Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Industry ( 47 %)
Residential 129 %)
Transport (24 %)
2) chemistry of Petroleum
Elements
basic building blocks of Substances
Sun : H ( 75 %) ,
He 125 %)
compounds
contain ( C )
organic :
•
naturally occurring
.
Specific chemical composition
•
Crystalline
•
a
biogenic
Hydrocarbons
compound of C H ,
Petroleum
a.
Largest natural Source of
hydrocarbons
• mixture of hundreds of thousands of hydrocarbons
•
found in
every continent
At room conditions
C -
Cy : Gaseous
,
Cs -
Gg :
Liquid
Czo -
Ca : Solid
A- biogenic
Theory ✗
Petroleum was formed from non-biological Sources
Biogenic Theory ✓
Source Rock
Barrier
Trap
sedimentary basin
2) Geochemical Methods
•
Analyse air ,
water & Soil samples
look for 1
gas seeps
•
oil
3) Geophysical Methods
Magnetic Survey
map earth 's magnetic field
magnetic field is :
strong : in
igneous 4 metamorphic rock
Seismic
Survey
Sound Waves travel at different velocities
Resistivity Survey
Rocks containing water have lower electrical
than
resistivity rocks
containing oil or
gas
6) Well Drilling
Functions of the Drilling Fluid
2) Transports cuttings
3) Creates pressure
Casing Depths
1) Conductor 124 )
"
o -
Zoo ft
2) Surface
"
( 133s ) o -
3 boo ft
"
3) intermediate 19% ) O -
7-ooo ft
open -
Hole : no water Production
liner Screen
, ,
and gravel : Sand Production
9) Oil & Gas Processing
Processing
treatment of Produced oil Lgas to make
Recovery factor
Range between to -70%
11 ) Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals
Refining
Separating Crude oil into different fractions
Petrochemicals
Chemicals made from Petroleum fractions
Olefins ,
Aromatics
olefins → Polymers → Plastics, fibers, . . .
127 History of the Petroleum Industry
Before 1859
the USA
1902 -
1945
oil discovered in Saudi Arabia by SOCAL
1973 -
1990 's
$147 )
shale oil
I 3) Statistics
World oil Producers
1) US
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Russia
World oil Reserves
1) Venezuela
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Canada
Middle East
1) US
2) Russia
World Gas Reserves
1) Russia ( 25% )
2) Iran 118 %)
3) Qatar ( 13 %)
Outlook
Petroleum will constitute between
36 -
China
The Most Geothermal Power is Produced in :
United States
China
The most nuclear Power is Produced in :
United States
.
15) Material Balance
Mass balance
Mole balance
Volume balance
Volume balance does not apply to each ingredient
if they are miscible
Volume balance can be applied if they are
atsameconditions
I 6) Data Analysis
Graph Types
1) Cartesian
2) Semi logarithmic
-
3) Full
logarithmic
-
4) Probability
Cartesian
linear
graph axes are
Semi -
logarithmic
one axis is linear ,
the other is
logarithmic
Full -
logarithmic
both axes are
logarithmic
Probability
one axis is linear or logarithmic ,
the other
is probability
17) Ethics
SPE Professionals
1) offer Services in their areas of competence
4)
engage in Professional relationships without bias