Category: Petroleum – English

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Heavy Oil Recovery

Petroleum - English

2017-09-152017-12-08 Raed Al-Obaidi

American Petroleum Institute API classifies crude oil into different types as follows: 1. Light Crude Oil : its API is greater than 31.1° […]

what Heavy Oil, tar and bitumen mean

Petroleum - English

2017-08-202017-12-08 AONG manager

Heavy oil is a type of petroleum that is different from conventional petroleum insofar as they are much more difficult to […]

Three-Phase Oil–Water–Gas Separators

Petroleum - English

2017-05-192018-08-24 AONG manager

3-Phase Oil-Gas-Water Separators in general, to the separation of any gas–liquid system such as gas–oil, gas–water, and gas–condensate systems. In almost all production operations, however, the produced […]

Reservoir Simulation Data Management

Petroleum - English

2017-05-162017-09-23 AONG manager

Reservoir Simulation Data Management Eng.Ali Yahya Jirjees Salman Introduction Data from a wide variety of sources are required for reservoir simulation. Simulation itself produces large […]

Removing H2S from Oil

Petroleum - English

2017-04-172017-12-25 AONG manager

1. INTRODUCTION Sulfur compounds exist in various light oils made from petroleum. Such as mercaptan, hydrogen sulfide, which cause foul odors and deteriorate the finished […]

Chemicals Used in Crude Oil Production

Petroleum - English

2017-04-062017-12-17 AONG manager

Petroleum “A complex combination of hydrocarbons. It consists predominantly of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons. It may also contain small amounts of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur compounds. […]

Offshore Petroleum Platforms

Petroleum - English

2017-04-052017-09-23 AONG manager

what are offshore platforms? Offshore structures are used worldwide for a variety of functions and in a variety of water depths, and environments. Since right selection […]

Gas–Oil Separators part. 2

Petroleum - English

2017-04-042017-12-05 AONG manager

Inlet Diverters Inlet diverters are used to cause the initial bulk separation of liquid and gas. The most common type is the baffle plate diverter, […]

Gas–Oil Separators part. 1

Petroleum - English

2017-04-032017-12-09 AONG manager

Commercial Types of Gas–Oil Separator Based on the configuration, the most common types of separator are horizontal, vertical, and spherical, Large horizontal gas–oil separators are used […]

Two-Phase Gas–Oil Separation

Petroleum - English

2017-03-302017-12-05 AONG manager

At the high pressure existing at the bottom of the producing well, crude oil contains great quantities of dissolved gases. When crude oil […]

Detection of Oil Spills

Petroleum - English

2017-03-072017-12-18 AONG manager

Oil Spills Special instruments are sometimes required to detect an oil spill, especially if the slick is very thin or not clearly visible. For example, if […]

Geologic Classification of Petroleum Reservoirs

Petroleum - English

2017-02-192017-09-23 AONG manager

Petroleum reservoirs exist in many different sizes and shapes of geologic structures. It is usually convenient to classify the reservoirs according to the conditions of their […]