Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) - Procedures, Issues and Benefits

by Okon Obo

Overview

Hydraulic Fracturing is a unique oil and gas reservoir stimulation technique that has positioned itself as the industry's choice for developing Tight/Shale Oil and Gas fields. Together with horizontal well, this technology unlocks impervious shale rocks - releasing crude oil and natural gas that otherwise would not have been possible by using conventional exploration and production methods.

This detailed 2nd Edition has many illustrations, giving readers solid foundation in the procedures, issues, benefits, and reverse benefits associated with current shale reservoir development using Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking).

Book contents, among others, include a concise explanation on:
* Natural Gas/crude oil (Conventional and Unconventional)
* Formation Preparation for Hydraulic Fracturing
* Well Drilling Process
* Well Completion Process (Perforation)
* Horizontal Well: The Preferred Well Configuration for Fracking
* Hydraulic Fracturing – Procedures, etc.
* Offshore Fracking: Quietly on the rise
* Common Misconception of Fracking Technique
* Environmental Concerns of Hydraulic Fracturing
* Benefits and reverse benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing
* Winners and losers when oil and gas prices fall
* Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Hydraulic Fracturing


Those who use this book include Technical/Nontechnical persons, students, and all that are following the trend in the global oil and gas industry. Readers are given a good footing on the procedures, issues, and benefits concerning "Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)".

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151654050
Publisher:	Petroleum Zones
Publication date:	06/08/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Dr. Okon Obo holds BS/MS degrees in Oil & Gas Fields' Machines and Equipment Mechanical Engineering - with concentration in drilling equipment; and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering with specialty in Offshore Fields' Development.

He has a unique research experience in simulating oil and gas production in a reservoir with horizontal and multilateral well configurations.

In addition, his experiences expanse through working in the international oil and gas industry, and similarly as a professor of petroleum engineering.

Dr. Obo, with his high technical knowledge in oilfield's equipment designing, is also the author of "Oil & Gas Surface Wellhead and Christmas Tree (Components Illustration Handbook)."

*More books from the same author, are coming soon!