--- product_id: 117616068 title: "Practical Optimization of Petroleum Production Systems" price: "€ 169.25" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/117616068-practical-optimization-of-petroleum-production-systems store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # Practical Optimization of Petroleum Production Systems **Price:** € 169.25 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Practical Optimization of Petroleum Production Systems - **How much does it cost?** € 169.25 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/117616068-practical-optimization-of-petroleum-production-systems) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Definitive Resource for Systematically Discovering Value in Your Existing Oil or Gas Field, At the Lowest Possible Cost Burney Waring practiced and studied optimization of oil and gas fields for 29 years, becoming one of Royal Dutch Shell’s top 120 upstream engineering experts before becoming a successful global optimization consultant. He has taught thousands of new and experienced engineers and led a wide variety of global projects and asset reviews. In this book, Burney shares his expertise in capturing hidden value within existing fields with engineers and asset leaders. Practical Optimization of Petroleum Production Systems is filled with stories of problems and solutions in producing fields, health-checking tools, best-practices, worked examples, tips, and techniques that you can put to use immediately. It also describes proven methods for successful implementation of the Production System Optimization process into any asset or company. Burney explains to Managers, Reservoir Engineers, Production Engineers and Facility Engineers working for producing assets: • Where to find the lowest cost production in their field. • The 4 main steps of the PSO process and the rare and critical 5th step. • Why your data quality may be very poor and how to improve it. • Who needs to know the 4 Pillars of Measurement ( it’s probably not who you think ). • How to quantify how badly your decisions are hurt by poor data. • The best approach to getting company resources to improve your data. • The links between surveillance and value . • Five methods of surveillance and how to best use them. • How to get the best surveillance possible with the least work using models. • Why and how to easily automate surveillance . • Multiple methods for using visualization in surveillance. • Why finding 'the optimum' during optimization is the wrong goal . • The 4 things you need to know before optimizing . • The best places to find optimization opportunities. • Two common misunderstandings that often hurt optimization. • Three simple optimization tools for multi-discipline teams . • How to best present PSO opportunities for approval and implementation. • The best methods for look-backs and reviews . • What will ultimately stop your PSO effort and how to keep it going. • A methodology to implement better PSO in your team and company. Review: A Very Good Practical Guide for Optimization of Petroleum Production Systems - If you are involved in oil and gas production from reservoirs, through wells to gathering network, processing facility, and to the sales point, you will do yourself and your company a favor for getting this book and more importantly do what Burney suggested in this book. This is especially true in the most challenging time as it is now when the oil price has been depressed for so long. The approaches, workflows, methodologies, examples in the book will lead you and your company to either increase oil and gas production rates or reduce production deferrals from your reservoirs and wells. The most beautiful part is that you can accomplish these goals with small or no costs in some situations. I have worked in production system optimization for the last 30 years. We have done many things Burney described in this book. I can testify that everything Burney described will work with solid efforts. We did bean-up wellhead chokes, deepened lift gas injection depths, regularly rerouted wells to different headers (high pressure or low pressure headers) as well flowing characteristics or operating condition changed for the goal to increase production rates, reduce deferral, or improve operating efficiency, or all of them at the same time. We also built our organizational capabilities so that our asset teams can carry out the production system optimization on their own while we provided guidance, support, and coaching from the center of the organization. As we moved along on our optimization journey, we have created tools for sustaining production optimization process by automating some routine and tedious parts of the workflow as suggested by Burney. Once we got good in the routine optimization, we have moved towards what is called as model based operational support where optimization is supported by real-time data and fit-for-purpose asset models. This journey and progression helped us to march beyond the optimization paradox Burney described on page 246 in the book. We have moved to the stage when our engineers can answer (1) if production is optimized any time for an asset, and more importantly (2) what can be done to make the system optimized if it is not. I wished Burney’s book was available years ago so that we could use it as a manual when started with our optimization journey from the very beginning. If you and your company can rigorously follow the suggestions Burney described in the book, you will be at a competitive advantage. It is good to make this book accessible to reservoir engineers, petroleum engineers, production engineers, surveillance champions, facility engineers, and operations teams in the company. I quite enjoy Burney’s writing style. He added appropriate anecdotes throughout the book to make it entertaining to read. It sets an excellent example in handling highly technical topics that could easily become dry (and boring) quickly. In summary, this is a very good book as a practical guide for optimization of petroleum production systems. Review: I wish I had read this earlier in my career! - In my endeavours to develop an integrated production management standard at my company, I was told to read this work. I finished it in 2 days, absolutely loved it and it didn’t feel like ‘work’ at all! I wish I had read this earlier in my career or others than I have tried to influence in the past had. However as Burney says, it’s up to you to explain the value of data, prepare the economics for your project and educate others. I particularly liked the balance of theory dispersed with real world examples from Burney’s extensive career along with some humour to maintain interest. I would highly recommend any facilities, production, reservoir or operations engineer, or those interested in the oil and gas industry, to read this book. Burney is also very receptive to feedback and helping you on your own PSO journey. