The job of any reservoir engineer is to maximize production from a field to obtain the best economic return. To do this, the engineer must study the behaviour and characteristics of a petroleum reservoir to determine the course of future development and production that will maximize the profit. Fluid flow, rock properties, water and gas coning, and relative permeability are only a few of the concepts that a reservoir engineer must understand to do the job right, and some of the tools of the trade are water influx calculations, lab tests of reservoir fluids, and oil and gas performance calculations. This work is a resource covering topics in the petroleum industry. It covers fluid behaviour and properties, including laboratory analysis and reservoir fluid flow. It provides a guide to predicting oil reservoir performance through analysis of oil recovery mechanisms and performance calculations. It also explains the fundamentals of reservoir engineering and their practical application through a comprehensive field study. Updated topics include well testing, secondary and enhanced oil recovery, and equations of state/phase equilibria.
This text is the definitive source on its topic and contains numerous diagrams and appendices, as well as case histories and review questions with numerical problems.
* Offers detailed description of process chemistry and thermodynamics and product by-product specifications of plants * Contributors are drawn from the largest petroleum producers in the world, including Chevron, Mobil, Shell, Exxon, UOP, ...
In the 1970s, the world's largest construction companies invaded Alaska in a wild rush to build the 800-mile $8 billion trans-Alaska pipeline. Workers by the tens of thousands headed north,...
The actual building of the line is described and the controversial issues of environmental impact, timing, planning and accountability are discussed.
The Arctic Imperative: An Overview of the Energy Crisis
The full story of the role that oil played in the origins and outcome of World War II.
Oil and gas resource assessment methodology: oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the Committee on...
This edition covers every major aspect of pressure vessel design and provides up-to-date requirements given in ASME, ASCE, UBC, and AISC codes. The well-respected manual offers page after page of...
Oil and the American Century: The Political Economy of U.S. Foreign Oil Policy, 1941-1954
Using analogies, graphs, formulas and illustrations, the author overviews key topics in the refining industry for professionals in finance and marketing. The third edition reflects changes in petroleum processing and...