Category: Advanced Concepts.

Refiners still strong in second quarter, outlook bright for rest of year

North American independent refiners posted strong financial results in the second quarter, building on gains notched in the earlier three-month…

Canadian crude not feeling the love from higher global prices

In early 2018, Canadian heavy crude grades were trading at over a $30/barrel discount to the global benchmark, Brent. July…

Geopolitics can lead to a hundred-dollar oil world, but can it sustain it?

October 23, 2018Oil prices have come a long way since early 2016, when Brent was collapsing to below USD30/bbl. Tighter…

Eight shifts that would result in a much more rapid global energy transition

We may be closer to a radical energy transition than expected, with some far-reaching developments already under way. December 11,…

Petroleum Economics – Uncertainty and Risk

Introduction *Explain the difference between uncertainty and risk, in the context of investment Uncertainty relates to a lack of knowledge…

Alternative Careers For Petroleum Engineers

With oil prices at historical lows and companies laying off employees, for some of us it might be time to…

Dynamical similarity of ideal gas flows

The non-linear nature of Euler’s equation may cause serious mathematical difficulties when solving a problem on the flow of ideal…

Small perturbations at the speed of sound

In a great number of engineering problems one is interested in the perturbation of a given flow. The motion of…

The Vazsonyi-Crocco equation

Now we shall determine the relationships between the kinematic and thermal variables for an ideal perfect gas flow. We restrict…

The Cauchy-Lagrange integral of Euler’s equation

BASIC ELEMENTS INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS

Electrical Network:  A combination of various electric elements (Resistor, Inductor, Capacitor, Voltage source, Current source) connected in any manner what…

BASIC CIRCUITS ANALYSIS

The interconnection of various electric elements in a prescribed manner comprises as an electric circuit in order to perform a…