A Guide to Onshore Natural Gas Engineering gives engineers a systematic approach to the full cycle, including development, production, processing, and transportation facets of natural gas. Organized per sector for easy reference, each chapter covers best practices, corresponding equipment and facilities, and a range of additional references all located in one convenience source. Early career engineers will benefit from the overview of coverage while more advanced engineers can deep dive into their specific sections relevant to their careers. Rounding out with a futuristic outlook on challenges ahead, this book gives engineers a more comprehensive approach to this fast-growing environmentally sustainable energy source.
1. Natural gas basics
2. Natural gas reservoir, exploration, drilling, and well completion
3. Natural gas production
4. Upstream production operations
5. Gas compression
6. Piping, valves, and accessories
7. Produced water
8. Plant processing of natural gas
9. Transportation of commodity natural gas
10. Natural gas role in energy future
Appendix A: Acronyms and glossary
Appendix B: Unit conversions
David Simpson is currently the Principal Engineer and Owner of MuleShoe Engineering. His role involves providing engineering consulting services for the oil and gas industry focused on artificial lift, coalbed methane, and facility design. He has authored numerous journal articles, earned three patents, and is active in SPE, ASME, NACE, and NSPE. He is also an independent instructor teaching unconventional upstream operations and unconventional upstream operations engineering for practicing oil and gas engineers. David earned a BSc in industrial management from the University of Arkansas, a MSc in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado, and is a registered professional engineer in Colorado and New Mexico. P. Scott Northrop is the Owner and Principal Engineer of Northrop Consulting, LLC. He provides consulting services on treating processes for the hydrocarbon industry, specializing in adsorption and absorption processes. He has written a number of articles and authored/co-authored over 50 US patents. He was on the Thermodynamic Research Committee for the GPA Midstream Association, and on the Editorial Review Board for the GPSA DataBook for several years. He is currently a member of the American Chemical Society and Alberta Sulphur Research, Ltd. Scott earned his BSc in Chem Eng from Washington University in St. Louis, and his MSc and PhD (also in Chem Eng) from the California Institute of Technology.
