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- spe paper x plot, Geophysics, Structural Geology, Petroleum geology
- by Susan Howes and +2
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- Petroleum Technology

Empirical equations for estimating bubblepoint pressure, oil FVF at bubblepoint pressure, and total FVF for Middle East crude oils were derived as a function of reservoir temperature, total surface gas relative density, solution GOR, and stock-tank oil relative density. These empirical equations should be valid for all types of oil and gas mixtures with properties falling within the range of

- by M. Al-marhoun
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- Oil and gas, Middle East, Petroleum Technology, Fossil Fuels

A lot of studies have been conducted on 3PLSPs (Third Party Logistics Services Providers), mostly encompassing users’ perspectives like; outsourcing vs in-house transportation models, causes of 3PLSP selection, service level requirements, attributes of good SPs (Service Providers) and region specific requirements of SPs. There are very few studies on Pakistan and most of the work done on Pakistan is industry specific and lacks general perspective. Studying the perspectives of 3PLSPs is among less researched areas, thus this study is focused to analyze the issues which are the back hand issues but ultimately affect the customers, being in the centre of the stage of every business. Three (3) intended IVs (Independent Variables); Fleet Induction decisions, MRO (Maintenance Repair Operation) and Terms of Services Contract alongwith Three (3) additional IVs (emerging out during data collection and analysis from industrial practitioners and expert); Outsourced Fleet Retention, Fueling Strategies and Unique Business Model are analyzed for adoption of Fee Charging Strategies by both; MNCs and Domestic 3PLSPs, working in Pakistan, from public as well as private sector. Phenomenological research model of qualitative research approach has been used and primary data has been collected through open ended detailed interviews with one practitioner each from PTN (Perfect Transport Network) and SAZ (Saeed-Adnan-Zaheer) Logistics (Pvt) Ltd, representing domestic, private sector and three professionals from NLC FS (Freight Services), representing domestic public sector as well as a professional from Agility Logistics (Pvt) Ltd, to represent MNCs, working in Pakistan. An expert has also been interviewed who has worked in NLC FS, Agility and PTN, before joining his recent assignment, in UBL. Findings and analyses of interviews revealed that diversified fleet induction strategies are being followed by different SPs ranging from 100 % equity to Leasing through financial institutions to unique induction model i.e Leased vehicle induction. Terms of services also varied from spot or walk-in customers to 1-5 years blanket contracts to Allocation model are being followed with different SPs for different clients. MRO has been found to be in-house, in case of most of the SPs, yet OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) MRO and a hybrid of both have also been seen in different SPs. A unique model for service provision, designed by PTN for KE (Karachi Electric, formerly known as KESC; Karachi Electric Supply Corporation) and unique induction model of SAZ Logistics for ATT (Afghan Transit Trade) are unique findings of the study. Analysis, recommendations and policy guidelines will help, not only the users of 3PLSPs (the business) by getting an insight of back hand of SPs, the industry of 3PLSPs by learning the best practices, the researchers by the opening of new avenues for further research and the government for formulating more pragmatic and industry oriented policies in the years to come.

- by Chee Hau Hoo
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- Petroleum Technology

TABLE 2—TRIPOD DELTA METHOD Delta Task Generation of database of GFT indicators Checklist construction and filling out Profile construction Profile discussion by management Setting of remedial tasks and targets Frequency Infrequent Every... more

- by Patrick Hudson
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- Petroleum, Human Factors Engineering, OPERATING SYSTEM, Failure Analysis

Le pétrole est un liquide d'origine naturelle, une huile minérale composée d'une multitude de composés organiques, essentiellement des hydrocarbures, piégé dans des formations géologiques particulières. L'exploitation de cette source d'énergie fossile et d'hydrocarbures est l’un des piliers de l’économie industrielle contemporaine, car le pétrole fournit la quasi totalité des carburants liquides. Le pétrole dans son gisement est fréquemment associé à des fractions légères qui se séparent spontanément du liquide à la pression atmosphérique, ainsi que diverses impuretés comme le dioxyde de carbone, sulfure d'hydrogène, l'eau de formation et des traces métalliques.

