Practical enhanced reservoir engineering : assisted with simulation software

• Main Author: Satter, Abdus
• Other Authors: Iqbal, Ghulam M., Buchwalter, James L.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corp., ©2008.
• Series: Knovel Library.
• Subjects: Petroleum > Geology > Data processing.; Petroleum engineering > Data processing.; Oil reservoir engineering > Data processing.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781615838134; 1615838139; 9781593700560; 1593700563; 1593709129; 9781593709129
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 688 pages) : illustrations

"This book is intended to be a reservoir engineering book for college students, but it is not the usual college text book. It is a modern and very practical guide offering reservoir engineering fundamentals, advanced reservoir related topics, reservoir simulation fundamentals, and problems and...

Table of Contents:

• Rock characteristics, significance in petroleum reservoirs, and applications
• Fundamentals of reservoir fluid properties, phase behavior, and applications
• Fundamentals of fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs and applications
• Transient well pressure analysis and applications
• Fundamentals of data acquisition, analysis, management, and applications
• Integration of geosciences and engineering models
• Evaluation of primary reservoir performance
• Volumetric methods in petroleum reservoir analysis and applications
• Empirical methods for reservoir performance analysis and applications
• Decline curve analysis and applications
• Material balance methods and applications
• Reservoir simulation fundamentals
• Reservoir simulation model applications
• Improved recovery processes : fundamentals of waterflooding and applications
• Improved recovery processes : enhanced oil recovery and applications
• Fundamentals of petroleum economics, integrated modeling, and risk and uncertainty analysis
• Operational issues in reservoir development and management
• Class projects.