Oil And Gas Production Handbook

This handbook is has been compiled to give readers with an interested in the oil andgas production industry an overview of the main processes and equipment. When Istarted to search for a suitable introduction to be used for new engineers, Idiscovered that much of this equipment is described in standards, equipment manualsand project documentation. But little material was found to quickly give the readeran overview of the entire upstream area, while still preserving enough detail to let theengineer get an appreciation of the main characteristics and design issues.,This book is by no means a comprehensive description on the detailed design of anypart of this process, and many details have been omitted in the interest of overview. Ihave included some comments on the control issues, since that is part of my ownbackground. For the same reason, the description will be somewhat biased towardthe offshore installations.The material has been compiled form various online sources as well as ABB andcustomer documents. I am thankful to my colleagues in the industry for providingvaluable input, in particular Erik Solbu of Norsk Hydro for the Njord process andvaluable comments. I have included many photos to give the reader an impressionwhat typical facilities or equipment look like. Non-ABB photo source given belowpicture other pictures and illustrations are ABB