William D. Mccain JR.
Organic chemistry for the petroleum engineer
Petroleum can exist as either a liquid or a gas, either in the reservoir or on the trip to the surface. These properties are based on the chemistry of petroleum. This long-awaited new edition to William D. McCain’s acclaimed text expands on the composition of petroleum. It also includes new chapters on gas condensates and volatile oils, while the discussion on oilfield waters is extended.
A vital resource for petroleum engineering students, The Properties of Petroleum Fluids, third edition, is equally useful as a reference for practicing engineers.
New features:
- Two new chapters on gas condensates
- A new chapter on volatile oils
- A simplified explanation of phase behavior and an extended discussion of oilfield waters
- An expanded review of the components of petroleum and the methods of determining its composition
About the author
William D. McCain Jr. has been a visiting professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University since 1991. He also has a petroleum consulting firm, McCain Engineering. McCain started his engineering career with Esso (now Exxon) Research Laboratories in 1956.
He was professor and head of the petroleum engineering department at Mississippi State University from 1965 to 1976. He taught petro- leum engineering at Texas A&M University from 1984 through 1987.
McCain was a consulting petroleum engineer with Cawley, Gillespie & Associates from 1987 until 1991. He was then with S.A. Holditch & Associates from 1991 until 2000, retiring as executive vice president, chief engineer, and member of the board of directors. His engineering specialties within the company were properties of petroleum fluids and reservoir engineering, especially for gas condensates and volatile oils.
He holds four US patents, has published more than 60 technical articles, wrote three editions of The Properties of Petroleum Fluids, and is a coauthor of Petroleum Reservoir Fluid Property Correlations.
He holds a BS degree from Mississippi State College and MS and PhD degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology, all in chemical engineering. He is also a graduate of the US Army War College.