PRINCIPLES OF OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
CHAPTER 12: SUCKER ROD PUMPING CHAPTER 13: GAS LIFT CHAPTER 14: OTHER ARTIFICIAL LIFT METHODS PART IV: PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENT CHAPTER 15: WELL PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION CHAPTER 16: MATRIX ACIDIZING CHAPTER 17: HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CHAPTER 18: PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION PART I PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS THE UPSTREAM OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY INVOLVES ITSELF IN THE BUSINESS OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION (E & P) ACTIVITIES WHILE THE EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES FIND OIL AND GAS RESERVES, THE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES DELIVER OIL AND GAS TO THE DOWNSTREAM OF THE INDUSTRY (I E , PROCESSING PLANTS) THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION IS DEFINITELY THE HEART OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ENGINEERING IS THAT PART OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING THAT ATTEMPTS TO MAXI- MIZE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION IN A COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE, PRODUCTION ENGINEERS NEED TO HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION SYSTEMS WITH WHICH THEY WORK TO PERFORM THEIR JOB CORRECTLY, PRODUCTION ENGINEERS SHOULD HAVE SOLID BACK- GROUND AND SOUND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS THEY PRODUCE AND WORKING PRINCIPLES OF ALL THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF PRODUCING WELLS AND SURFACE FACILITIES THIS PART OF THE BOOK PROVIDES GRADUATING PRODUCTION ENGINEERS WITH FUNDAMENTALS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ENGINEERING MATERIALS ARE PRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING EIGHT CHAPTERS: CHAPTER CHAPTER