This Manual was once the best seller on Barnes and Noble Website.

If you want to know the current state of underground natural gas storage, this is a must read.

The objective of Gas Production Technology manual is to convey to the reader the modern various aspects of Gas Technology. The author, Dr. M. Aruna, has over 30 years of experience in oil and gas industry. He had his Ph.D.  Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University, California, U.S.A, MS  degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and B.S degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a research assistant in the various universities where he took part in investigative projects.

Natural Gas, as a cleaner component of petroleum than oil is poised to play an increasing role in supplying energy to a world increasingly conscious of environmental effects of fossil fuel.

Gas Production Technology covers the following topics: gas properties, reservoir performance and reserves estimation, gas flow in pipes and restrictions, and flow measurement.  This book also treats other topics such as: underground storage of natural gas, field problems and gas processing, as well as gas utilization in developing countries.

If you want to know the current state of underground natural gas storage, this is a must read.  Estimation and prevention of hydrate formation along gas flow lines are dealt with in details.  Do you know that fertilizers, petrochemicals, LNG, LPG, etc. are all products from processed natural gas?  Natural gas burns cleaner than oil and is the most promising and available source of future energy.  Gas Production Technology is a manual written in a layman level explaining:

  • Gas Properties
  • Reservoir Performance and Reserves Estimates
  • Flow in Pipes and Restrictions
  • Gas Flow Measurement
  • Underground Storage of Natural Gas
  • Field Problems and Processing
  • Gas Utilization in Developing Countries

In each reservoir gas exhibits different kinds of properties and even within a reservoir, the gas properties can significantly vary from one part to another part of the reservoir.  The step by step procedures in rightly classifying reservoir fluids are explained. Gases can be classified into retrograde gases, wet gases, and dry gases.  The laboratory experiments and the resulting phase diagrams that enable this classifications are detailed.  The applications of gas laws and equations of state are well treated. The volume that a gas condensate occupies when converted to a vapor under a given temperature and pressure is given.  While gas intensive properties determine its behavior, the extensive properties determine the volume.