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,089,891 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #127 in Petroleum Engineering #95,259 in Textbooks (Special Features Stores) | | Customer Reviews | 4.9 out of 5 stars 18 Reviews | ## Images ![Practical Optimization of Petroleum Production Systems - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51VXy2N+YbL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Very Good Practical Guide for Optimization of Petroleum Production Systems *by T***O on September 30, 2016* If you are involved in oil and gas production from reservoirs, through wells to gathering network, processing facility, and to the sales point, you will do yourself and your company a favor for getting this book and more importantly do what Burney suggested in this book. This is especially true in the most challenging time as it is now when the oil price has been depressed for so long. The approaches, workflows, methodologies, examples in the book will lead you and your company to either increase oil and gas production rates or reduce production deferrals from your reservoirs and wells. The most beautiful part is that you can accomplish these goals with small or no costs in some situations. I have worked in production system optimization for the last 30 years. We have done many things Burney described in this book. I can testify that everything Burney described will work with solid efforts. We did bean-up wellhead chokes, deepened lift gas injection depths, regularly rerouted wells to different headers (high pressure or low pressure headers) as well flowing characteristics or operating condition changed for the goal to increase production rates, reduce deferral, or improve operating efficiency, or all of them at the same time. We also built our organizational capabilities so that our asset teams can carry out the production system optimization on their own while we provided guidance, support, and coaching from the center of the organization. As we moved along on our optimization journey, we have created tools for sustaining production optimization process by automating some routine and tedious parts of the workflow as suggested by Burney. Once we got good in the routine optimization, we have moved towards what is called as model based operational support where optimization is supported by real-time data and fit-for-purpose asset models. This journey and progression helped us to march beyond the optimization paradox Burney described on page 246 in the book. We have moved to the stage when our engineers can answer (1) if production is optimized any time for an asset, and more importantly (2) what can be done to make the system optimized if it is not. I wished Burney’s book was available years ago so that we could use it as a manual when started with our optimization journey from the very beginning. If you and your company can rigorously follow the suggestions Burney described in the book, you will be at a competitive advantage. It is good to make this book accessible to reservoir engineers, petroleum engineers, production engineers, surveillance champions, facility engineers, and operations teams in the company. I quite enjoy Burney’s writing style. He added appropriate anecdotes throughout the book to make it entertaining to read. It sets an excellent example in handling highly technical topics that could easily become dry (and boring) quickly. In summary, this is a very good book as a practical guide for optimization of petroleum production systems. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I wish I had read this earlier in my career! *by A***R on May 14, 2016* In my endeavours to develop an integrated production management standard at my company, I was told to read this work. I finished it in 2 days, absolutely loved it and it didn’t feel like ‘work’ at all! I wish I had read this earlier in my career or others than I have tried to influence in the past had. However as Burney says, it’s up to you to explain the value of data, prepare the economics for your project and educate others. I particularly liked the balance of theory dispersed with real world examples from Burney’s extensive career along with some humour to maintain interest. I would highly recommend any facilities, production, reservoir or operations engineer, or those interested in the oil and gas industry, to read this book. Burney is also very receptive to feedback and helping you on your own PSO journey. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The most practical petroleum engineering book I've read! *by M***Y on January 24, 2017* The most practical book on petroleum engineering I've read!. Extremely timely for these days of low oil price and even for when the oil price is high. The story telling approach is very effective to convey the message. I am a oil production optimizer myself and got lots of new stuff out of this book, together with a nice validation to some of my day to day struggles as an engineer. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/117616068-practical-optimization-of-petroleum-production-systems](https://www.desertcart.at/products/117616068-practical-optimization-of-petroleum-production-systems) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-08-12*