Fundamentals of Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering

The supply of petroleum continues to dwindle at an alarming rate, yet it is the source of a range of products - from gasoline and diesel to plastic, rubber, and synthetic fiber. Critical to the future of this commodity is that we learn to use it more judiciously and efficiently. Fundamentals of Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering provides a holistic understanding of petroleum and petrochemical products manufacturing, presented in a step-by-step sequence of the entire supply chain.

Filled with crucial information relevant to a range of applications, the book covers topics such as:

• The essential preliminaries for the exploration and production of crude petroleum oil and gas



• Analysis of crude oil and its petroleum products



• The processing of petroleum in refineries



• The fundamentals of lubricating oil and grease