Working Guide to Reservoir Rock Properties and Fluid Flow

Working Guide to Reservoir Rock Properties and Fluid Flow
Author: Tarek Ahmed
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2009-08-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 185617901X

Working Guide to Reservoir Rock Properties and Fluid Flow provides an introduction to the properties of rocks and fluids that are essential in petroleum engineering. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 discusses the classification of reservoirs and reservoir fluids. Part 2 explains different rock properties, including porosity, saturation, wettability, surface and interfacial tension, permeability, and compressibility. Part 3 presents the mathematical relationships that describe the flow behavior of the reservoir fluids. The primary reservoir characteristics that must be considered include: types of fluids in the reservoir, flow regimes, reservoir geometry, and the number of flowing fluids in the reservoir. Each part concludes with sample problems to test readers knowledge of the topic covered. Critical properties of reservoir rocks Fluid (oil, water, and gas) PVT relationships Methods to calculate hydrocarbons initially in place Dynamic techniques to assess reservoir performance Parameters that impact well/reservoir performance over time

Reservoir Engineering Handbook

Reservoir Engineering Handbook
Author: Tarek Ahmed
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 1377
Release: 2006-04-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080480683

Reservoir engineering is the design and evaluation of field development and exploitation processes and programs. This topic encompasses the field of geology, drilling and completion, production engineering and reserves and evaluation.This book details essential information as well as insight and is a comprehensive up-to-date reference tool for the reservoir engineers, petroleum engineers and engineering students alike. Acting as a guide to predicting oil reservoir performance this edition analyses through the analysis of oil recovery mechanisms and performance calculations, and spells out the fundamentals of reservoir engineering and their application through a comprehensive field study. Several examples from a wide variety of applications demonstrate the performance of processes under forceful conditions. Key relationships among the different operating variables are also thoroughly described. * New chapters on decline and type curve analysis as well as reservoir simulation* Updated material including the liquid volatility parameter, commonly designated Rv* Provides a guide to predicting oil reservoir performance through the analysis of oil recovery mechanisms and performance calculation

Fluid Chemistry, Drilling and Completion

Fluid Chemistry, Drilling and Completion
Author: Qiwei Wang
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2021-11-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0128227419

Fluid Chemistry, Drilling and Completion, the latest release in the Oil and Gas Chemistry Management series that covers all sectors of oil and gas chemicals (from drilling to production, processing, storage and transportation), delivers critical chemical oilfield basics while also covering the latest research developments and practical solutions. Organized by type of chemical, the book allows engineers to fully understand how to effectively control chemistry issues, make sound decisions, and mitigate challenges. Sections cover downhole sampling, crude oil characterization, such as fingerprinting properties, data interpretation, chemicals specific to fluid loss control, and matrix stimulation chemicals. Supported by a list of contributing experts from both academia and industry, the book provides a necessary reference that bridges petroleum chemistry operations from theory, to safer, cost-effective applications. Offers a full range of oil field chemistry issues, including chapters focusing on unconventional reservoirs and water management Helps users gain effective control on problems Includes mitigation strategies from an industry list of experts and contributors Delivers both up-to-date research developments and practical applications, bridging between theory and practice

Working Guide to Reservoir Engineering

Working Guide to Reservoir Engineering
Author: William Lyons
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2009-09-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1856179001

Working Guide to Reservoir Engineering provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of reservoir engineering. The book begins by discussing basic concepts such as types of reservoir fluids, the properties of fluid containing rocks, and the properties of rocks containing multiple fluids. It then describes formation evaluation methods, including coring and core analysis, drill stem tests, logging, and initial estimation of reserves. The book explains the enhanced oil recovery process, which includes methods such as chemical flooding, gas injection, thermal recovery, technical screening, and laboratory design for enhanced recovery. Also included is a discussion of fluid movement in waterflooded reservoirs. Predict local variations within the reservoir Explain past reservoir performance Predict future reservoir performance of field Analyze economic optimization of each property Formulate a plan for the development of the field throughout its life Convert data from one discipline to another Extrapolate data from a few discrete points to the entire reservoir

Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties

Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties
Author: Abhijit Y. Dandekar
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2006-02-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0849330432

