Pressure Dynamics and Well Control Integrity

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-39265-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Petroleum Engineering

This book delivers a practical, straightforward approach to pressure dynamics and well control integrity, making complex safety concepts accessible to both new and experienced drilling, operations, and production engineers. Built on thirty years of international field experience spanning diverse oil and gas provinces across four continents, including Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and the North Sea, the author shares hard-won insights that bridge the gap between theory and real-world application.

The content focuses on what truly matters: recognizing early warning signs of pressure imbalance, safeguarding wellbore stability, and taking decisive action to prevent uncontrolled fluid releases. Unlike traditional textbooks, this book avoids unnecessary jargon and instead uses numerous diagrams, practical tables, hands-on exercises, and clear flowcharts to illustrate each concept from multiple angles.

Whether you are beginning your career or have spent decades in the field, this book offers actionable solutions and real case examples that can be applied immediately to enhance safety, sharpen operational judgment, and improve reliability in daily well control decisions.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ganat, Tarek Al Arbi Omar

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Strömungslehre
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Technologien für Fossile Energieträger
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Nachrichten- und Kommunikationstechnik Regelungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: The Physics.- Chapter 2: Early Kick Detection.- Chapter 3: Well Control Barriers and Planning Data.- Chapter 4: Tripping Procedures.- Chapter 5:Shut-In Procedures.- Chapter 6: Well-Killing Procedures.- Chapter 7: Equipment Requirements.- Chapter 8: Maintenance & Testing.- Chapter 9: HPHT Complications.- Chapter 10: Underground Blowout.- Chapter 11: Hydrogen-Sulphide Control.

Über Autor(innen)

Tarek Al-Arbi Omar Ganat, Assoc. Professor, Recipient of the Chartered Engineer CEng (EI) Member, was born in 1968. He earned a B.S. degree in petroleum engineering from Tripoli University, Libya, in 1991, M.Sc. degree in “Petroleum Engineering” from ISE University—Spain/Madrid, in 2003, M.Sc. degree in “Engineering Management”, from Tripoli University, Libya, 2005, and Ph.D. degree in petroleum engineering from the International Islamic University of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, in 2016. He had more than 29 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry. More than twenty-eight years of work experience was developed in both the oil and gas industry and academia. He is currently Faculty Member at Sultan Qaboos University, where he has served for the past four years. He has professional skills and extensive experience of more than 3 years in training centers. He had published over 69 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.