Petroleum reservoir engineering practice

The Complete, Up-to-Date, Practical Guide to Modern Petroleum Reservoir Engineering This is a complete, up-to-date guide to the practice of petroleum reservoir engineering, written by one of the world’s most experienced professionals. Dr. Nnaemeka Ezekwe covers topics ranging from basic to advanced,...

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Otros Autores: Ezekwe, Nnaemeka Author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] Prentice Hall 2011
Edición:1st edition
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Chapter 1 Porosity of Reservoir Rocks
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Total Porosity and Effective Porosity
  • 1.3 Sources of Porosity Data
  • 1.3.1 Direct Methods for Measurement of Porosity
  • 1.3.2 Indirect Methods for Derivation of Porosity
  • 1.4 Applications of Porosity Data
  • 1.4.1 Volumetric Calculation
  • 1.4.2 Calculation of Fluid Saturations
  • 1.4.3 Reservoir Characterization
  • Nomenclature
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • General Reading
  • Chapter 2 Permeability and Relative Permeability
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Sources of Permeability Data
  • 2.2.1 Permeability from Core Samples
  • 2.2.2 Permeability from Pressure Transient Tests
  • 2.2.3 Permeability from Well Logs Based on Empirical Correlations
  • 2.3 Relative Permeability
  • 2.4 Sources of Relative Permeability Data
  • 2.4.1 Laboratory Measurements of Relative Permeability Data
  • 2.4.2 Estimations from Field Data
  • 2.4.3 Empirical Correlations
  • 2.5 Three-Phase Relative Permeability
  • 2.6 Applications of Permeability and Relative Permeability Data
  • Nomenclature
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • General Reading
  • Chapter 3 Reservoir Fluid Saturations
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Determination of Water Saturations
  • 3.2.1 Clean Sands
  • 3.2.2 Shaly Sands
  • 3.2.3 Carbonate Rocks
  • 3.2.4 Water Saturations from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logs
  • 3.2.5 Uncertainties in Estimation of Water Saturation
  • 3.3 Determination of Reservoir Productive Intervals
  • 3.3.1 Net Sands, Net Reservoir, and Net Pay
  • Nomenclature
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • General Reading
  • Chapter 4 Pressure-Volume-Temperature (PVT) Properties of Reservoir Fluids
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Phase Diagrams
  • 4.2.1 Single Component Systems
  • 4.2.2 Binary Systems
  • 4.2.3 Multicomponent Systems.
  • 4.2.4 Retrograde Behavior of Gas-Condensate Systems
  • 4.3 Gas and Gas-Condensate Properties
  • 4.3.1 Ideal Gas Equation
  • 4.3.2 Real Gas Equation
  • 4.3.3 Gas Gravity
  • 4.3.4 Reduced Temperature and Pressure
  • 4.4 Pseudo-critical Properties of Gas Mixtures
  • 4.4.1 Composition of Gas Mixtures Known
  • 4.4.2 Correction for non-Hydrocarbon Gas Impurities
  • 4.4.3 Composition of Gas Mixture Unknown
  • 4.5 Wet Gas and Gas Condensate
  • 4.5.1 Recombination Method
  • 4.5.2 Correlation Method
  • 4.6 Correlations for Gas Compressibility Factor
  • 4.7 Gas Formation Volume Factor (FVF)
  • 4.8 Gas Density
  • 4.9 Gas Viscosity
  • 4.10 Gas Coefficient of Isothermal Compressibility
  • 4.11 Correlations for Calculation of Oil PVT Properties
  • 4.11.1 Bubble Point Pressure
  • 4.11.2 Solution Gas-Oil Ratio (GOR)
  • 4.11.3 Oil Formation Volume Factor (FVF)
  • 4.11.4 Coefficient of Isothermal Compressibility of Oil
  • 4.11.5 Oil Viscosity
  • 4.12 Correlations for Calculation of Water PVT Properties
  • 4.12.1 Water Formation Volume Factor (FVF)
  • 4.12.2 Density of Formation Water
  • 4.12.3 Coefficient of Isothermal Compressibility of Formation Water
  • 4.12.4 Viscosity of Formation Water
  • Nomenclature
  • Subscripts
  • References
  • General Reading
  • Chapter 5 Reservoir Fluid Sampling and PVT Laboratory MeasurementsChapter
  • 5.1 Overview of Reservoir Fluid Sampling
  • 5.2 Reservoir Type and State
  • 5.2.1 Undersaturated Oil Reservoirs
  • 5.2.2 Undersaturated Gas Condensate Reservoirs
  • 5.2.3 Saturated Oil Reservoirs
  • 5.2.4 Saturated Gas Condensate Reservoirs
  • 5.3 Well Conditioning
  • 5.4 Subsurface Sampling Methods and Tools
  • 5.4.1 Conventional Bottomhole Samplers
  • 5.4.2 Pistonned Bottomhole Samplers
  • 5.4.3 Single-Phase Samplers
  • 5.4.4 Exothermic Samplers
  • 5.5 Wireline Formation Testers
  • 5.5.1 Oil-Based Mud Contamination of WFT Samples.