A strong foundation in reservoir rock and fluid properties is the backbone of almost all the activities in the petroleum industry. Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties offers a reliable representation of fundamental concepts and practical aspects that encompass this vast subject area. The book provides up-to-date coverage of various rock and fluid properties using derivations, mathematical expressions, and various laboratory measurement techniques. Focused on achieving accurate and reliable data, it describes coring methods used for extracting samples from hydrocarbon formations and considerations for handling samples for conventional and special core analyses. Detailing properties important to reservoir engineering and surface processing, the author emphasizes basic chemical and physical aspects of petroleum reservoir fluids, important phase behavior concepts, fluid sampling, compositional analysis, and assessing the validity of collected fluid samples. The book also presents PVT equipment, phase behavior analysis using laboratory tests, and calculations to elucidate a wide range of properties, such as hydrocarbon vapor liquid equilibria using commonly employed equations-of-state (EOS) models. Covering both theoretical and practical aspects that facilitate the solution of problems encountered in real life situations, Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties is ideal for students in petroleum engineering, including those coming from different backgrounds in engineering. This book is also a valuable reference for chemical engineers diversifying into petroleum engineering and personnel engaged in core analysis, and PVT and reservoir fluid studies.

Reservoir Engineering

Reservoir Engineering
Author: Sylvester Okotie
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2018-11-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030023931

This book provides a clear and basic understanding of the concept of reservoir engineering to professionals and students in the oil and gas industry. The content contains detailed explanations of key theoretic and mathematical concepts and provides readers with the logical ability to approach the various challenges encountered in daily reservoir/field operations for effective reservoir management. Chapters are fully illustrated and contain numerous calculations involving the estimation of hydrocarbon volume in-place, current and abandonment reserves, aquifer models and properties for a particular reservoir/field, the type of energy in the system and evaluation of the strength of the aquifer if present. The book is written in oil field units with detailed solved examples and exercises to enhance practical application. It is useful as a professional reference and for students who are taking applied and advanced reservoir engineering courses in reservoir simulation, enhanced oil recovery and well test analysis.

Fundamentals of Applied Reservoir Engineering

Fundamentals of Applied Reservoir Engineering
Author: Richard Wheaton
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2016-04-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0081019009

Fundamentals of Applied Reservoir Engineering introduces early career reservoir engineers and those in other oil and gas disciplines to the fundamentals of reservoir engineering. Given that modern reservoir engineering is largely centered on numerical computer simulation and that reservoir engineers in the industry will likely spend much of their professional career building and running such simulators, the book aims to encourage the use of simulated models in an appropriate way and exercising good engineering judgment to start the process for any field by using all available methods, both modern simulators and simple numerical models, to gain an understanding of the basic 'dynamics' of the reservoir –namely what are the major factors that will determine its performance. With the valuable addition of questions and exercises, including online spreadsheets to utilize day-to-day application and bring together the basics of reservoir engineering, coupled with petroleum economics and appraisal and development optimization, Fundamentals of Applied Reservoir Engineering will be an invaluable reference to the industry professional who wishes to understand how reservoirs fundamentally work and to how a reservoir engineer starts the performance process. Covers reservoir appraisal, economics, development planning, and optimization to assist reservoir engineers in their decision-making. Provides appendices on enhanced oil recovery, gas well testing, basic fluid thermodynamics, and mathematical operators to enhance comprehension of the book’s main topics. Offers online spreadsheets covering well test analysis, material balance, field aggregation and economic indicators to help today’s engineer apply reservoir concepts to practical field data applications. Includes coverage on unconventional resources and heavy oil making it relevant for today’s worldwide reservoir activity.

The Physics of Reservoir Fluids

The Physics of Reservoir Fluids
Author: Oliver C. Mullins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Hydrocarbon reservoirs
ISBN: 9780978853020

Downhole fluid analysis (DFA), a new, rapidly growing discipline in wireline logging, has become a keystone in reservoir evaluation. DFA expert Dr. Oliver C. Mullins of Schlumberger wrote this book to address the specific needs of asset managers and asset team technologists such as reservoir engineers and petrophysicists. He gives an inside look at reservoir fluids and their characterization by DFA. Chapters describe the evolving understanding of reservoir complexities through DFA interpretation and much more.