petroleum refining and petrochemicals 4 min read
Understanding Naphtha and Ethane Cracking Processes
Ethylene – because its molecules have very distinctive and useful chemical properties – is manufactured in greater amounts than any…
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Heavy weight drill pipe (HWDP)
Grant Prideco offers three types of heavy weight drill pipe: Standard, Tri-Spiral™, and Spiral-Wate™. Each of these heavy weight drill…
Introductions 29 min read
Introduction to Petroleum Products and Test Methods
CRUDE OIL ANALYSIS Crude petroleum oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon gases, methane, ethane, propane, and butane, are…
drilling operations 7 min read
What is Directional Drilling?
Most wells drilled for water, oil, natural gas, information or other subsurface objectives are vertical wells – drilled straight down…
petroleum production 2 min read
Fluid Saturations
Oil and/or gas are never alone in “saturating” the available pore space. Water is always present. Certain rocks are “oil-wet,”…
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Bharat Petroleum to merge Bina oil refinery with itself
Privatisation-bound Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL NSE 0.95 %) on Friday said its board has approved the merger of the unit…
petroleum production 2 min read
USES OF LIQUID NITROGEN & ITS WORKING PRINCIPLE
Liquid nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, non-flammable, non-corrosive and extremely cold element that finds a lot of applications including research…
petroleum refining and petrochemicals 2 min read
Fractional distillation of crude oil
Fractional distillation separates a mixture into a number of different parts, called fractions. A tall fractionating column is fitted above the…
petroleum geology 4 min read
Drilling for Oil and Gas
Drilling for oil is a costly process, especially offshore. The object of a well is to prove the presence of,…
petroleum geology 3 min read
Formation of Source Rocks
All marine organic material is formed near the surface of the ocean, in the photic zone, through photosynthesis. For the…
petroleum production 3 min read
The Role of Petroleum Production Engineering
Petroleum production involves two distinct but intimately connected general systems: the reservoir, which is a porous medium with unique storage…
petroleum production 4 min read
WellHead Valves
External Sleeve Choke Valve 2″-12″ 150-2500lb 2 1/16″-5 1/16″ 2000-15000psi Basic Design: API 6A Test & Inspection: API 6A Design…