Petroleum Economics and Engineering

Hussein K. Abdel-Aal is emeritus professor for National Research Center (NRC), Cairo, Egypt and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He received his BS from Alexandria University, Egypt and his MS and Ph.D from Texas A&M University, College Station, USA. He has worked as process engineer for Suez oil refineries, headed KFUPM's Chemical Engineering Department, served as visiting professor for Texas A&M, and headed NRC's Solar Energy Department. He has contributed to over 90 technical papers, edited one book on petroleum economics and engineering, and authored Petroleum and Gas Field Processing. An AIChE member and fellow, he is founder of the board for the International Association of Hydrogen Energy, Miami, Florida, USA.Mohammed A. Alsahlawi is a previous dean and current professor for King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He holds a BS and MBA from KFUPM and a Ph.D from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. He has served as manager of KFUPM's Economic and Industrial Research Division; head of the News Agency and Information Department for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Vienna, Austria; member of the Advisory Board of the Saudi Arabian Supreme Economic Council, Riyadh; and director of the Human Resources Development Fund, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He also was the first president of the Saudi Association for Energy Economics.

"…an excellent text for petroleum engineering departments, and a very good supplementary text in economics and chemical engineering departments. It is also a very good reference for practicing engineers."—Mazen A. Al-Shalabi, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

• World Oil and Gas Supply and Demand. Structure of the Oil and Gas Industry. Characteristics of Crude Oil and Properties of Petroleum Products. Time Value of Money (TVM) in Capital Expenditures. Depreciation and Depletion in Oil Projects. Financial Measures and Profitability Analysis. Analysis of Alternative Selections and Replacements. Risk, Uncertainty, and Decision Analysis. Break-Even and Sensitivity Analysis. Optimization Techniques. Exploration and Drilling. Reserves and Reserve Estimate. Production Operations. Gas-Oil Separation. Crude Oil Treatment: Dehydration, Desalting, and Stabilization. Gas Treatment and Conditioning. Crude Oil Refining: Physical Separation. Crude Oil Refining: Chemical Conversion. Natural Gas Processing: Recovery, Separation, and Fractionation of NGL (Natural Gas Liquids). Oil and Gas Transportation.