Geomechanics applied to the petroleum industry

IFP Energies nouvelles Publications
Jean-François NAUROY
trade paperback, 170 x 240 mm, 224 p.

110 € - 131 $US

Designing an efficient drilling program is a key step for the development of an oil and/or gas field. Variations in reservoir pressure, saturation and temperature, induced by reservoir production or CO2 injection, involve various coupled physical and chemical processes.

Heavy Crude Oils
From Geology Upgrading
An Overview

Alain-Yves HUC

paperback, 170 x 240 mm, 432p.

100 € - 115 $US

Heavy oils, extra-heavy oils and tar sands are major players for the future of energy. They represent a massive world resource, at least the size of conventional oils. They are found all over the world but Canada and Venezuela together account, by themselves, for more than half of these deposits.

Geopolitics of Energy

IFP Energies nouvelles Publications

Jean-Pierre Favennec

130 € - 155 $US

Rarely has the world's energy sector known such a complicated and fragile environment as that being experienced in 2011. Energy demand is increasing rapidly because of growth in the developing countries. It is largely met by fossil fuels: oil, natural gas and coal, and also by hydraulic and nuclear power.

Oil and Gas
Exploration and Production

Third edition
revised and expanded

trade paperback, 130 x 210 mm, 376 p.

99€ - 118 $US

This book has been selected for inclusion in Choice's annual Outstanding Academic titles list. It has been rewarded for its excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of its contribution to the field, and its value as important treatment of the subject.

Quest for Quality Data

Philippe THEYS

trade paperback, 170 x 240 mm, 350 p.

52€/ US$ 60
Feb 2011

The Digital Oilfield is the buzzword of the oil industry in these early years of the 21st century.
Data swiftly flows to databases, moves around the world at the speed of light and can be exchanged seamlessly between all stakeholders. From time to time, for good housekeeping, data is cleansed. Many people are involved in these intermediate or final steps.

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Dictionary of Drilling and Boreholes
ENGLISH/FRENCH - FRENCH/ENGLISH

New edition revised and expanded

trade paperback, 130 x 210 mm, 376 p.

50 € - 59 $US

This dictionary which contains over 8,000 terms is a comprehensive compilation of the words or expressions used in drilling, well logging, and in the equipment and completion of boreholes, both onshore and offshore. It also includes tradenames of tools that tend to be used as commons nouns. Technical definitions are also added for important terms and concepts that need to be understood. Appendixes also give additional tables and figures.

Gas Lift Manual

Gabor Takacs, PhD

130 € - 155 $US

Gas lifting can be used throughout the whole lifespan of an oil well: from the time it dies until its abandonment. The Gas Lift Manual is a thorough, handy reference that is essential to the practicing engineer needing to successfully perform this type of artificial lift project.