ISBN: 9780124172043    Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Year of publishing: 2015     Format:  Hardback No of Pages: 578        

Sucker Rod Pump Handbook presents the latest information on the most common form of production enhancement in today's oil and gas industry, making up roughly two-thirds of the producing oil well operations in the world. The book provides the technical and practical knowledge needed to introduce the new and practicing production engineer and operator to the equipment, technology, techniques, and standards required to maintain optimum pumping conditions. Sucker Rod Pump Handbook is a must-have manual that ensures operators understand the parts, learn the functions of the systems, apply the fundamental production theories and calculations, and accomplish maximum system efficiency by avoiding the typical pitfalls that lead to fatigue and failure. * Covers basic equipment, techniques, and codes to follow in a comprehensive and easy-to-understand format* Helps users grasp common handling problems that lead to failures using case studies as sample scenarios* Begins with simple exercises, then advances to more complex infrastructure * Must-have manual to help operators understand and apply fundamental production theories and calculations
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Gabor Takacs is a Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Miskolc, Hungary where he held the position of Department Head from 1995 to 2012. He holds MS and PhD degrees in Petroleum Engineering and a doctorate from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Between 2007-2010, he was acting Director of the Petroleum Engineering program at The Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, UAE and taught at Texas Tech University in from 1988/89. He has more than 35 years of teaching and consulting experience in the production engineering field. In 1995/96, he was selected "SPE Distinguished Lecturer", was "Outstanding Technical Editor" for the SPE journal, Production and Facilities, from 1992-2003, and chaired the Artificial Lift TIG (Technical Interest Group) of SPE from 1997-2003. He is the author of several books on artificial lift technology. His latest contribution, Electrical Submersible Pumps Manual, came out in 2009 from Elsevier. Dr. Takacs is a well-known consultant and instructor on production engineering and artificial lift topics. He has more than a hundred technical papers and taught various short courses for many oil companies in Libya, Mexico, Argentina, Indonesia, UAE, Romania, Malaysia, Peru, Oman, India, Egyipt, and Austria
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