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ISBN: 0-12-800523-8

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgment -- 1 - An introduction to reservoir engineering: Advances in conventional and unconventional recoveries -- Introduction -- Advances in reservoir technologies -- Classification of petroleum reservoirs -- Reservoir engineering functions -- Walkthrough -- 2 - Elements of conventional and unconventional petroleum reservoirs -- Introduction -- Reservoir rock types and production of petroleum -- Origin of petroleum -- Deposition of sediments and organic matters: the process begins -- Types of sediments -- Geologic basins and occurrences of petroleum: an overview -- The geologic time scale -- Stratigraphic sequence -- Rock geochemistry: formation of kerogen -- Generation of hydrocarbons -- Oil and gas generation depth -- Source rock, reservoir rock, and migration of petroleum -- Traps associated with conventional reservoirs -- The petroleum system -- Comparison between conventional and unconventional reservoirs: source, migration, and accumulation -- Reservoir heterogeneities -- Summing up -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 3 - Reservoir rock properties -- Introduction -- Properties of conventional and unconventional reservoir rocks -- Porosity of rock -- Absolute and effective porosity -- Primary and secondary porosity -- Range of porosity in petroleum reservoirs -- Cutoff porosity and net formation thickness -- Fracture porosity -- Measurement of porosity -- Porosity based on core samples -- Logging -- Nuclear magnetic resonance -- Logging while drilling -- Permeability -- Darcy's law -- Unit of permeability -- Radial permeability -- Measurement of permeability -- Measurement of ultralow permeability by pressure decay method -- Klinkenberg effect -- Non-Darcy flow -- Fracture permeability -- Dual porosity reservoir. , Correlation between porosity and permeability -- Permeability anisotropy -- High permeability streaks -- Factors affecting rock permeability and porosity -- Effect of reservoir depth -- Formation compressibility -- Rock compressibility and bulk compressibility -- Changes in rock porosity due to compressibility -- Surface and interfacial tension -- Fluid saturation -- Irreducible water saturation and movable oil saturation -- Sorption -- Wettability of reservoir rock -- Rock wettability and waterflood performance -- Methods of measurement of wettability -- Capillary pressure -- Drainage and imbibition -- Hysteresis effect -- Methods of measurement -- Capillary number -- Effective permeability -- Relative permeability -- Oil-wet, heterogeneous, and unconventional reservoirs -- Laboratory measurements of relative permeability -- Geochemical properties of rock -- Geomechanical properties of rock -- Young's modulus -- Poisson's ratio -- In situ stress -- Storativity and transmissibility -- Reservoir quality index -- Well logging: a brief introduction -- Reservoir heterogeneity -- Summing up -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 4 - Reservoir fluid properties -- Introduction -- Utilization of petroleum fluid properties data -- Properties of reservoir oil -- Specific gravity of oil and API gravity -- Oil viscosity -- Isothermal compressibility -- Total and effective compressibility -- Bubble point pressure -- Solution gas-oil ratio -- Producing and cumulative gas-oil ratio -- Oil formation volume factor -- Two-phase formation volume factor -- Properties of natural gas -- Ideal gas law -- Real gas law -- Viscosity of natural gases -- Gas formation volume factor -- Isothermal compressibility -- Properties of gas condensates -- Properties of formation water -- Formation water compressibility -- Formation water viscosity -- Solution gas-water ratio. , Formation volume factor -- Laboratory measurement of reservoir fluid properties -- Factors affecting reservoir fluid properties -- Reservoir pressure -- Estimation of reservoir pressure -- Abnormally pressured reservoirs -- Typical measures of pressure in petroleum reservoirs -- Reservoir temperature -- Composition of petroleum fluids -- Summing up -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 5 - Phase behavior of hydrocarbon fluids in reservoirs -- Introduction -- Phase diagram -- Phase diagram based on software application -- Reservoir types and recovery efficiency -- Study of gas condensate reservoir performance -- Optimization of oil and gas recovery -- Summary -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 6 - Characterization of conventional and unconventional petroleum reservoirs -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Reservoir quality -- Tools, techniques, and measurement scales -- Workflow -- Unconventional reservoirs -- Reservoir characterization scenarios -- Summing