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Physical properties of hydrocarbons and chemicals
PETROLEUM SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ELSEVIER
Journal of PetroleumScienceand Engineering12 (1994) 167-168
Book Reviews Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons and Chemicals, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 compiled by R. W. Gallant and C.L. Yaws. Gulf Publ. Co. Book Division, Houston, Tex., 1992, 1993, 1993 (hard cover); 257 pp., 242 pp. and 235 pp. These three excellent compilations of data (Figures, Tables and Equations) are to provide the working engineer with all the essential data to design and run production facilities. The data are presented in graphs covering wide temperature ranges to enable the engineer to quickly determine the information he needs at the desired temperature. When estimation methods are used, the method and expected accuracy are explained. Reference to the original work is provided for those wishing to study the method further. The following subjects are covered: (1) vapor pressure; (2) heat of vaporization; (3) density; (4) surface tension; (5) heat capacity; (6) thermal conductivity; (7) enthalpy of formation; (8) Gibbs' free energy of formation; (9) boiling point; (10) freezing point; ( 11 ) molecular weight; (12) critical properties; (13) lower explosion limit in air; and (14) solubility in water of each compound. The latter two are of utmost importance in environmental engineering. With the exception of vapor pressure, the S1 and metric units are used for all properties. Conversion factors are provided on all graphs to obtain English units. Physical properties of some other chemicals of interest to petroleum, chemical and environmental engineers are presented in Vol. 3. These include carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen, air ozone, ammonia, sulfur oxides, hydrogen, nitrogen oxides, halogens, benzenes and naphthalene. In the opinion of the reviewers, these excellent books belong in the personal library of every petroleum engineer. Thus Drs. Gallant and Yaws should be congrat0920.4105/94/$07.00 © 1994ElsevierScienceB.V. All rightsreserved SSD10920-4105(94)00053-0
ulated on compiling a proper " m i x " . The Gulf Publishing Company should also be congratulated for publishing these valuable series of books. ROBERTA. KHACHATOORIAN and GEORGEV. CHILINGARIAN (Los Angeles,La.)
Geologic Log Analysis Using ComputerMethods, by John H. Doveton. AAPG, Tulsa, Okla., 1994, 169 pp., $ 42.00, ISBN 0-89181-701-8 (hardcover) By the author's own definition the purpose of his book is to review many of the current methods and approaches developed for the computer analysis of petrophysical logs for geological applications. Chapter 1 reviews the classic log analysis fundamentals and role of statistical inference methods for calibration, prediction and error analysis of reservoir rock properties measured by logging. Graphical pattern recognition techniques are presented in Chapter 2--from traditional crossplots to multidimensional projections to color transformation. In Chapter 3, the author examines the progress made in models that can be and are used for the calculation of compositional profiles of stratigraphic sequences from various log combinations. Chapter 4 describes methods that are "data-driven": multivariate statistical classification techniques including both supervised methods, when facies are known, and unsupervised methods, when facies are to be revealed. Chapter 5 deals with logging data analysis from the viewpoint of sequences of petrophysical parameters formed in time and describes applications of various time series methods. Chapter 6 discusses the use of logs for stratigraphic correlation, different computerized methods for this correlation and two different approaches to the interpolation of sequences between
Journal of PetroleumScienceand Engineering12 (1994) 167-168
Book Reviews Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons and Chemicals, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 compiled by R. W. Gallant and C.L. Yaws. Gulf Publ. Co. Book Division, Houston, Tex., 1992, 1993, 1993 (hard cover); 257 pp., 242 pp. and 235 pp. These three excellent compilations of data (Figures, Tables and Equations) are to provide the working engineer with all the essential data to design and run production facilities. The data are presented in graphs covering wide temperature ranges to enable the engineer to quickly determine the information he needs at the desired temperature. When estimation methods are used, the method and expected accuracy are explained. Reference to the original work is provided for those wishing to study the method further. The following subjects are covered: (1) vapor pressure; (2) heat of vaporization; (3) density; (4) surface tension; (5) heat capacity; (6) thermal conductivity; (7) enthalpy of formation; (8) Gibbs' free energy of formation; (9) boiling point; (10) freezing point; ( 11 ) molecular weight; (12) critical properties; (13) lower explosion limit in air; and (14) solubility in water of each compound. The latter two are of utmost importance in environmental engineering. With the exception of vapor pressure, the S1 and metric units are used for all properties. Conversion factors are provided on all graphs to obtain English units. Physical properties of some other chemicals of interest to petroleum, chemical and environmental engineers are presented in Vol. 3. These include carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen, air ozone, ammonia, sulfur oxides, hydrogen, nitrogen oxides, halogens, benzenes and naphthalene. In the opinion of the reviewers, these excellent books belong in the personal library of every petroleum engineer. Thus Drs. Gallant and Yaws should be congrat0920.4105/94/$07.00 © 1994ElsevierScienceB.V. All rightsreserved SSD10920-4105(94)00053-0
ulated on compiling a proper " m i x " . The Gulf Publishing Company should also be congratulated for publishing these valuable series of books. ROBERTA. KHACHATOORIAN and GEORGEV. CHILINGARIAN (Los Angeles,La.)
Geologic Log Analysis Using ComputerMethods, by John H. Doveton. AAPG, Tulsa, Okla., 1994, 169 pp., $ 42.00, ISBN 0-89181-701-8 (hardcover) By the author's own definition the purpose of his book is to review many of the current methods and approaches developed for the computer analysis of petrophysical logs for geological applications. Chapter 1 reviews the classic log analysis fundamentals and role of statistical inference methods for calibration, prediction and error analysis of reservoir rock properties measured by logging. Graphical pattern recognition techniques are presented in Chapter 2--from traditional crossplots to multidimensional projections to color transformation. In Chapter 3, the author examines the progress made in models that can be and are used for the calculation of compositional profiles of stratigraphic sequences from various log combinations. Chapter 4 describes methods that are "data-driven": multivariate statistical classification techniques including both supervised methods, when facies are known, and unsupervised methods, when facies are to be revealed. Chapter 5 deals with logging data analysis from the viewpoint of sequences of petrophysical parameters formed in time and describes applications of various time series methods. Chapter 6 discusses the use of logs for stratigraphic correlation, different computerized methods for this correlation and two different approaches to the interpolation of sequences between