title: Surface Production Operations, Volume 1:, Second Edition: Design of Oil-Handling Systems and Facilities
author: Ken Arnold
description: "As a Process Engineer, working in both operations and design in the upstream oil industry, it is pleasing to find a text that finally covers all the unit operations you are likely to encounter in oil processing. The book is an easy read that doesn't get weighed down in first principles. This means that you can quickly get the information you require and have confidence in your decisions. It's a must for anyone working in the industry, especially those who may be offshore, I always have my copy with me." - Ed Pickering
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  OIL AND GAS 
  PRODUCTION 
  HANDBOOK  
   
  An introduction to oil and gas production  
   
   
  Håvard Devold 
  © 2006 ABB ATPA Oil and Gas 
   
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  PREFACE 
   
  This handbook is has been compiled to give readers with an interested in the oil and 
  gas production industry an overview of the main processes and equipment. When I 
  started to search for a suitable introduction to be used for new engineers, I 
  discovered that much of this equipment is described in standards, equipment manuals 
  and project documentation. But little material was found to quickly give the reader 
  an overview of the entire upstream area, while still preserving enough detail to let the 
  engineer get an appreciation of the main characteristics and design issues., 
   
  This book is by no means a comprehensive description on the detailed design of any 
  part of this process, and many details have been omitted in the interest of overview. I 
  have included some comments on the control issues, since that is