  • 5.5.2 Formation Pressures from WFT
  • 5.5.3 Capillary Effects on WFT Formation Pressures
  • 5.5.4 Effects of Supercharging on WFT Formation Pressures
  • 5.5.5 Comments on Applications of WFT Pressure Data
  • 5.6 PVT Laboratory Measurements
  • 5.6.1 Fluid Composition
  • 5.6.2 Constant Composition Expansion (CCE)
  • 5.6.3 Differential Liberation (DL)
  • 5.6.4 Constant Volume Depletion (CVD)
  • 5.6.5 Separator Tests
  • 5.6.6 Viscosity Measurements
  • 5.7 Applications of Laboratory PVT Measurements
  • 5.7.1 Calculation of Oil FVF and Solution GOR
  • 5.7.2 Calculation of Gas Compressibility Factor, Gas FVF, and Total FVF
  • 5.7.3 Calculation of Oil Compressibility Factor
  • Nomenclature
  • Subscripts
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • General Reading
  • Appendix 5A: Typical Reservoir Fluid Study for a Black Oil Sample
  • 5A.1 Reservoir Fluid Summary
  • 5A.2 Calculated Analysis of Reservoir Fluid
  • 5A.3 Pressure-Volume Properties at 212°F (Constant Composition Expansion)
  • 5A.4 Differential Liberation at 212°F
  • 5A.5 Gas Differentially Liberated at 212°F
  • 5A.6 Viscosity Data at 212°F
  • 5A.7 Comparison of Reservoir Oil Flash Liberation Tests
  • Appendix 5B: Typical Reservoir Fluid Study for a Gas Condensate Sample
  • 5B.1 Summary of Reservoir Data and Surface Sampling Conditions
  • 5B.2 Chromatograph Analysis of Separator Gas at 1140 psig and 92°F
  • 5B.3 Chromatograph Analysis of Separator Liquid at 1140 psig and 92°F
  • 5B.4 Composition of Reservoir Fluid (Calculated)
  • 5B.5 Measured Saturation Pressures from Stepwise Recombinations at 267°F
  • 5B.6 Pressure-Volume Properties of Reservoir Fluid at 267°F (or CCE)
  • 5B.7 Depletion Study at 267°F: Hydrocarbon Analyses of Produced Wellstream (Mole %)
  • 5B.8 Retrograde Condensation During Gas Depletion at 267°F
  • Chapter 6 PVT Properties Predictions from Equations of State.
