The Petroleum Engineering Handbook has long been recognized as a valuable, comprehensive reference book that offers practical day-to-day applications for students and experienced engineering professionals alike. This new edition, the first since 1987, has been greatly expanded and consists of seven volumes. Editor-in-Chief: Larry W. Lake

Volume I presents material that is needed by all practicing petroleum engineers. The mathematics covered in the book will help readers to better understand the literature and software they use on a daily basis; other chapters include discussions of fluid and rock properties, as well as essential aspects of the economic and regulatory environment and a brief review of the social context of fossil energy.

Contents: Mathematics • Fluid sampling techniques • Properties and correlations of oil, gas, condensate, and water • Hydrocarbon phase behavior and phase diagrams for hydrocarbon systems • Phase behavior of water/hydrocarbon systems • Properties of waxes, asphaltenes, and crude oil emulsions • Bulk rock properties • Permeability, relative permeability, and capillary pressure • Petroleum economics • Oil and gas law • Fossil energy in the 21st century