Process Plants overview

[mechpiper]

Can someone suggest some online material to get an overview of the oil and gas plants...say from exploration to refining.
thanks

 

[Feric]

Hi there:

Check out the Society of Petrolem Engineers web site at:

http://www.spe.org

Thanks,

Gordan Feric, PE
Engineering Software

http://members.aol.com/engware

 

[stanier]

http://www.pipingdesigners.com

or do a search for red Bag. I think I saw something on the US Army Corps of Engineers website.

Happy web surfing

Geoffrey D Stone FIMechE C.Eng;FIEAust CP Eng

http://www.waterhammer.bigblog.com.au

 

[mbeychok]

mechpiper:

Read these Wikipedia articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_processing

includes a plant photograph, a process flow schematic and thorough description

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_condensate

includes a process flow schematic of processing at the well heads and a thorough description

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refinery

includes a photograph, a process flow diagram of a typical complex refinery, process description, product list, environmental impacts and much more

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_distillation

includes a photograph, many schematics and a very thorough explanation of how large, industrial distillation towers work

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic_reforming

includes a process flow diagram of one of the key process units in an oil refinery along with a process description and how the chemistry works to produce a high-octane gasoline component

and many,many others in the chemical engineering category at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chemical_engineering

Milton Beychok
(Visit me at www.air-dispersion.com)
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[dcasto]

Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine has a section I believe once per year that has gas plant and gas treating processes. There are simple flow sheets and some estimated energy and constructions cost data. They also do refinery processes and petrochem processes too.