Focusing on the engineering of natural gas and its advancement as an
increasingly important energy resource, this volume is a must-have for
any engineer working in this field.
Acid gas is a mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, with small
amounts of light hydrocarbons, which is the by-product of the process
for removing these unwanted components from raw natural gas. Because
companies are no longer allowed to flare (burn off) excess acid gas,
acid gas injection has emerged as a technology that is suitable for
dealing with small amounts of unwanted acid gas. Gas injection involves
the compression of the stream, transportation by pipeline to an
injection well, then the fluid travels down the well and into a suitable
formation. Larger producers have started to use this technology for
their applications and in the future it is predicted that even larger
projects will be developed.
This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of this
technique, which is rapidly increasing in importance and usage in the
natural gas and petroleum industry. The authors, a group of the most
well-known and respected in the field, discuss, in a series of papers,
this technology and related technologies as to how they can best be used
by industry.
This process will help companies in the energy industry "go green," by
creating a safer, cleaner environment. These techniques also create a
more efficient and profitable process in the plant, cutting waste and
making operations more streamlined.
This outstanding new volume:
- Covers the most recent advances in natural gas engineering, in both
upstream (drilling) and downstream (refining)
- Covers acid gas injection, the method of choice for disposing of small
quantities of acid gas
- Covers technologies for working towards a zero-emission process in
natural gas production
- Written by a team of the world's most well-known scientists and
engineers in the field