Petroleum Production Systems
by Michael J. Economides, Ding Zhu, A. Daniel Hill, Christine Ehlig-Economides
Foreword
I have waited on this book for the last 10 years. It is a modernized version of the classic first edition, thousands of copies of which have been distributed to my former trainees, engineers, and associates. The authors of the book have worked with me in a number of capacities for 25 years and we have become kindred spirits both in how we think about oil and gas production enhancement and, especially, in knowing how bad production management can be, even in the most unexpected places and companies.
It is a comprehensive book that describes the “production system,” or what I refer to as “nodal analysis,” artificial lift, well diagnosis, matrix stimulation, hydraulic fracturing, and sand control.
There are some important points that are ...
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