- by Nouh I Kaoud
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- Petrophysics, Petroleum, Refinery Processes, Petroleum Technology
- by jonas soares
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- Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Petroleum Technology

The octane enhancement of light straight run naphtha is one of the significant solid acid catalyzed processes in the modern oil refineries due to limitations of benzene, aromatics, and olefin content in gasoline. This paper aims to examine the role of various catalysts that are being utilized for the isomerization of light naphtha with an ambition to give an insight into the reaction mechanism at the active catalyst sites, and the effect of various contaminants on catalyst activity. In addition, different technologies used for isomerization process are evaluated and compared by different process parameters.

- by Dr. Abdul-Sattar Nizami and +1
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- Environmental Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science

تهیه و جمع آوری شده از معتبرترین منابع پتروفیزیک و مکانیک سنگ و سیال.مناسب دانشجویان مهندسی نفت

- by Arshia Rasekh
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- Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics, Petroleum Technology, Petroleum Engineering

Historically, the Philippine oil industry has been deregulated, regulated, and then deregulated again. This study is aimed to introduce the state of the oil industry with the current legislation and government policies in effect. Also, it is aimed to examine issue/s that arose after the old deregulation law was replaced, and explore possible legislation and government policy/policies that might aid in the resolution of the issue/s.

- by Arius Raposas
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- History, Energy Economics, Public Administration, Regulatory Governance

This work aims to study the variation of residual stresses in a structure made up of
different types of materials, two parts have been developed in this study. The first part is
devoted to the study of material properties used in this work include metallic materials and
ceramic materials. This literature survey deals with general physical and mechanical
properties of metallic materials, the properties of ceramic materials. On the one hand and
on the other hand we present a method for the preparation of a metal-ceramic.
The second part of this work is devoted to a study by the three-dimensional numerical
finite element method and levels of the stress distribution in the composite structure
(multi-material). Effect of the nature of loading, their combination of mechanical
properties and physical metal and ceramics, temperature, distance of the interface are
highlighted.
Keywords: metallic materials properties, ceramic materials properties, materials,
sandwich-type, metal-ceramic interface, residual stresses, mechanical loading, thermal
loading, thermo mechanical loading.

Dalam kegiatan pemboran tidak akan pernah lepas dari proses cementing. Terutama untuk pemboran dalam lebih dari 6000 ft serta sumur sumur panas bumi. Dimana pada kondisi tertentu dibutuhkan sement yang tahan temperature tinggi dan sudah pasti harus memiliki kekuatan atau ketahanan semen yang tinggi pula.
Oleh karna itu sebagai seorang enginer sangat perlu mengetahui sifat – sifat fisik sement. Terutama yang berkaitan dengan kuat tekan ( compressive strength ). Untuk itu kita dapat melakukan percobaan uji tekanan dengan menggunakan semen class – G, Sement type ini sangat bagus untuk penyemenan suhu yang tinggi serta memiliki ketahanan yang cukup bagu dan sesuai dengan standart international yaitu API Spec. 10 ( America Petroleum Institut )dan ASTM ( America Society for Testing Material ). Untuk mendapatkan hasil yang baik maka kita dapat menambahkan beberapa additive sebagai pembanding uji kuat tekan. Additive yang di bandingkan adalah : CFR – 2 ( Cement Fraction Reducers ), Lignosulfonat Diharapkan dengan adanya uji kuat tekan ini dapat dijadikan sebagai salah satu sumber referensi dalam perencanaan penyemenan khususnya untuk sumur MIGAS. Sehingga kegagalan dalam proses cementing dapat di minimallisir.

Target of the present MSc Thesis is the literature review and the application of Petroleum Forensic Fingerprinting (PFF). The study was conducted in Kavala region, where the application of PFF presents a particular interest due to the existence of a petroleum industry.
The analyzed samples were: one crude oil sample, two petroleum product samples (marine and auto diesel), and three possible oil spilled water samples one provided from Kavala Oil and the other two taken from Kavala’s ports (Kavala Port and Port-B-Philippos). The analysis was performed with the objectives of identifying biomarkers that are related to oil pollution, correlating or differentiating the samples and identifying as many compounds as possible.
The experimental procedure was conducted with the use of GC-MS and led to the above results:
 Crude oil sample and Kavala Oil sample present identical distribution patterns.
 Crude oil sample cannot be correlated with the two port samples.
 There are strong variations between crude oil sample and the two petroleum product samples.
 166 compounds were successfully identified.