  • 6.1 Historical Introduction to Equations of State (EOS)
  • 6.2 van der Waals (vdW) EOS
  • 6.3 Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK) EOS
  • 6.4 Peng-Robinson (PR) EOS
  • 6.5 Phase Equilibrium of Mixtures
  • 6.6 Roots from Cubic EOS
  • 6.7 Volume Translation
  • 6.8 Two-Phase Flash Calculation
  • 6.8.1 Generalized Procedure for Two-Phase Flash Calculations
  • 6.9 Bubble Point and Dew Point Pressure Calculations
  • 6.10 Characterization of Hydrocarbon Plus Fractions
  • 6.11 Phase Equilibrium Predictions with Equations of State
  • Nomenclature
  • Subscripts
  • Superscripts
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • Chapter 7 The General Material Balance Equation
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Derivation of the General Material Balance Equation (GMBE)
  • 7.2.1 Development of Terms in the Expression of Equation (7.1)
  • 7.3 The GMBE for Gas Reservoirs
  • 7.4 Discussion on the Application of the GMBE
  • Nomenclature
  • Subscripts
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • Chapter 8 Gas ReservoirsChapter
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Volumetric Gas Reservoirs
  • 8.2.1 Volumetric Calculations for Dry Gas Reservoirs
  • 8.2.2 Volumetric Calculations for Wet Gas and Retrograde Gas Condensate Reservoirs
  • 8.2.3 Material Balance for Volumetric Dry Gas, Wet Gas, and Retrograde Gas Condensate Reservoirs
  • 8.3 Gas Reservoirs with Water Influx
  • 8.3.1 Volumetric Approach
  • 8.3.2 Material Balance Approach
  • 8.3.3 The Cole Plot
  • 8.3.4 The Havlena-Odeh Straight Line Method
  • 8.4 Water Influx Models
  • 8.4.1 Fetkovich Aquifer Model
  • 8.4.2 Carter-Tracy Aquifer Model
  • 8.5 Geopressured Gas Reservoirs
  • 8.5.1 The Ramagost and Farshad Method
  • 8.5.2 The Roach Method
  • 8.6 Case Histories of Two Gas Reservoirs
  • 8.6.1 The Case History of Red Hawk Reservoir
  • 8.6.2 The Case History of West Cameron 580 Reservoir
  • Nomenclature
  • Subscripts
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • General Reading.
  • Appendix 8A: Correlations for Estimating Residual Gas Saturations for Gas Reservoirs under Water Influx
  • Appendix 8B: Dimensionless Pressure for Finite and Infinite Aquifers
  • Appendix 8C: Dimensionless Pressure for Finite and Infinite Aquifers
  • Chapter 9 Oil Reservoirs
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Oil Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
  • 9.3 Gravity Drainage Mechanism
  • 9.4 Volumetric Undersaturated Oil Reservoirs
  • 9.4.1 Volume Calculations Above Bubble Point Pressure
  • 9.4.2 Volume Calculations Below Bubble Point Pressure
  • 9.5 Undersaturated Oil Reservoirs with Water Influx
  • 9.5.1 Volume Method
  • 9.5.2 Material Balance Method
  • 9.6 Volumetric Saturated Oil Reservoirs
  • 9.6.1 Volume Method
  • 9.6.2 Material Balance Method
  • 9.7 Material Balance Approach for Saturated Oil Reservoirs with Water Influx
  • 9.8 Case History of Manatee Reservoirs
  • 9.8.1 Reservoir Geology
  • 9.8.2 Rock and Fluid Properties
  • 9.8.3 Reservoir Pressure and Production Data
  • 9.8.4 Review Questions
  • Nomenclature
  • Subscripts
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • Chapter 10 Fluid Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Fluid Types
  • 10.2.1 Incompressible Fluids
  • 10.2.2 Slightly Compressible Fluids
  • 10.2.3 Compressible Fluids
  • 10.3 Definition of Fluid Flow Regimes
  • 10.3.1 Transient Flow
  • 10.3.2 Pseudosteady-State (PSS) Flow
  • 10.3.3 Steady-State (SS) Flow
  • 10.4 Darcy Fluid Flow Equation
  • 10.5 Radial Forms of the Darcy Equation
  • 10.5.1 Steady-State Flow, Incompressible Fluids
  • 10.5.2 Average Permeability of Parallel Beds
  • 10.5.3 Average Permeability of Serial Concentric Segments
  • 10.5.4 Pseudosteady State, Incompressible Fluids
  • 10.5.5 Steady-State Flow, Compressible Fluids
  • 10.6 Derivation of the Continuity Equation in Radial Form
  • 10.7 Derivation of Radial Diffusivity Equation for Slightly Compressible Fluids.
  • 10.8 Solutions of the Radial Diffusivity Equation for Slightly Compressible Fluids.