up -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 7 - Reservoir life cycle and role of industry professionals -- Introduction -- Life cycle of petroleum reservoirs -- Exploration -- Discovery -- Appraisal -- Development -- Production -- Abandonment -- Rejuvenation -- Unconventional reservoir life cycle -- Role of professionals -- Summing up -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 8 - Petroleum reservoir management processes -- Introduction -- Elements in reservoir management -- Reservoir management process -- Management of unconventional reservoirs -- Reservoir management strategy -- Developing a plan -- Development and depletion strategies -- Data acquisition and information management -- Geological and numerical model studies -- Well production forecasts and estimate of reserves -- Facilities -- Environmental issues -- Economic optimization -- Management approval. , Implementation -- Reservoir surveillance -- Performance evaluation -- Revision of plans and strategies -- Abandonment -- Summing up -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 9 - Fundamentals of fluid flow through porous media -- Introduction -- Mechanism of fluid flow in porous media -- Forces affecting fluid flow -- Single and multiphase flow -- Fluid flow model geometry -- Fluid state and flow characteristics -- Equations describing transport of fluids in porous media -- Radial flow of single-phase fluid, oil, or gas -- Steady-state flow -- Slightly compressible fluids -- Compressible fluids -- Unsteady-state flow -- Pseudosteady-state flow -- Multiphase flow: immiscible displacement of fluid -- Multiphase and multidimensional flow -- Flow of water from aquifer into reservoir -- Summing up -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 10 - Transient well pressure analysis -- Introduction -- Role of well testing and pressure transient analysis -- Types of well tests -- Flow regimes -- Well test analysis equations -- Diagnostic plot -- Design of well test -- Interpretation of well test data -- Type curve analysis -- Summary -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 11 - Primary recovery mechanisms and recovery efficiencies -- Introduction -- Primary drive mechanisms -- Oil reservoirs -- Liquid and rock expansion drive -- Solution gas or depletion drive -- Gas cap drive -- Aquifer water drive -- Gravity segregation drive -- Rock compaction drive -- Dry and wet gas reservoirs -- Gas reservoirs with aquifer drive -- Summary -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 12 - Determination of oil and gas in place: conventional and unconventional reservoirs -- Introduction -- Volumetric method -- Original oil in place -- Gas initially in place -- Isopach, isovol, and isoHCPV maps -- Data requirements -- Estimation of original oil and gas in place. , Petroleum reserves -- Applications of volumetric analysis -- Unconventional gas reservoirs -- Stimulated reservoir volume (SRV) -- Role of volumetric analysis in integrated reservoir management -- Summing up -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 13 - Decline curve analysis for conventional and unconventional reservoirs -- Introduction -- Decline curve analysis: advantages and limitations -- Assumptions of decline curve analysis -- Limitations -- Objectives -- Decline curve models -- Theoretical background and working equations -- Exponential decline -- Hyperbolic decline -- Harmonic decline -- Method of identification -- Decline curve analysis for unconventional reservoirs -- Flow regimes -- Stretched exponential decline model -- Duong model -- Multisegment decline analysis model -- Estimation of EUR in shale gas reservoirs: a general guideline -- Decline curve analysis workflow -- Decline curve analysis of coalbed methane -- Type curve analysis: an overview -- Summary -- Questions and assignments -- References -- 14 - Reservoir performance analysis by the classical material balance method -- Introduction -- Applications of the classical material balance method -- Basis for the material balance method -- Assumptions and limitations -- Requirements of data for analysis -- Applications of the material balance method in oil and gas reservoirs -- Oil reservoirs: estimation of the original oil in place, gas cap ratio, aquifer influx, and recovery factor -- FE method -- Gas cap method -- Havlena and Odeh method -- Campbell method -- Gas reservoirs: estimation of the gas initially in place and aquifer influx -- Plot of p/z versus Gp -- Havlena and Odeh method -- Pressure match method -- Gas condensate reservoirs: estimation of wet gas in place -- Role of material balance analysis in reservoir characterization -- Summing up. , Questions and assignments. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-12-800219-0

Language: English