Reservoir Engineering Handbook

Reservoir Engineering Handbook
ISBN-10
0884157709
ISBN-13
9780884157700
Series
Reservoir Engineering Handbook
Category
Technology & Engineering / Petroleum
Pages
1186
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Gulf Professional Pub.
Author
Tarek H. Ahmed

Description

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.

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