Oil & Gas Refining & Processing

Geared to young and seasoned professionals alike, Process Operations: Lessons Learned in a Nontechnical Language is designed to present a straightforward approach to mastering the principles and concepts all process engineers should be able to apply...

Designed for operators and controllers in industrial plants and facilities who are responsible for the minute by minute, shift after shift control room operations. This first-of-a-kind handbook is a ready, by-the-side, resource for use during all shift...

Troubleshooting Natural Gas Processing encompasses wellhead production problems as well as gas treating, dehydration, compression, and transmission. The book recounts the trials and tribulations of moving gas from the wellhead to the common carrier...

For 45 years, William Leffler's Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language has been the go-to best seller for anyone needing to know the fundamentals of refining. Fluid prose, easy-to-understand graphics, and helpful analogies (like the "beer bottle...

This book is a must-read for the latest generation of scientists, engineers, and researchers in the petroleum industry. The product of over four decades of research, experience, and study by Dr. Dwijen Banerjee, who carefully preserves the history of the...

A useful reference guide to the design and operations of hydrocarbon processing facilities, including refineries, petrochemical plants, and gas processing plants. Ashis Nag draws on his 35 years of experience to illustrate advanced practices in...

The definitive bestselling guide for refinery operations and maintenance, Troubleshooting Process Operations, 4th Edition, delivers unparalleled information to engineers and technicians. Drawing on his training and experience, author Norman Lieberman...

This is one guide every process plant manager and frontline supervisor will want to keep on hand. Noted industry consultant Rex Kenyon draws from his results-driven practices for this handy reference packed with the key process evaluation concepts...

The complete refining process explained in picture format. Size: 24" x 29"/ 1993 (Laminated)ISBN: 9780878145713

Updated for 2022! The Petrochemicals Chart allows for quick and simple identification of the sequence of petrochemicals from oil, gas, and coal to base chemicals, derivatives, and end-uses. Includes new technologies, an easy-to-use design, and expanded...

Learn the basics of petroleum refining from one of the petroleum industry's top nontechnical writers and lecturers! In this 10-part series, William Leffler covers the information found in his best-selling book Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical...

Authors Don Burdick and Bill Leffler have completely rewritten this time-honored bestseller. With its chapters on all the base chemicals and derivatives, plus seven new ones covering the Fischer-Tropsch process, polyurethane, epoxy resins, and more, the...

by William L. Leffler In the ninth of the 10-part series, Distillate and Residual Fuels/Asphalt, Dr. Leffler outlines distillate and residual fuels, such as kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, and diesel fuels. He also discusses asphalt as a refinery...

by William L. Leffler In the eighth of the 10-part series, Gasoline, Dr. Leffler outlines the demands of the internal combustion engine, and how that, along with the governmental restrictions placed on refineries, has shaped the way refiners produce and...

by William L. Leffler In the seventh of the 10-part series, Residual Reduction, Dr. Leffler outlines the various techniques used to deal with residue in the refinery, including the coker, the delayed coker, and the flexicoker. DVD/March 2010 Run Time:...

by William L. Leffler In the sixth of the 10-part series, Hydrocracking / Isomerization, Dr. Leffler outlines the hydrocracking process and explains how this versatile unit in the refinery can easily produce various products like distilate and gasoline...

by William L. Leffler In the fifth of the 10-part series, Catalytic Cracking/Alkylation, Dr. Leffler outlines the cat cracking process and explains how it takes straight run heavy oils and cracks them into smaller, more valuable molecules. Dr. Leffler...

by William L. Leffler In the fourth of the 10-part series, Refinery Gas Plants/Cat Reforming, Dr. Leffler outlines what goes on in a refinery gas plant. He discusses the various paths and processes refiners use to separate and utilize the various gasses...

by William L. Leffler In the third of the 10-part series, The Chemistry of Petroleum, Dr. Leffler explains the chemical properties of various components within crude oil. He covers the basic properties of paraffins, olefins, naphthenes, and aromatics,...

by William L. Leffler In the second of the 10-part series, Distilling and Vacuum Flashing, Dr. Leffler takes you into the refinery, and illustrates the process of separating the various components within crude oil using a process called distillation. He...

by William L. Leffler In the first of the 10-part series, History/Oil Patch to Refinery/Crude Oil, Dr. Leffler outlines the history of the petroleum industry, its milestones and accomplishments. Then Dr. Leffler provides an overview of how the oil gets...

by William L. Leffler In the last of the 10-part series, Hydrogen, Hydrotreating, and Sulfur Plants/Review, Dr. Leffler outlines ways the refiners utilize hydrogen to remove contaminants and unwanted molecules from the refinery. He then presents a quick...

Despite the fact that the use of dry gas seals in process gas centrifugal compressors has increased dramatically over the last 20 years, the technology remains misunderstood by many in the industry. Dry gas seals operate with clearances measured in...

Oilfield waxes and emulsions are petroleum byproducts that increase the costs of production, transportation, and refining by causing equipment failures, plugged pipelines, and decreased throughput. Oil companies spend considerable money in the treatment...

Part two of the two volume set. This text represents the most detailed and comprehensive book presenting modern practice and theory relevant to the thermal-flow performance evaluation, design, and optimization of air-cooled heat exchangers and cooling...

Part one of the two volume set. This text represents the most detailed and comprehensive book presenting modern practice and theory relevant to the thermal-flow performance evaluation, design, and optimization of air-cooled heat exchangers and cooling...