Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing: Principles and Practices

Natural gas has catapulted to the forefront of the energy supply and demand chain, thanks to high prices, better technology and newly tapped unconventional reservoirs. Updated and better-than-ever, Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing, Fourth Edition will keep you on the edge of the latest processes and developments surrounding all forms of natural gas, including newer resources like shale and tight gas reservoirs. Covering the entire production spectrum, Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing, Fourth Edition includes six new chapters covering thermodynamic and energy efficiency analyses inside a gas processing plant as well as the recent developments in dealing with more sour gases and gases that contain all kinds of contaminants. In addition, overall updates to this new must-have edition provide a fresh look at new technologies and opportunities for solving current gas processing problems on plant design and operation and on greenhouse gases emissions.

Stay up to date on the natural gas processing industry, especially in regards to new processes surrounding unconventional gasesKeep your gas plant safe and efficient with new chapters entirely devoted to operations and process simulationReaffirm your fundamentals with revised chapters on natural gas treatment and processing

1. Natural Gas Fundamentals 2. Phase Behavior of Natural Gas Systems 3. Raw Gas Transmission 4. Basic Concepts of Natural Gas Processing 5. Phase Separation 6. Condensate Production 7. Natural Gas Treating 8. Sulfur Recovery and Handling 9. Natural Gas Dehydration and Mercaptans Removal 10. Mercury Removal 11. Natural Gas Liquids Recovery 12. Nitrogen Rejection and Helium Recovery 13. Unconventional Gas Processing 14. Natural Gas Compression  15. Sales Gas Transmission 16. Natural Gas Measurement 17. Gas Processing Plant Operations 18. Utility and Offsite Systems in Gas Processing Plants 19. Process Modeling and Simulation of Gas Processing Plants 20. Gas Processing Plant Automation 21. Real-Time Optimization of Gas Processing Plants 22. Energy and Exergy Analyses of Gas Processing Plants 23. Maximizing Profitability of Gas Plant Assets 24. Gas Plant Project Management

Appendix 1. Conversion Factors 2. Standard Gas Conditions 3. Physical Properties of Fluids