guide to Oil Field Chemicals and Fluids reviews the progress in the area of oil field chemicals and additives of the last decade from a rather chemical view. The material presented is a compilation from the literature by screening critically approximately 20,000 references. The book is ordered according to applications, just in the way how the jobs are emerging in practice. It starts with drilling, goes to productions and ends with oil spill. Several chemicals are used in multiple disciplines, and to those separate chapters are devoted. Two index registers are available, an index of chemical substances and a general index.

Condensed for readability, this manual provides users with information on oil field chemicals such as drilling muds, corrosion inhibitors gelling agents, scale inhibitors, and bacteria control. Each chapter follows the same template. In the introductory comments of each chapter a brief introduction to the chemical or polymer type is given and earlier monographs and reviews dealing with the topic are listed for quick reference. The text continues with monomers, polymerization and fabrication techniques and discusses aspects of application. After this, suppliers and commercial grades are collected, as well as safety aspects.

• Chemicals are ordered by use including drilling muds, corrosion inhibitors, and bacteria control
• Includes cutting edge chemicals and polymers such as water soluble polymers and viscosity control
• Handy index of chemical substances as well as a general chemical index

Description

Petroleum Engineer’s Guide to Oil Field Chemicals and Fluids is a comprehensive manual that provides end users with information about oil field chemicals, such as drilling muds, corrosion and scale inhibitors, gelling agents and bacterial control. This book is an extension and update of Oil Field Chemicals published in 2003, and it presents a compilation of materials from literature and patents, arranged according to applications and the way a typical job is practiced. The text is composed of 23 chapters that cover oil field chemicals arranged according to their use. Each chapter follows a uniform template, starting with a brief overview of the chemical followed by reviews, monomers, polymerization, and fabrication. The different aspects of application, including safety and environmental impacts, for each chemical are also discussed throughout the chapters. The text also includes handy indices for trade names, acronyms and chemicals. Petroleum, production, drilling, completion, and operations engineers and managers will find this book invaluable for project management and production. Non-experts and students in petroleum engineering will also find this reference useful.

• Chemicals are ordered by use including drilling muds, corrosion inhibitors, and bacteria control
• Includes cutting edge chemicals and polymers such as water soluble polymers and viscosity control
• Handy index of chemical substances as well as a general chemical index