Penentuan cadangan minyak bumi dilakukan untuk memperkirakan jumlah cadangan yang dapat diproduksikan ke permukaan. Umumnya penentuan cadangan dengan menggunakan metode decline curve dilakukan saat berlangsung proses produksi untuk dapat... more

- by Vandi Perdana
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- Chemical Engineering, Petroleum, Reservoir Engineering, Oil and gas
- by Miranda Sari
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- Petroleum, Industrial Engineering, Petroleum Technology, Sugar industry

The aim of this experiment was to determine the distillation characteristics of crude oil that is the volume of distillate of crude oil which yielded Naphtha, kerosene and straight run gasoline and also the distillation loss of crude oil during the distillation. The experiment was conducted in the UDOM-COES laboratory using a SETA distillation unit in which a sample of 100 ml of crude oil was heated. The volume of distillate obtained at the receiver after condensation by ice-cold water was recorded at interval of 25 0 C up to 300 0 C. The volume of the residue was recorded at the end of the preliminary distillation. The experiment was repeated twice and for each experiment data were taken and collected. After collection of data a graph of cumulative distillate volume against temperature was plotted and the yields of naphtha, kerosene and gas oil were obtained depending on their boiling temperature ranges, also the distillation loss was found to be 0.5 cc which was due to errors. The total distillate volume was 64.5 cc and volume of residue was 35 cc.

Flow assurance is of great importance in the oil and gas industry, where the main objective is to provide and secure the transport of the well stream fluid from the reservoir to the process facilities. A root cause of many oil industry production and flow problem is paraffin wax especially in cold and deep offshore fields. About 85% of the world’s oil suffers when paraffin wax precipitates out and solidifies in the formation pores and fluid flow channels, at the wellbore, on the side walls of wells, in tubing, casing perforations, pump strings, and rods, and the complete oil transfer system of flowlines and pipelines etc. Paraffin wax deposition is costly, causing decreased production, equipment failures, bottlenecks, loss of storage and transport capacity, clogging of refinery pipe work, and loss of efficiency and revenue. In this article, different methodology for remediating wax deposits both in offshore and deep water was presented; focusing on chemical treatment techniques, mechanical treatment techniques, thermal treatment techniques, thermo-chemical and biological methods,

Chad-Cameroon was launched in 2000 to develop the production capacity of oilfields in Chad, and to create a 1,070 km pipeline to transport the oil to facilities on the coast of Cameroon. It is operated by ExxonMobil, and funded by the World Bank and other international finance institutions. The main objective of this project aims to reduce poverty by accelerating sustainable economic growth and increasing expenditures targeted at poverty alleviation, especially for health, education, infrastructure and rural development. Given the inefficiency
and uncompetitiveness of Chad’s agricultural export, this project is one of the best options for bringing development to Chad by using its oil resources as the engine for economic development and poverty alleviation. Yet, the government of Chad failed to respond to the main
objectives of the project for poverty reduction. Instead, the Chad government uses additional oil revenues for weapon expenses.

- by Angkeara Bong
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- Petroleum, Chad, Petroleum Technology, Pipeline Issues

petroleum refining engineering

- by MD ATIF IQUBAL
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- Petroleum, Mathematical Modelling, Petroleum geology, Fluidization

The need for liquid and gaseous fuel for transportation application is growing very fast. This high consumption trend causes swift exhaustion of fossil fuel reserve as well as severe environment pollution. Biogas can be converted into various renewable automobile fuels such as bio-CNG, syngas, gasoline, and liquefied biogas. However, bio-CNG, a compressed biogas with high methane content, can be a promising candidate as vehicle fuel in replacement of conventional fuel to resolve this problem. This paper presents an overview of available liquid and gaseous fuel commonly used as transportation fuel in Bangladesh. The paper also illustrates the potential of bio-CNG conversion from biogas in Bangladesh. It is estimated that, in the fiscal year 2012-2013, the country had about 7.6775 billion m 3 biogas potential equivalent to 5.088 billion m 3 of bio-CNG. Bio-CNG is competitive to the conventional automobile fuels in terms of its properties, economy, and emission.

- by Shimul Hossain
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- Petroleum Technology, Natural Gas Technology, Biogass Production

Continuous gas lift is one of the artificial lift methods that use lift fluid in this case is crude oil. Gas is injected directly into the oil well to change the properties of the oil so that it can be raised to the surface and produced. The well in this case produced on the Talang Akar Formation, 6903 ft depth mid perforation. Production rate 167.2 BFPD, Water cut 92.5%. In this case, continuous gas lift is more suitable than other artificial lift methods such as Well Depth, Composition Fluids, Economic consideration.

- by Vandi Perdana
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- Indonesian Studies, Petroleum, Oil and gas, PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
- by Yarlong Wang
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- Petroleum Technology
- by Zohreh Movahed
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- spe paper x plot, Geology, Image Processing, Structural Geology
- by Bernt Aadnoy
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- Monte Carlo Simulation, Uncertainty, Petroleum Technology, Probability Distributions

As long reach drilling becomes more and more common in the oil industry, it is important to be able to calculate and understand what limitations there is to this type of drilling. The objective of this study has been to find out which forces plays a role on the drilling of long reach deviation wells, find the limitations this might have and ultimately find out how long it is possible to drill for specific drill strings.
In this study several long reach wells has been simulated by the use of calculations in Microsoft Excel. The dataset for every well was then examined to see how the different forces acting on the drill string effects the limitation of the length.
The results of the study showed that the simulated long reach well could drill up to 9357 meters at an 74,1 degree angle, and even as long as 13028 meters if the friction coefficient could be lowered to 0,15. It also revealed that the friction force is the main limitation of long reach drilling.

- by Ørjan Bergum
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- Petroleum, Oil and gas, Drilling Engineering, Petroleum Technology
- by Curtis Whitson
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- Petroleum Technology

Guest editorial - No abstract available.

- by Eve Sprunt
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- History, Petroleum Technology
- by Shahab Mohaghegh
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- Neural Network, Petroleum Technology
- by Rahim Masoudi
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- Petroleum Technology
- by Adnan Aqrawi
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- Petroleum Technology
- by Fikri Kuchuk
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- Petroleum Technology, Mathematical Model, Flow Regime

Due to increased use of fossil fuels in present
times, not only we are on the verge of depletion the fuels
but also by utilizing them on a vast scale, we are polluting the
environment leading to increased global warming. There are
millions of cars on roads already so it would be illogical to
withdraw all the automobiles, so it is better to modify internal
combustion engine to an efficient air engine with minimal cost.
For Simplification, in this paper we are considering 2-stroke
internal combustion Engine. There are two primary concerns
which needed to be addressed for the changeover. One is to
determine the position of air supply from a place where
maximum work could be extracted. The other one is the design
of timing circuit to precisely decide the point of entry of air
and the duration for air supply.

- by sinisha jikich
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- Petroleum Technology

Hydrocarbons are used to generate energy. Most of the
day to day products used by human beings are also derived from
hydrocarbons. The use of hydrocarbons for generating energy
will leave more global warming gases into the atmosphere. It is
better to replace the hydrocarbon usage with renewable energy
resource to generate energy. But we cannot stop producing
hydrocarbons due to the usage of their derived products in day
to day life. The replacement of hydrocarbons with non renewable
sources of energy can be started from the point of exploration
and production of hydrocarbons itself. In this paper we have
designed various concepts for compensating the use of
hydrocarbons with renewable energy resources to generate
energy for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons both
in onshore and offshore.

Resumen En este articulo se presenta la implementación de un Sensor Virtual para Modelar y Diagnosticar Pozos Petroleros basado en técnicas de Computación Inteligente (específicamente Métodos Numéricos y Código de Cadenas). Este sensor virtual, permite implementar labores de supervisión y diagnóstico del proceso de producción en sus respectivos estados operacionales, y detectar formas de fallas que afectan al proceso de producción de crudo. Así el Modelado y Diagnóstico se realiza en pozos por levantamiento artificial por Bombeo Mecánico, usando datos de campo (carga de fluido, torque, porcentaje de llenado de la bomba y sobrecarga del motor). En general, la propuesta está orientada a la dotación del pozo de inteligencia al conferirle características de auto-diagnóstico en sitio, proporcionando al método de producción mejor desempeño y rentabilidad económica. Palabras claves: métodos numéricos, código de cadenas, sistema de producción petrolero, pozos por levantamiento artificial por bombeo mecánico Abstract This article presents the implementation of a Virtual Sensor to model and diagnose oil wells based on technologies of Intelligent Computation (specifically Numerical Methods and Code of Chains). This virtual sensor, it allows to implement labors of supervision and diagnosis of the process of production in his respective operational conditions, and to detect forms of faults that concern the process of production of crude oil. So, the model and diagnose it is done in wells for artificial lift for mechanical pumping, using field data (it loads with fluid, torque, percentage of filling of the bomb and overload of the engine). In general, the offer him is orientated to the endowment of the well of intelligence to award characteristics of self-diagnosis in site, providing to the method of the best production and economic profitability. Keywords: oil black, modelling, fluids, characterization, numerical methods, code of chains, system of production oil, well artificial lift for mechanical pumping. 1 Introducción La producción industrial petrolera se compone de procesos grandes y complejos, por lo cual, requiere una plataforma tecnológica que maneje grandes volúmenes

- by Egner Aceros
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- Artificial Intelligence, Process Control, Cloud Computing, Petroleum Technology

The natural gas became the back bone and the most important fuel for firing in the majority of the combustion system . It is not only used in the domestic applications but also it is used hugely in the industrial ones .
The present research proposes and hence derives some optimum techniques for gathering , treatment and liquefaction , storage , shipping and also the establishment for a new unified base for pricing the natural gas on both the two levels of local and international markets .
The procedures applied in this investigation took place in some of their carried out stages at the site and the processes units existing in Khalda Petroleum Company in the western desert area of Egypt .
The validated proposed techniques in this research can in their turn deliver the LNG to the end user in abundant , purified and cheaper feature . Moreover , the devised bases for pricing the LNG will put an end to the continuous disputes and arguments between seller and buyer for this strategical product

- by Sameh Tawfeek
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- Cryogenics, Petroleum, Petroleum Technology, LNG Industry

Real time analysis and visualization of the performance of a rod pumped well are achieved using multiple small and compact wireless sensors that simultaneously transmit acquired data to a digital laptop manager that integrates the measurements, displays performance graphs and provides advanced tools for analysis and troubleshooting of the pumping system. Battery powered wireless sensors for fluid level, pressure and dynamometer data acquisition are easily deployed and quickly installed on the well. The laptop manager automatically recognizes and commissions the sensors. The user sets up and controls the acquisition of data which may include multiple sensors that synchronously monitor variables such as tubing and casing pressures, fluid level and polished rod acceleration/position and load as a function of time. Elimination of cables and connectors improves the reliability of the hardware and data while speeding up the setup tear down process. The user interface presents a smart instrument rather than a complex application. Among the many innovations provided by these well performance analysis tools stand out the real time visualization of the operation and fluid distribution in the down-hole pump, the simultaneous display of quantitative surface and pump dynamometer graphs in conjunction with fluid level and wellbore pressures. Acquired data, wellbore description and pumping system characteristics are saved as a historical data base creating a continuum of the well's information and performance for direct comparison and detailed analysis. The paper describes the hardware and user interface, the procedures for installation and acquisition and several examples of field data and well performance analyses for a variety of rod pumping installations. Introduction Monitoring of rod pumped well performance from surface measurements of fluid level and dynamometer loads has been in use since the early 1930s when the original objective was only to observe whether fluid was present in the annulus above the pump and whether the pump was filled with liquid at the time of the test. The tedious task of manually converting the echo travel time to the distance to the liquid level and the load and position of the polished rod to a pump dynamometer diagram was greatly improved and facilitated by the introduction of portable laptop computers in the early 1990s that could be operated at the well site 1,2. These programs for well performance data acquisition and analysis, although greatly improved, generally present quantitative results to the user in terms of numeric and graphical values. However, accurate determination of the well's performance still requires a significant degree of data interpretation on the part of the user who in many instances does not have the time or the necessary background to efficiently perform this analysis. The new generation of software and hardware discussed in this paper, takes advantage of the tremendous increase in laptop processing speed, memory size and screen resolution to generate in real time a quantitative visualization of the downhole rod pump operation, plunger motion, valve action and fluid flow. This animation is presented simultaneously with the corresponding fluid distribution in the wellbore, obtained from the acoustic fluid level survey, to let the user see the complete performance of the well and lift system, shown schematically in Figure 1, without having to interpret the conventional dynamometer card or fluid level record for the majority of wells that he monitors. The new system also takes advantage of the development of reliable, miniaturized wireless instrumentation that increase measurement flexibility, eliminate inaccuracies caused by defective cables and connectors and greatly speeds up installation and tear-down.

- by G.Ali Mansoori
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- Brazil, Petroleum Technology, Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Production Research